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Randy Brown withdraws from mayoral race

September 11, 2018 10:02 pmSeptember 12, 2018 9:24 am

Evesham Mayor Randy Brown announced he was withdrawing from his reelection race at a council meeting in the town Tuesday night. Brown, a formerly a kicking consultant for the Baltimore Ravens, withdrew on the last day to do so. The...

Rockaway GOP to pick candidate tonight

September 11, 2018 4:13 pm

Rockaway Township Republicans will meet tonight behind closed doors to pick a nominee for mayor to run in a November special election to fill a fourteen-month unexpired term. The vote will be to replace Mayor Michael Dachisen, who died on...

Watson Coleman active in CDs 3, 4, 7

September 11, 2018 3:58 pm

Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman isn’t taking her lack of a competitive election challenge as an excuse to laze around. The two-term congresswoman is instead throwing her weight behind Democratic House candidates in other districts, including Andy Kim, Tom Malinowski and...

Sweeney: Barnes a man of ‘decency and integrity’

September 11, 2018 3:43 pmSeptember 11, 2018 4:20 pm

Senate President Steve Sweeney today described Peter Barnes as “one of the most honorable and accomplished public servants in our lifetime.” Barnes, who would have turned 90 tomorrow, passed away earlier today. “He was a man of decency and integrity...

Lack of guidance leaves county clerks in lurch

September 11, 2018 2:18 pmSeptember 12, 2018 12:22 am

Monmouth County Clerk Christine Hanlon and others sent out conflicting messages along with letters about vote-by-mail ballots they’re now required to send to voters who requested and received such ballots in a previous election. “Please be aware that if you...

Peter Barnes dies

September 11, 2018 1:10 pmSeptember 12, 2018 10:18 am

Former Assemblyman Peter Barnes, Jr., a former FBI agent who spent 12 years in the New Jersey Legislature, passed away today. Tomorrow would have been his 90th birthday. The Edison Democrat was elected to the State Assembly in 1995, ousting...

Mountainside challengers respond to Pater candidacy

September 11, 2018 12:20 pmSeptember 11, 2018 3:51 pm

Mountainside Council candidates Anjali Mehrotra and Ileana Montes didn’t wait long to start hitting opposing candidate Rachel Pater, whose candidacy was announced yesterday. “We welcome Ms. Pater to the race,” said Dani Faibes, the challengers’ campaign manager, “However, we want...