Bergen Archives

Foiled once again in attempt to move local elections, Teaneck petitioners file suit

August 19, 2021 12:06 pm

Teaneck Town Clerk Doug Ruccione has once again rejected petitioners for the One Town One Vote initiative in their efforts to move the township’s local elections from May to November. The petitioners have, in return, filed suit to force a...

Wyckoff considers return to April school board elections

August 17, 2021 4:17 pmAugust 17, 2021 4:39 pm

Less than fifteen New Jersey municipalities still hold school board elections in April – most have moved to November – but an upscale suburban town in Bergen County, is mulling a switch in the other direction. The Wyckoff Township Council...

Teaneck petitioners submit 2,100 new signatures in effort to move local elections

August 9, 2021 11:33 am

Organizers with the One Town One Vote initiative in Teaneck plan on submitting an additional 2,100 signatures to Teaneck Township Clerk Doug Ruccione today, in an effort to cure a petition that was rejected by Ruccione last week. The proposal,...

Dawson is new Bergen YR chair

August 2, 2021 10:27 pm

Alyssa Dawson, the chief of staff to State Sen. Holly Schepisi (R-River Vale), is the new chair of the Bergen County Young Republicans. She replaces Katie Cericola, who is stepping down to focus on her own bid for borough council...

Teaneck, Montclair petitioners stymied in attempts to move local elections to November

August 2, 2021 11:02 amAugust 2, 2021 3:32 pm

Citing a variety of technical deficiencies in their petitions, municipal clerks in Teaneck and Montclair have rejected petitions from local organizers aiming to move their townships’ nonpartisan local elections from May to November. The petitions would have put a referendum...

Freedom Rider Byron Baer spent 34 years in the NJ legislature — and 45 days in a Mississippi prison

July 29, 2021 12:01 amJuly 28, 2021 6:39 pm

Today is the 60th anniversary of the arrest of Freedom Rider Byron Baer, a longtime New Jersey legislator who was charged with attempting to desegregate a blacks-only waiting room at the Greyhound bus terminal in Jackson, Mississippi. He spent 45...

Francica, Sheehan-Willis will get top Bergen election posts

July 27, 2021 12:42 pmJuly 27, 2021 2:37 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy will name Debra Francica as the interim Bergen County Superintendent of Elections and Jamie Sheehan-Willis as the deputy, the New Jersey Globe has learned. They will replace to legendary Bergen election officials, Patti DiCostanzo and Terry O’Connor. ...