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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...

Democrats appear to hold on in local Bergen County races

November 3, 2021 3:18 am

A slate of Democratic incumbents running for re-election in Bergen County – Sheriff Anthony Cureton, Surrogate Michael Dressler, County Clerk John Hogan, and Commissioners Steven Tanelli and Tracy Silna Zur – have all likely emerged victorious, though by narrower margins...

Schepisi, Auth, DeFuccio win in the 39th district

November 2, 2021 10:57 pm

The New Jersey Globe is projecting that State Sen. Holly Schepisi (R-River Vale), Assemblyman Robert Auth (R-Old Tappan), and Assemblywoman DeAnne DeFuccio (R-Upper Saddle River) have won re-election to the 39th legislative district. Schepisi defeated Democrat Ruth Dugan, and Auth...