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Surrency gets support of corrections officers in bid for second term

June 1, 2020 10:27 am

PBA Local 231, which represents corrections officers at the Cumberland County Jail, has endorsed incumbent Freeholder Jack Surrency in his off-the-line bid for renomination in the July 7 Democratic primary. Cumberland County Democrats denied party support to Surrency and replaced...

Surrency pushes prison virus protections

May 19, 2020 10:22 am

Cumberland County Freeholder Jack Surrency urged the county’s residents to call other members of the board and urge they enact protections for the county’s prison population. “We can put these measures into place right now and test, treat, and track...

Surrency wants hazard pay for Cumberland corrections officers

April 29, 2020 1:15 pm

A Cumberland County freeholder seeking re-election off the organization line in the July Democratic primary wants the county Department of Corrections to offer “hazard pay” for corrections officers. “More than a dozen county corrections officers have tested positive for COVID-19,”...

South Jersey wants progressive challengers to pay legal fees

April 23, 2020 9:50 pmApril 24, 2020 12:10 pm

Four county clerks and the Camden County Democratic organization want to recoup legal fees after South Jersey progressives suddenly dropped their lawsuit seeking to reverse the rejection of their nominating petitions. Now some of the candidates who filed to run...

South Jersey progressives drop lawsuit on petitions

April 23, 2020 11:54 amApril 23, 2020 6:23 pm

A group of South Jersey progressive candidates who had sought to challenge Democratic organization candidates in Camden, Cape May and Gloucester counties have withdrawn a lawsuit seeking to have the rejection of their nominating petitions reversed. Christopher Orlando, the Camden...

South Jersey progressives sue to stay on the ballot

April 9, 2020 11:20 am

A group of progressive Democrats candidates sued clerks in four South Jersey counties, claiming the officials were keeping them off the ballot by incorrectly processing the challengers’ nominating petitions. The thirteen progressive candidates claim clerks in Camden, Gloucester, Cape May...

Progressive slates file in six South Jersey counties

March 31, 2020 7:35 pmApril 1, 2020 11:33 am

Progressives have fielded full slates of candidates for countywide office in six counties with the intention of bracketing with Democratic congressional candidate Amy Kennedy. In five of those counties – Cape May, Cumberland, Burlington, Camden and Gloucester – Brigid Harrison...