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Spiller unopposed for NJEA president, report says

March 25, 2021 9:42 am

New Jersey Education Association President Marie Blistan is not seeking re-election a third term and Montclair Mayor Sean Spiller will assume the presidency of New Jersey’s largest public employee union, according to a report in the Montclair Local. Spiller is...

Princeton club votes to strip Ted Cruz of prestigious award

March 5, 2021 8:11 pmMarch 5, 2021 9:45 pm

A Princeton University group founded 256 years ago by James Madison and Aaron Burr voted on Thursday to rescind an award to U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, the Daily Princetonian reported. The group, the American Whig-Clio Society, voted 37-32 to withdraw...

Dee Corona, former NJEA lobbyist, dies at 84

January 3, 2021 6:19 pm

Delores Corona, the former top lobbyist for the New Jersey Education Association and a presence in New Jersey politics for parts of four decades, died on December 16. She was 84. Corona was a mathematics teacher in Union Township before...

Joe Clark, famed Paterson principal and onetime GOP candidate, dies at 82

December 29, 2020 9:52 pmDecember 30, 2020 12:32 pm

Joe Clark, who won national fame as the unorthodox high school principal in Paterson known for his firm disciplinary manner, died on Tuesday. He was 82. Clark’s tenure at as the bullhorn-toting, baseball bat-wielding Eastside High School principal became the...

Menendez applauds appointment of Latino to replace Harris in Senate

December 22, 2020 8:22 pm

U.S. Senator Bob Menendez praised appointment of Alex Padilla to replace Kamala Harris in the United States Senate, bringing the number of Latinos in the Senate next year to six. “There is power in numbers, and with the largest number...

Murphy to name Egan, Zubair to Rutgers Board of Governors, replacing two incumbents

December 10, 2020 10:00 amDecember 11, 2020 10:28 am

Gov. Phil Murphy is replacing the only Latino member of the Rutgers University Board of Governors, as well as a key ally to Democratic powerbroker George Norcross, the New Jersey Globe has learned. Murphy will name Kevin Egan, a New...

Allen-McMillan nominated for Commissioner of Education

October 20, 2020 10:48 amOctober 20, 2020 2:24 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy today announced the nomination of Dr. Angelica Allen-McMillan to serve as his new commissioner of Education. Allen-McMillan now serves as interim Morris County Executive Superintendent of Schools and served as an assistant Superintendent of Schools in Newark...