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50 municipal primaries we’re watching on Tuesday

June 1, 2026 5:30 amJune 3, 2026 5:11 am

Here’s a list of 50 municipalities with contested primary elections the New Jersey Globe will be watching when the polls close on Tuesday evening: Bernards: Kirsten Light, a former school board member, is challenging organization-backed candidates Paul Humbert, a 74-year-old...

LaPlaca says her husband ‘literally tried to kill me’

May 30, 2026 2:56 pmMay 30, 2026 5:21 pm

In her first public statement since an incident at her home early Thursday morning, Lumberton Township Committeewoman Gina LaPlaca is alleging that her controversial husband, Jason Carty, “literally tried to kill me.” Carty, a political operative and member of the...

Police respond to incident at LaPlaca home, charge husband with strangulation

May 28, 2026 5:17 pmMay 29, 2026 12:59 pm

An alleged disturbance at the home of Lumberton Township Committeewoman Gina LaPlaca early this morning led to criminal charges against her controversial husband, Jason Carty, a member of the Rancocas Valley Regional High School Board of Education and a veteran...

LaPlaca cited for driving with suspended license

May 19, 2026 5:06 pm

Two months after pleading guilty to drunk driving and child endangerment, Lumberton Township Committeewoman Gina LaPlaca faces additional charges of driving with a suspended license after a judge took it away for three months. A Mount Laurel police officer stopped...

Medford Lakes incumbents fend off challenge

May 13, 2026 1:02 am

A pair of incumbent councilmen in the small Burlington County borough of Medford Lakes successfully won re-election, the New Jersey Globe projects. Incumbents Dennis O’Neill Jr. and Thomas Cranston received 488 and 420 votes, respectively, as of 1 AM. Former...

Judge says Burlington GOP Surrogate candidate can’t be on ballot

April 14, 2026 5:42 pm

A candidate for the Republican nomination for Burlington County Surrogate won’t be on the ballot in the June primary and will need to mount a write-in campaign to continue her campaign. Superior Court Judge John Harrington ruled today that Republicans...

Burlington GOP Surrogate candidate doesn’t make the ballot

March 31, 2026 8:58 pm

The Republican candidate for Burlington County Surrogate has been tossed from the ballot after County Clerk Joanne Schwartz, a Democrat, found that Michael Boyd fell 27 signatures short of the 269 required on his nominating petitions. Schwartz found that of...