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Thomas Cooke, former East Orange mayor, dies of coronavirus at 90

May 29, 2020 4:03 pmMay 29, 2020 4:05 pm

Former East Orange Mayor Thomas H. Cooke, Jr., one of the first African American politicians to achieve success in Essex County in the 1960s, died on May 18 of complications related to the coronavirus pandemic. He was 90. Cooke was...

Essex Freeholders vote against new insurance contract for Norcross

May 27, 2020 4:15 pmMay 27, 2020 4:43 pm

The Essex County Board of Freeholders voted on Wednesday to extend the insurance brokerage contract of a firm run by Democratic powerhouse George Norcross through the end of 2020, instead of approving a new three-year contract. The freeholder agenda had...

Two weeks after election, Post Office still delivering Essex mail-in ballots

May 27, 2020 12:01 amMay 26, 2020 10:33 pm

A vote-by-mail ballot postmarked in April 30 was delivered to the Essex County Board of Elections 27 days later on May 26 — one of 1,941 votes in the May 12 election that won’t be counted. Votes were still arriving...

Essex seeks release of ICE detainees

May 26, 2020 11:16 pmMay 27, 2020 5:37 pm

The Essex County Board of Freeholders will consider a resolution on Wednesday asking U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to release non-violent detainees at the Essex County Correctional Facility. The resolution is a late addition to the agenda sponsored by...

Ballots of deceased voters pulled before final Nutley count

May 18, 2020 2:34 pm

One of the legendary lines about New Jersey politics came from the late Gov. Brendan Byrne, who often said he wanted to be buried in Hudson County so that he could “remain active in politics” – a tip of the...

After Nutley tie, Scarpelli and Tucci will each take two years as mayor

May 18, 2020 9:48 amMay 18, 2020 10:47 am

By immovable local tradition, the top vote-getter for Nutley’s five Board of Commissioners seats becomes mayor for four years, but that custom became more complicated on Friday when Joseph Scarpelli and Mauro Tucci tied with 4,586 votes each. Scarpelli told...

Baskerville undecided about Montclair recount

May 17, 2020 8:44 pmMay 18, 2020 7:58 am

Renee Baskerville, who trails Sean Spiller by 195 votes in the race for mayor of Montclair, is waiting to see if election officials will allow late arriving ballots to be counted before she decides if she is going to seek...