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Andrew Weber, Florio’s chief counsel, dies at 74

November 22, 2022 4:46 pm

Andrew Weber, who served as chief counsel to Gov. Jim Florio from 1990 to 1992, died on October 22. He was 74. Weber’s passing came 27 days after Florio’s death. He served as Gloucester County Counsel from 1980 until joining...

George Callas, Senate Democratic executive director in 1970s, dies at 90

November 20, 2022 6:12 pmNovember 22, 2022 8:59 am

Dr. George S. Callas, a former executive director of the Senate Majority office who was an influential player in New Jersey politics in the 1970s, died on October 30. He was 90. After working in the legislature and serving as...

Lucinda Florio Tributes

November 16, 2022 4:29 pmNovember 16, 2022 11:03 pm

GOVERNOR PHIL MURPHY AND FIRST LADY TAMMY MURPHY “We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of former First Lady Lucinda Florio, not even two months after the passing of her husband, the late Governor Jim Florio. As First...

Lucinda Florio, former First Lady of New Jersey, dies at 75

November 16, 2022 2:29 pmNovember 16, 2022 11:12 pm

Former First Lady Lucinda Florio, a former public school teacher who worked alongside her late husband, Jim Florio, with grace and dignity and scored her own victories as an advocate of improving literacy in New Jersey, died today. She was...

Weese Sandman, wife of former congressman and gubernatorial candidate, dies at 98

October 20, 2022 12:03 pmOctober 20, 2022 8:44 pm

Marion Louise Sandman, who sought to become the First Lady of New Jersey three times when her late husband ran for governor, died on October 6. She was 98. Known as Weese, she grew up in an Irish Catholic family...

Peace activist David Frost, who ran for U.S. Senate in N.J. in 1966 and vice president in 1968, dies at 96

October 8, 2022 7:36 amOctober 9, 2022 4:15 pm

Dr. David Frost, a peace activist who sought the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in New Jersey in 1966 and then ran as comedian Dick Gregory’s vice presidential candidate on the Peace and Freedom ticket in 1968, died on September...

Joe Parisi, former Englewood Cliffs mayor, dies at 62

October 7, 2022 9:51 amOctober 7, 2022 10:48 am

Joseph C. Parisi, Jr., a Democrat who served as mayor of Englewood Cliffs from 2008 to 2015, died on October 6. He was 62. He had served as chairman and CEO at the Otterstedt Insurance Agency, as a director of...