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MLK Statement: Livingston Mayor Shawn Klein

January 18, 2021 12:00 amJanuary 18, 2021 10:11 am

OPINION The first Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr Day was observed back in 1986. Each year since, the goal has been to use this day as a “day on” with good works done and an acknowledgment of the legacy of...

John Alati, former Essex freeholder, dies at 73

January 15, 2021 12:50 pmJanuary 15, 2021 8:47 pm

John M. Alati, a popular former Essex County freeholder who was one of the most influential people in county politics in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, died on January 15. He was 73. He was elected freeholder in 1984, representing...

Former Newark cop sentenced to 9 years in prison for role in Watershed Corporation kickback scheme

January 7, 2021 3:38 pm

A former Newark police officer was sentenced to nine years in prison over her role in a kickback scheme at the Newark Watershed Conservation and Development Corporation, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael Honig announced Thursday. A jury convicted Janell Robinson on...

Rigoglioso re-elected mayor in Garfield

January 1, 2021 5:24 pmJanuary 2, 2021 10:38 pm

Garfield’s council unanimously elected Mayor Richard Rigoglioso to another term as mayor Friday. He and the four other successful candidates who ran on Rigoglioso’s slate were sworn in Friday, two of the victors replacing incumbents who sat on the body...

Klein sworn in as new Livingston mayor

January 1, 2021 12:39 pmJanuary 2, 2021 10:38 pm

Livingston’s council elected Dr. Shawn R. Klein the township’s mayor Friday. He’ll replace Councilman Rudy Fernandez as mayor. It’ll be his second time at the head of the township’s government. He was deputy mayor twice before that. Councilman Michael Vieira,...

Decade before Joe Clark ran for freeholder, another nationally-known celebrity ran for State Senate in an East Orange-based district

December 30, 2020 12:23 pmDecember 30, 2020 5:21 pm

A bid for Essex County freeholder by bullhorn-toting, baseball bat-wielding high school principal Joe Clark in 1988 came eleven years after another nationally acclaimed celebrity sought public office in an East Orange-based district. Althea Gibson, the first Black win the...

Richardson will become first Essex Board of Commissioners president

December 30, 2020 10:36 amDecember 30, 2020 12:24 pm

Labor leader Wayne Richardson will become the first president of the Essex County Board of Commissioners when they reorganize next month under a new law that ends the existence of freeholder boards for the first time since 1776. Richardson the...