Willis Edwards Archives - New Jersey Globe

Trailblazer: Lt. Governor Sheila Y. Oliver

January 19, 2026 12:15 amJanuary 18, 2026 8:58 pm

Sheila Oliver was New Jersey’s trailblazing two-term lieutenant governor who became the first woman of color to serve as Assembly Speaker and the first to win a statewide election, spent 27 years in public office as a fierce advocate for...

Trailblazer: Lt. Governor Sheila Y. Oliver

January 20, 2025 12:33 amJanuary 19, 2025 9:30 pm

Sheila Oliver was New Jersey’s trailblazing two-term lieutenant governor who became the first woman of color to serve as Assembly Speaker and the first to win a statewide election, spent 27 years in public office as a fierce advocate for...

Trailblazer: Sheila Y. Oliver

January 15, 2024 12:19 amJanuary 14, 2024 4:47 pm

Sheila Oliver was New Jersey’s trailblazing two-term lieutenant governor who became the first woman of color to serve as Assembly Speaker and the first to win a statewide election, spent 27 years in public office as a fierce advocate for...

Trailblazer: Lt. Governor Sheila Oliver

January 16, 2023 12:16 amJanuary 16, 2023 9:23 am

Sheila Oliver is the first Black to serve as Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey, the first Black woman to win a statewide election in New Jersey, and was the first Black woman to serve as Speaker of the New Jersey...

Trailblazer: Lt. Governor Sheila Oliver

January 17, 2022 12:22 amJanuary 16, 2022 10:18 pm

Sheila Oliver is the first Black to serve as Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey, the first Black woman to win a statewide election in New Jersey, and was the first Black woman to serve as Speaker of the New Jersey...

Georgia man faces 170 years in prison for selling academic papers to former assemblyman

April 16, 2021 2:11 pm

Federal authorities arraigned a Georgia man accused of charging Orange $38,000 in exchange for writing academic papers for the city’s business administrator. Isaac Newton, a 53-year-old Georgian, was charged with one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and wire...

Former assemblyman, already facing corruption charges, hit with additional counts of fraud

September 30, 2020 10:09 am

Federal authorities lodged additional charges against a former Essex County assemblyman already facing a 28-count indictment that includes multiple fraud and corruption charges. The new indictment against Willis Edwards charges the former Orange business administrator with wire fraud, conspiracy to...