Yolanda Ciccone Archives - New Jersey Globe

Edison Democratic officials chide Grewal for failure to solve racist flyer cold case

March 18, 2021 1:13 am

Seeking “justice and clarity,” seven elected officeholders in Edison – all Democrats — have admonished Attorney General Gurbir Grewal for his failure to solve a 40-month-old cold case involving racist flyers in a 2017 local election. Mayor Thomas Lankey and...

Murphy appears to favor investigation into Edison Eight cold case

March 8, 2021 4:31 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy appeared to support an investigation into a 40-month-old case involving racist flyers in a 2017 municipal election Monday. “I found it at the time to be incredibly offensive, and I hope the persons who are associated with doing...

Middlesex prosecutor hasn’t contacted local officials on racist flyer probe, council president says

February 16, 2021 2:25 pmFebruary 16, 2021 2:29 pm

Three months after the state attorney general launched a probe into an anonymous racist flyer in a 2017 Edison school board campaign, Council President Robert Diehl says that no interviews have been conducted and the township has not been contacted....

Attorney General is investigating Edison Eight, mayor says

November 21, 2020 1:23 pm

New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal has launched a probe into an anonymous racist flyer in a 2017 Edison Board of Education campaign, Mayor Thomas Lankey said today. Lankey said he was informed of the inquiry after asking Middlesex County...

Murphy names retiring Superior Court Judge as new Middlesex County prosecutor

June 4, 2020 10:38 amJune 4, 2020 11:20 am

Gov. Phil Murphy has nominated former Superior Court Judge Yolanda Ciccone as the new Middlesex County Prosecutor. Ciccone, 66, is retiring after almost 29 years as a judge and will now return to the place she began her legal career:...

In West Amwell, 14% of late ballots rejected because Post Office didn’t postmark

May 15, 2020 4:32 pmMay 15, 2020 7:37 pm

Of the 91 ballots in the West Amwell special election that were delivered to the Hunterdon County Board of Elections on Wednesday and Thursday, 13 of them (14%) were rejected because the U.S. Postal Service had no postmark. The excluded...

In West Amwell, residency dispute forces rematch

May 1, 2020 4:54 pmMay 1, 2020 5:08 pm

West Amwell voters may be feeling a sense of Déjà vu. Voters in the small town of about 4,000 will again see a Township Committee race between Lucas Lyons and Lawrence Herman. Lyons, a Republican, defeated the Democrat last year...