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Diane Allen endorses Peters, Stanfield and criticizes Addiego switch

May 22, 2019 5:01 pmMay 23, 2019 12:17 am

Former State Sen. Diane Allen on Wednesday endorsed Assemblyman Ryan Peters and former Burlington County Sheriff Jean Stanfield, putting the reputation of a respected former elected official behind the county-backed candidates. “When my former colleague, Sen. Dawn Addiego, abandoned the...

Republican mayor seeks law change to avoid running with Trump

May 19, 2019 5:12 pmMay 21, 2019 10:41 am

A Republican mayor in Burlington County is trying to avoid being on the ballot with President Donald Trump in 2020 by moving next year’s election from November to May. Mayor Kurt Folcher wants voters to decide in a November 2019...

Peters, Stanfield fundraiser set for Thursday

May 15, 2019 12:52 pmMay 15, 2019 8:55 pm

Assemblyman Ryan Peters and former Burlington County Jean Stanfield will hold a fundraiser in Lumberton Thursday. Tickets to the event at Gleneayre Farm in Peters’s hometown of Lumberton start at $250, though attendees can pay $1,000 to join the host...

Peters outraises Howarth in 8th district Assembly race

May 14, 2019 12:50 pmMay 14, 2019 1:59 pm

Assemblyman Ryan Peters (R-Hainesport) and former Burlington County Sheriff Jean Stanfield have a cash advantage over Assemblyman Joe Howarth (R-Evesham) during the final weeks of the Republican State Assembly primary in the 8th district. Howarth is running off the line...

NJ Right to Life PAC backs Howarth

May 7, 2019 5:22 pmMay 8, 2019 5:05 pm

The state’s largest anti-abortion group backed Joe Howarth’s off-the-line re-election bid Tuesday. “Your commitment to the defense of life is second to none,” NJ Right to Life PAC Executive Director Marie Tasy said in a letter to Howarth. “Your legislative...

Gus Tamburro, four-term Evesham mayor, dies at 81

April 10, 2019 1:11 pmApril 10, 2019 1:26 pm

Gus Tamburro, who served four terms as mayor of Evesham, has died. He was 81. Tamburro was an insurance investigator who went to law school at age 48. Five years later, in 1991, the grandfather of two ran for mayor,...

Mount Laurel GOP seeks non-partisan elections

April 9, 2019 8:38 pmApril 10, 2019 1:41 pm

A Hail Mary by Mount Laurel Republicans to shift to non-partisan elections could wind up helping Rep. Andy Kim (D-Marlton) win a second term. Democrats won two council seats in Mount Laurel in 2018 and the three remaining GOP incumbents...