In Memoriam
Edward Neagle, a Superior Court Judge in Essex County from 1976 to 1992, died on April 19. He was 97. Neagle served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. Patricia Anderson, a former member of the East Hanover Board...
In Memoriam
Adrian Heffern, Asbury Park Press political columnist and statehouse editor, dies at 92
Adrian F. Heffern, Jr., a fabled old-school newspaper reporter and columnist who spent 45 years with the Asbury Park Press, died on April 17. He was 92. Heffern began his journalism career with WJLK, a Monmouth County-based FM radio station...
In Memoriam
John Woodcock, who spent 31 years with the Mercer County Prosecutor’s office, died on April 14. He was 68. A U.S. Navy veteran, he worked for the New Jersey State Police before joining the prosecutor’s office in 1973. He retired...
In Memoriam
Kenneth Lutz, a former Sussex County Democratic state committeeman and Sussex Borough councilman, passed away on April 16. He was 89. Lutz served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. Clifford Weininger, a former first assistant Morris County prosecutor...
In Memoriam
Nancy Allocco, the court administrator in Harding Township from 1976 to 2000, died on April 14. She was 85. Her son, Scott Allocco, served as an aide to Rep. Dean Gallo, managed a campaign for Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen, and worked...
In Memoriam
Helen Mauro, an unsuccessful Democratic candidate for the Barnegat township committee in 1987, died on April 5. She was 96. Josephine Tharp, the president of the Phillipsburg Board of Education from 1977 to 1979, passed away on December 20, 2018. ...
Deaths: Retired journalism professor, councilman
William Zander, who spent four decades as a journalism professor at Fairleigh-Dickinson University, passed away on April 3. He was 80. In retirement, Zander was a part-time reporter and editor for the New Jersey Herald. John Taylor, a former Park...