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Arline Friscia, former Middlesex assemblywoman, dies at 84

October 18, 2019 11:52 amOctober 18, 2019 2:17 pm

Arline M. Friscia, who served eight years as a New Jersey assemblywoman where she sponsored a law top expand the state’s family leave law, died on Thursday. She was 84. In 1995, Friscia unseated Republican incumbents who had captured Middlesex...

Flags lowed in memory of former Assembly Speaker

October 17, 2019 6:14 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy has ordered flags be flown at half-staff in memory of former Assembly Speaker Bill Hamilton, who died last week at age 86. “Speaker Hamilton served Middlesex County and the State of New Jersey with great vigor, dedication,...

In Memoriam

October 17, 2019 6:58 am

Rose Raffaele, the widow of former Guttenberg Mayor Anthony Raffaele, died on October 16. She was 93. Jack Sikking, a former Deputy Mayor of Deptford, died on October 12. He was 77.

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October 16, 2019 8:34 amOctober 16, 2019 9:07 am

James Vokral, a former administrator of the Middlesex County Board of Elections and a South Plainfield Councilman in the 1990s, died on October 14. He was 70. Frank Mazza, who served as a Caldwell Councilman from 1980 to 1986, died...

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October 15, 2019 8:49 amOctober 15, 2019 9:36 am

Joseph Abintante, Jr., a former Roselle 4th ward councilman, died on October 11. He was 90. Salvatore Sori, who had been named to the New Jersey Pressure Vessel Compliance Advisory Board by Gov. Brendan Byrne, died on October 12. He...

Gerald Shaftan, father of conservative political consultant, dies at 93

October 14, 2019 11:42 am

Dr. Gerald Shaftan, the father of political consultant Rick Shaftan, passed away on October 10. He was 93. Shaftan was a surgeon who set up the first trauma center in the United States. His son, who works for conservative candidates,...

Fran Rein, Democratic consultant who ran Kennedy NJ campaign, dies at 75

October 14, 2019 11:29 amOctober 14, 2019 4:02 pm

Fran Rein, one of New Jersey’s top Democratic political operatives in the 1970s and 1980s, died this morning. She was 75. In 1980, Rein became Ted Kennedy’s New Jersey State Director during his bid to wrestle the Democratic presidential nomination...