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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...

GOP sheriff candidate in Bergen indicted, will be arraigned next month

September 22, 2021 1:48 pmSeptember 22, 2021 1:57 pm

The Republican candidate for Bergen County Sheriff will be arraigned on October 7 on corruption and official misconduct charges. Robert Kugler was suspended from his post as Saddle Brook police chief in March after the New Jersey Attorney General charged...

Teaneck renewable energy referendum ordered onto the ballot

September 13, 2021 4:30 pmSeptember 13, 2021 4:48 pm

Superior Court Judge Robert C. Wilson has ordered that a referendum establishing a renewable energy credit system be placed on the November ballot, marking the second court loss for Acting Township Clerk Doug Ruccione today. In August, Ruccione rejected the...

Judge rules in favor of Teaneck referendum moving local elections to November

September 13, 2021 12:15 pmSeptember 13, 2021 4:46 pm

Superior Court Judge Robert C. Wilson ruled today in favor of petitioners with Teaneck’s One Town One Vote initiative, and against Acting Teaneck Town Clerk Doug Ruccione, allowing a ballot referendum moving local elections from May to November to be...

Bob Hollenbeck, former six-term assemblyman, dies at 89

September 9, 2021 2:07 pmSeptember 10, 2021 12:05 am

Robert P. Hollenbeck, a genial South Bergen Democrat who served six terms in the New Jersey State Assembly in the 1970s and 1980s before becoming a casualty of Gov. Tom Kean’s coattails in 1985, died on September 5. He was...

Labor Leader: ex-Yankees pitcher later served as N.J. Commissioner of Labor

September 6, 2021 12:07 amSeptember 6, 2021 12:14 am

Before Bill Bradley, there was Harry C. Harper. Known as “Hackensack Harry,” Harper spent ten seasons as a major league baseball pitcher. The big left-hander was the starting pitcher for the New York Yankees game six of the 1921 World...

Nicholas Felice, former Assembly Speaker Pro-Tempore, dies at 94

August 26, 2021 1:16 pmAugust 27, 2021 8:18 am

Nicholas R. Felice, a likeable and diligent lawmaker who served in the New Jersey State Assembly for nearly 20 years, died on Tuesday. He was 94. A former Assembly Speaker Pro-Tempore, Felice was known for his sponsorship of a law...