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NJFMBA, PBA locals back Fanucci slate

October 16, 2020 10:39 amOctober 16, 2020 10:43 am

The New Jersey Firefighters Mutual Benevolent Association and Police Benevolent Association Locals 266 and 266A endorsed Vineland Mayor Anthony Fanucci and his slat of council candidates last week. “There is no doubt that Mayor Fanucci is committed to working with...

Testa makes a play for Cumberland’s freeholder board

September 11, 2020 11:51 amSeptember 13, 2020 1:29 pm

State Sen. Mike Testa is making a play for control of his home county. With Democrats holding a broad but not insurmountable 6-1 majority on Cumberland County’s Board of Chosen Freeholders, Testa, the county’s Republican chairman, is hoping a bevy...

Fanucci will seek re-election as Vineland mayor

August 22, 2020 2:54 pm

Saying that continuity of leadership during the coronavirus is critical, Vineland Mayor Anthony Fanucci has announced that he will seek re-election to a second term as mayor. “When I first ran for Mayor, I promised we were not going to...

Paul Porreca, New Jersey’s longest-living congressional candidate, dies at 85

August 15, 2020 11:08 amAugust 17, 2020 12:52 am

Paul R. Porreca, a respected former Superior Court Judge who was New Jersey’ longest-living candidate for Congress, died on Friday night. He was 85. Porreca was a 27-year-old Millville city commissioner when he became the Democratic congressional candidate in 1962...

Pearson celebrates her lone progressive victory

July 27, 2020 3:49 pm

Former Cumberland County Freeholder Donna Pearson issued a muted celebration of her primary win. She was the only one of three progressive freeholder challengers to win at the polls this month. “This is bittersweet. It was a hard-fought battle. Our...

Musso, Castellini and Pearson win Cumberland Dem freeholder primary

July 16, 2020 9:23 pmJuly 17, 2020 9:11 am

This story was updated on July 17, 2020 at 9:04 AM. Donna Pearson staged a rare off-the-line victory in the Democratic primary for Cumberland County Freeholder. A former freeholder who has been out of office for nearly seventeen years, Pearson...

Pearson still leads Cumberland Democratic freeholder primary

July 14, 2020 8:59 pm

Donna Pearson is holding on to second place in the Democratic primary for three seats on the Cumberland County Board of Freeholders, with incumbent George Castellini leading his running mate, Bruce Cooper, by 141 votes. Incumbent Carol Musso has been...