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Bergen man arrested for threatening federal judge

October 19, 2020 9:59 amOctober 19, 2020 12:37 pm

A Bergen County man was arrested for threatening a federal judge on Sunday, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced. William Kaetz, 56, faces one count each of making an interstate communication containing a threat to injure a person and of threatening to...

Christie-linked super PAC boosting GOP council candidates in Paramus

October 14, 2020 11:59 am

An independent expenditure group created last year by allies of former Gov. Chris Christie is boosting Republican council candidates in Paramus. The group, Just the Facts New Jersey, sent a mailer backing Councilman Chris DiPiazza and former councilman Mike Rohdieck...

Bergen ramps up ballot scanning, with around 100,000 votes already cast

October 12, 2020 1:53 pm

Bergen County election officials have stepped up their scanning of vote-by-mail ballots and should be caught up by the end of the week, the New Jersey Globe has confirmed. The Globe reported last Thursday that more than 50,000 ballots were...

Thousands of Bergen County ballots returned but still not scanned

October 8, 2020 10:07 amOctober 8, 2020 11:49 am

Bergen County is experiencing significant delays in checking in early voting ballot coming in from secure ballot drop boxes and the U.S. Postal Service, with more than 50,000 ballots sitting in bins and not yet scanned by election officials. The...

About 7,000 Teaneck voters will get new ballots after mailing snafu

October 5, 2020 7:14 pmOctober 6, 2020 11:21 am

About 7,000 ballots in Teaneck were mailed with the wrong congressional candidate, causing Bergen County election officials to trigger the reprinting and remaining of ballots. Ballots containing the names of the wrong congressional candidates will be voided and voters will...

South Jersey Dems rally around Addiego re-election fundraiser

September 18, 2020 9:29 am

State Sen. Dawn Addiego (D-Evesham), who switched parties in early 2019 after almost three decades as Republican officeholder, is taking steps to run for re-election to the Senate seat she’s held since 2010 and she’s doing it with the support...

Legislators thrash Englewood Cliffs mayor for Black Lives matter security bill

August 28, 2020 6:52 pmAugust 28, 2020 6:53 pm

A decision by Englewood Cliffs Mayor Mario Kranjac to charge a local teenager $2,500 for police overtime for a Black Lives Matter protest she organized is being slammed by three Bergen County legislators who said they were outraged over the...