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Garden State Equality backs former finance director for Montclair Council

April 1, 2020 7:55 pm

The state’s leading LGBTQ+ organization endorsed Peter Yacobellis for Montclair Council Wednesday. “For nearly two decades, Peter has been advocating for the rights of the LGBTQ community–both in New Jersey and New York,” Garden State Equality executive director Christian Fuscarino...

Essex GOP runs all-woman countywide ticket

March 31, 2020 2:39 amMarch 31, 2020 2:42 am

Essex County Republicans have fielded an all-woman ticket of countywide candidates, something neither party has done before. The GOP slate includes one African American woman and one Latina. Monique Headen, Gynise Gotto, Bernara Quezada and Alexandra Campisi will run for...

James Isherwood, former Livingston deputy mayor, dies at 89

March 28, 2020 11:56 amMarch 29, 2020 12:23 pm

James F. Isherwood, a former deputy mayor of Livingston and the last to serve on an all-Republican township council, passed away on Friday evening. He was 89. He was the father of Darryl Isherwood, a former reporter who currently serves...

Working Families backs Kennedy, Kreibich, Spiller

March 27, 2020 12:14 pmMarch 27, 2020 12:21 pm

New Jersey Working Families has announced three endorsements in upcoming elections in what was described on social media as their first wave of candidates for May and June elections. The progressive grassroots group is backing Amy Kennedy for Conrgess in...

Essex County Democrats push county committee elections to 2021

March 24, 2020 3:38 pmMarch 24, 2020 3:39 pm

Essex County Democrats have postponed their 2020 county committee elections this year to help officials follow social distancing recommendations to prevent the spread of the deadly coronavirus. County committee members elected in 2018 will have their current terms extended until...

Nutley braces for all-VBM election in May

March 20, 2020 7:03 pm

Non-partisan municipal races in Nutley have been upended by the COVID-19 crisis. The ongoing pandemic has caused some incumbent candidates to pause their campaigning efforts and prioritize a coronavirus response. “Right now, it’s 100% towards taking care of the residents,”...

Essex Democrats backs all incumbents for re-election

March 19, 2020 1:41 pm

U.S. Senator Cory Booker, Reps. Donald Payne (D-Newark), Mikie Sherrill (D-Montclair), Albio Sires (D-West New York) and Tom Malinowski (D-Ringoes) will run on the Essex County Democratic organization line in the June Democratic primary, county chairman LeRoy Jones, Jr. said...