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McKoy gains 5 votes after recount; Paterson race likely headed to court

June 1, 2020 8:34 pm

Incumbent William McKoy picked up five votes in a recount of Paterson’s 3rd Ward city council race on Monday, narrowing former councilman Alex Mendez’ lead to 240 votes. Today’s recount is the first step in an election challenge that is...

Passaic says yes to Murphy borrowing plan

June 1, 2020 2:30 pmJune 1, 2020 3:13 pm

Passaic County freeholders and mayors have signed on as supporters of Gov. Phil Murphy’s budget borrowing plan, joining local officials in Essex and Hudson counties. In a statement issued on Monday, seven Democratic freeholders and eight Democratic mayors said they...

Scharfenberger, Arnone want state to tell small businesses what to expect

June 1, 2020 11:06 am

Anything less than a 50% occupancy when small businesses are allowed to reopen would be a failure by Gov. Phil Murphy, two Monmouth County Republican officials said today. “Our businesses need to reopen in a way that is profitable so...

Surrency gets support of corrections officers in bid for second term

June 1, 2020 10:27 am

PBA Local 231, which represents corrections officers at the Cumberland County Jail, has endorsed incumbent Freeholder Jack Surrency in his off-the-line bid for renomination in the July 7 Democratic primary. Cumberland County Democrats denied party support to Surrency and replaced...

DiVincenzo, Essex mayors, back Murphy borrowing plan

May 30, 2020 2:17 pm

Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo has endorsed Gov. Phil Murphy’s $9 billion borrowing plan and has brought seventeen mayors along with him — a politically significant show of force that bolsters the six-month-old alliance between Essex and the governor. DiVincenzo...

Thomas Cooke, former East Orange mayor, dies of coronavirus at 90

May 29, 2020 4:03 pmMay 29, 2020 4:05 pm

Former East Orange Mayor Thomas H. Cooke, Jr., one of the first African American politicians to achieve success in Essex County in the 1960s, died on May 18 of complications related to the coronavirus pandemic. He was 90. Cooke was...

Palmieri defenders turn spears toward Weinberg committee

May 28, 2020 5:59 pmMay 28, 2020 6:03 pm

A group of Democratic women marshaled to defend Warren County Democratic Chairman Tom Palmieri against a sexual harassment allegation leveled at him by his Sussex County counterpart attacked an anti-misogyny working group after it criticized them for “rushing to judgement”...