William Widnall Archives - New Jersey Globe

Following Guarini’s death, Virginia centenarian is America’s oldest-living ex-congressman

June 22, 2026 11:10 am

The death of Frank J. Guarini (D-Jersey City) on Saturday leaves 101-year-old William Whitehurst, a Republican from Virginia, as America’s oldest-living former congressman. Whitehurst, a Republican who represented Virginia’s 2nd district from 1969 to 1987, served in the House with...

State has no plan if there’s a snowstorm during NJ-11 voting in February

December 29, 2025 11:39 amDecember 30, 2025 10:11 am

In the face of a foreseeable snow emergency during the February 2026 special congressional primary, the state acknowledges it has no clear plan, no defined protocol, and no published backup strategy to keep the election on track in a winter...

How Joe Maraziti got to Congress, with some tangents

November 4, 2024 11:23 pm

In the old days, when daily newspapers provided intensive local news coverage, the media could take down a congressman. Back in 1974, three months after the Watergate scandal forced Richard Nixon to resign the presidency, local coverage of another Boonton...

Labor Leader: ex-Yankees pitcher later served as N.J. Commissioner of Labor

September 2, 2024 12:10 amSeptember 1, 2024 8:36 pm

Before Bill Bradley, there was Harry C. Harper. Known as “Hackensack Harry,” Harper spent ten seasons as a major league baseball pitcher. The big left-hander was the starting pitcher for the New York Yankees game six of the 1921 World...

N.J. hasn’t held a non-November special election for Congress in 74 years

April 25, 2024 2:54 pmApril 29, 2024 9:25 am

New Jersey hasn’t had a free-standing special election for Congress since 1950, following the resignation of seven-term Rep. J. Parnell Thomas (R-Allendale), the former chairman of the House Committee Un-American Activities; Thomas resigned his seat in December 1949, after being...

Labor Leader: ex-Yankees pitcher later served as N.J. Commissioner of Labor

September 4, 2023 12:10 amSeptember 3, 2023 5:01 pm

Before Bill Bradley, there was Harry C. Harper. Known as “Hackensack Harry,” Harper spent ten seasons as a major league baseball pitcher. The big left-hander was the starting pitcher for the New York Yankees game six of the 1921 World...

Labor Leader: ex-Yankees pitcher later served as N.J. Commissioner of Labor

September 5, 2022 12:14 amSeptember 4, 2022 3:46 pm

Before Bill Bradley, there was Harry C. Harper. Known as “Hackensack Harry,” Harper spent ten seasons as a major league baseball pitcher. The big left-hander was the starting pitcher for the New York Yankees game six of the 1921 World...