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Bengivenga emerges as strong front-runner for Middlesex GOP chairman

June 17, 2021 12:05 pm

South Plainfield Councilman Rob Bengivenga has received endorsements from 21 of 22 Republican municipal chairs in his bid to become the next Middlesex County GOP Chairman. The incumbent, Lucille Panos, is not seeking re-election and has endorsed Bengivenga, a 38-year-old...

Jersey City to provide immigrant residents with free medical exams, legal services

June 17, 2021 10:40 amJune 17, 2021 12:06 pm

Jersey City will begin providing free medical examinations for its immigrant residents and legal services for refugees and asylum seekers pursuing residency or citizenship, Mayor Steve Fulop announced Thursday. “This is how America’s cities should be welcoming new immigrants, by...

Pennacchio, Kean don’t regret backing Morris GOP line

June 15, 2021 2:14 pm

GOP legislators who backed Morris County Republicans’ adoption of a party line haven’t soured on the practice after it facilitated an incumbent’s primary loss. “I think it was very successful,” said Senate Minority Leader Tom Kean (R-Westfield), whose district includes...

Pat Sebold re-elected Livingston Democratic chair, post she’s held since 1976

June 14, 2021 11:18 pmJune 14, 2021 11:44 pm

Pat Sebold, who may be the longest-serving Democratic municipal chair in the state, was re-elected on Monday for a three-year term for the post she first won in 1976. She has led Livingston Democrats since John B. Duff resigned to...

Hearings for Sudhan Thomas, John Cesaro moved to July as attorneys still review discovery

June 14, 2021 9:58 am

Two public corruption cases were pushed out to July following disposition conferences with Superior Court Judge Stephen Taylor on Monday. Former Jersey City Board of Education President Sudhan Thomas and former Morris County Freeholder John Cesaro face bribery charges related...

School resource officers poised to be campaign issue in Parsippany

June 14, 2021 9:36 am

Mayor Michael Soriano on Monday contested a letter from the Parsippany-Troy Hills School Board that claimed the town was nixing its School Resource Officer Program. “To be clear: I fully support renewing the SRO program and Class III officers,” he...

Candy Straight, leading voice for the election of women to public office, dies at 73

June 13, 2021 1:12 pmJune 14, 2021 4:05 pm

Candace L. Straight, a savvy investment banker and film producer, zealous advocate for the election of women candidates for state and local office across the nation, and a popular Republican fundraiser, died on June 13 at Hackensack University Medical Center...