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Tom Carver, ex-Labor Commisioner, dies at 86

January 14, 2023 2:36 pm

Thomas D. Carver, a onetime reporter for The (Bergen) Record who became New Jersey Commissioner of Labor under Gov. Richard J. Codey, died on January 10. He was 86. Carver joined The Record in 1960, covering local news in Bergen...

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January 12, 2023 9:45 am

Carolyn Denton Palmer, who served as executive assistant to Commissioner of Human Services George Albanese and acting Commissioner Geoffrey Perselay during Gov. Tom Kean’s administration, died on January 9. She was 87. Palmer served a executive assistant to Union County...

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January 8, 2023 8:39 pm

Doris Hall, a Logan councilwoman for the last 42 years, died December 23, just 9 days before she was due to take office for a 15th term. A former deputy mayor, Hall was re-elected on November 8 by 280 votes....

Bill Kohm, fabled N.J. political insider and lobbyist from 1950s until the 1990s, dies at 92

January 8, 2023 7:16 pmJanuary 8, 2023 9:22 pm

William J. Kohm, a legendary and influential New Jersey lobbyist and former reporter who advised some of the most powerful Republicans in the state for five decades and served as Clerk of the New Jersey State Assembly in 1956 and...

Serena Perretti Benson, former federal and state judge, dies at 94

January 8, 2023 4:53 pmJanuary 8, 2023 5:52 pm

Serena Perretti Benson, an airplane pilot and scuba diver who served as a U.S. Magistrate and Superior Court Judge frequently assigned to high-profile criminal trials, died on December 26. She was 95. During her two decades as a state and...

Greta Kiernan, former assemblywoman, dies at 89

January 6, 2023 12:05 amJanuary 6, 2023 9:45 am

Greta Kiernan, a one-term Democratic assemblywoman from Bergen County in the 1970s who went on to serve as a hugely effective and popular staffer for five governors, a congressman and several state legislators and was a three-time Jeopardy champion, died...

Marilyn Askin, elder law trailblazer, dies at 89

January 5, 2023 1:59 pmJanuary 5, 2023 2:01 pm

Marilyn Klein Askin, a lawyer and hugely respected advocate for social justices issues and a fierce advocate of the elderly, died on December 29. She was 89. Before attending law school, Askin worked as a reporter for The (Bergen) Record. ...