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Charlotte McClave Shelley, part of legendary Cliffside Park political family, dies at 100

May 16, 2020 4:34 pmMay 16, 2020 4:36 pm

Before the Calabrese family began a seven-decade domination of Cliffside Park politics, the McClave family ran the Bergen County municipality. Charlotte McClave Shelley, died on May 14 at age 100. Two days before her death, her son, James Shelley, was...

Cumberland icon Gary Simmerman, ex-freeholder, dies at 85

February 24, 2020 10:52 amFebruary 24, 2020 10:53 am

Gary F. Simmerman, a former four-term Cumberland County freeholder who held county and state political positions and enjoyed a successful career as a banker, died on February 20. He was 85. He was elected Bridgeton city treasurer in 1963, at...

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

February 17, 2020 12:08 amJuly 5, 2020 6:52 pm

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...

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...