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Foreclosure of Spears’ home connected to man charged with running mega mortgage fraud scam

September 28, 2021 1:54 amSeptember 28, 2021 11:10 am

A property purchased by a Jersey City mayoral candidate is connected to a local man indicted in a multimillion-dollar mortgage fraud scheme, but Lewis Spears says he never met the seller and was unaware of the criminal charges filed against...

If Kugler wins Bergen sheriff race, he’ll probably be able to take office

September 27, 2021 9:45 am

New Jersey doesn’t have a law that requires law enforcement officials charged with a crime to be suspended, a loophole that creates a potential path for Robert Kugler to serve as Bergen County Sheriff even though Saddle Brook suspended him...

Can Republicans beat the state senator who spurned them?

September 24, 2021 3:24 pmSeptember 27, 2021 9:17 am

Four years ago, State Sen. Dawn Addiego (D-Evesham) was in the fight for her political life. Addiego, a Republican former assemblywoman and county freeholder, won her first term to the state’s Burlington County-based 8th Senate district uncontested in 2011, and...

Judge rejects Democrats bid to seat Witherspoon as interim Atlantic commissioner

September 24, 2021 10:11 am

An Atlantic County Commissioner seat vacant since January after a judge invalidated the 2020 election results will remain empty until voters make their choice in the November 2 special election, a state appellate court ruled on Friday. Democrat Thelma Witherspoon...

Carpenters, teachers unions endorse Soriano in Parsippany

September 24, 2021 9:09 am

Parsippany Mayor Michael Soriano has won the endorsements of the Parsippany-Troy Hills Education Association and the Eastern Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters in his bid for a second term. “Working-class families in Parsippany have an opportunity to elect a...

Top Democrat told Graham to stop using their super PAC in Parsippany, but he was turned down

September 23, 2021 4:45 pmSeptember 23, 2021 5:07 pm

In a move that may be more about landing a lucrative public insurance contract than about political ideology, a Washington-based super PAC with close ties to a prominent New Jersey Democrat has started spending money to help a Republican win...

Singleton calls on MVC to reopen facilities

September 23, 2021 2:24 pmSeptember 23, 2021 4:50 pm

State Sen. Troy Singleton (D-Delran) is calling for the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission (MVC) to reopen for all transactions, in a sign that politicians of both parties are growing frustrated with the state’s lagging bureaucracy. “While I appreciate that...