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Froonjian to head Stockton’s Hughes Center

December 6, 2019 4:50 pm

John Froonjian has been named executive director of the William J. Hughes Center for Public Policy, effective tomorrow. The Stockton University Board of Trustees approved the permanent appointment. Froonjian had been heading the center on an interim basis since April....

The Road to Mike Testa

December 2, 2019 12:23 amDecember 2, 2019 2:45 pm

When Michael Testa., Jr. takes his seat in the New Jersey State Senate next week, he will become just the sixth senator to represent the 1st legislative district since it was created in 1973 when New Jersey first adopted a...

Bill Hughes, former New Jersey congressman who fought to protect coastline, dies at 87

October 31, 2019 10:25 amOctober 31, 2019 1:05 pm

William J. Hughes, who spent 20 years as a Democratic congressman in a heavily Republican part of New Jersey and later served as U.S. Ambassador to Panama under President Bill Clinton, died at his home on Wednesday. He was 87....

Rev. James Biggs, former mayor and congressional candidate, dies at 77

June 1, 2019 12:26 pmJune 1, 2019 5:32 pm

Rev. James H. Biggs, a former mayor of Island Heights who ran for Congress against Rep. Bill Hughes (D-Ocean City) in 1978, died on May 30. He was 77. Biggs was a magnetic 36-year-old Methodist minister and two-term mayor of...

Froonjian will head Stockton’s Hughes Center

April 29, 2019 11:13 amApril 29, 2019 2:06 pm

The William J. Hughes Center for Public Policy at Stockton University has named John Froonjian as the interim executive director. Froonjian, a former statehouse political reporter who spent 32 years with The Press of Atlantic City, has been with Stockton...

Wilson helped New Jersey Democrats sweep in 1912, then lost the state in 1916

February 18, 2019 5:39 amFebruary 18, 2019 4:49 am

Democrat Woodrow Wilson remains the only New Jerseyan to win the presidency, but the former governor of New Jersey only carried New Jersey in one of his two White House bids. Wilson was elected in 1912, at the end of...

In NJ-2, 126 years since party last held an open House seat

September 29, 2018 4:22 pm

Republican Frank LoBiondo will retire from the U.S. House of Representatives in January after 24 years as a congressman. The winner of the open seat 2nd district race will become just the fourth person to represent the South Jersey seat...