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Ex-assemblyman indicted on conspiracy, fraud charges

October 15, 2021 6:35 pmOctober 17, 2021 9:46 am

Th U.S. Attorney’s office today announced the indictment of former Assemblyman Carmelo Garcia (D-Hoboken) for his role in a bribery scheme, eleven months after federal prosecutors first first charged him. Garcia and former Springfield Board of Education President Irwin Sablosky...

George Richardson, former assemblyman first elected in 1961, dies at 90

October 11, 2021 12:01 amOctober 11, 2021 10:52 pm

George C. Richardson, a maverick civil rights leader who served four terms in the New Jersey State Assembly in the 1960s and 1970s, died on September 24. He was 90. Richardson had sought to become the first Black to serve...

Sherrill hosts VP Harris in Montclair to talk on child care

October 8, 2021 4:33 pmOctober 10, 2021 3:16 pm

Vice President Kamala Harris visited Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-Montclair) and Gov. Phil Murphy at Montclair State University today to promote the Biden administration’s plans on child care, as both Harris and Sherrill work to get Biden’s Build Back Better plan...

Happy Birthday, Senator Jim Wallwork

September 17, 2021 10:38 am

James H. Wallwork, an Essex County Republican who spent fourteen years in the New Jersey Senate and two in the State Assembly, is celebrating his 91st birthday today. Wallwork is one of two living members of the Senate Class of...

Menendez, Booker stay in N.J. for 9/11 events

September 10, 2021 1:14 pm

New Jersey’s two United States Senators will remain local on September 11, with Bob Menendez and Cory Booker choosing to attend a commemoration ceremony in Essex County instead of the memorial service at the World Trade Center. Menendez and Booker...

Labor Leader: John J. Giblin served as State Senator, Essex County Freeholder

September 6, 2021 12:10 amSeptember 5, 2021 6:05 pm

John J. Giblin (1909-1975) was one of New Jersey’s most powerful labor leaders, serving as president of the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 68, chairman of the national union, Essex County Freeholder and State Senator. Giblin was the patriarch...

Labor Leader: Joel Jacobson picked a public fight with Frank Sinatra

September 6, 2021 12:10 amSeptember 4, 2021 3:48 pm

One of the great New Jersey fights of the 1970s was between labor leader Joel R. Jacobson (1918-1989) and Frank Sinatra. Sinatra and Dean Martin were playing blackjack before their performance at the Golden Nugget Casino in Atlantic City in...