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In 24-vote race, judge will entertain move to challenge Palisades Park election

December 10, 2021 8:55 pmDecember 11, 2021 1:31 pm

A Democratic councilman from Palisades Park is contesting the results of the November 2 general election are losing by 24 votes after a Superior Court Judge rejected a request for a recount. Judge Estela De La Cruz denied JongChul Lee’s...

Judge invalidates June race for Bergen GOP chairman, calls for new election

December 10, 2021 6:08 pm

A Superior Court Judge today overturned a June election for Bergen County Republican chairman, forcing incumbent Jack Zisa to face a new election in early next year. Zisa had called an election for the week before the June primary. County...

New Jerseyan Dr. Mehmet Oz announces Pennsylvania Senate run

November 30, 2021 5:38 pmDecember 1, 2021 12:20 am

Dr. Mehmet Oz, a TV personality and longtime resident of Cliffside Park, announced this afternoon that he would cross the Delaware and run as a Republican in next year’s U.S. Senate election in Pennsylvania. “Pennsylvania needs a conservative who will...

Michael Gallo, East Rutherford councilman who served when Truman was president, dies at 98

November 24, 2021 8:03 pmDecember 2, 2021 10:23 am

Michael Gallo, a World War II veteran who served as an East Rutherford councilman from 1952 to 1958, died on November 22. He was 98. Gallo, who was 28 at the time of his first election in 1951, was probably...

Where local races stand in Bergen County

November 9, 2021 1:41 pmNovember 9, 2021 2:55 pm

Allendale Republican Councilwoman Liz Homan and fellow Republican Susanne Lovisolo won two seats on the Allendale Borough Council unopposed. Alpine Councilmembers Vicki Frankel, Steven Cohen, and Scott Bosworth, all Democrats, won re-election unopposed to the Alpine Borough Council, Bosworth for...

Teaneck will move local elections from May to November

November 3, 2021 12:59 pm

Teaneck voters have approved a ballot initiative moving local elections from May to November, in a defeat for local elected officials who fought against the measure and a victory for the organizers – among them retiring State Sen. Loretta Weinberg...

GOP gains county posts in Atlantic, Gloucester

November 3, 2021 5:57 amNovember 9, 2021 2:43 pm

Republicans had a good night on Tuesday in their pursuit of countywide offices, with likely pickups of county commissioner seats in Atlantic, Gloucester and Somerset counties. Press play to hear a narrated version of this story, presented by AudioHopper. The...