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David Lyons, longtime Irvington councilman, dies at 69

August 17, 2019 4:18 pm

Irvington Council President David Lyons, a six-term local official who once worked for baseball Hall of Famer Roy Campanella, died on August 13 after an illness. He was 69. Gov. Phil Murphy said that Lyons’ “leadership helped fuel the City’s...

Groups sue over Newark water

August 14, 2019 11:21 am

The Newark Education Workers Caucus and the Natural Resources Defense Council will argue Newark must provide residents with safe drinking water before a U.S. District Court judge Thursday. Earlier this week, residents in Newark’s Pequannock service area began receiving bottled...

NJ Transit pay hikes ‘tone deaf,’ Sherrill says

August 7, 2019 9:46 pmAugust 8, 2019 10:18 am

Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-Montclair) called huge pay raises to eight NJ Transit executives, including two political appointees, that came amidst continued delays and cancellations at the beleaguered transportation network tone-deaf on Wednesday. “You know, the timing was really horrible,” Sherril...

No decision on state chair bid, Jones says

August 7, 2019 8:52 pm

Essex County Chairman LeRoy Jones hasn’t decided if he’ll seek State Democratic Chairman John Currie’s post, but the interest is still there. “My interest is squarely there,” Jones told the New Jersey Globe Wednesday. “I’m a party person. I want...

Thomas Edison’s daughter couldn’t beat the line in congressional primary

August 4, 2019 7:00 pmAugust 5, 2019 9:56 am

In case you missed it: a 1938 congressional primary where Thomas Edison’s daughter couldn’t win off the line against the organization choice, a municipal court judge from East Orange. Two years earlier, in President Franklin Roosevelt’s re-election year, 33-year-old Edward...

Ruiz wants Latino Port Authority commissioner, backs O’Toole retention as chairman

August 1, 2019 10:24 amAugust 1, 2019 10:53 am

A sixth powerful Democratic State Senator today said that Kevin O’Toole should remain as chairman of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and said she would like to see Gov. Phil Murphy nominate the first Latino New...

Ray Kimble, former Belleville mayor, dies at 80

July 22, 2019 3:26 pmJuly 23, 2019 12:30 pm

Raymond Kimble, who served twelve years as the mayor of Belleville before losing re-election last year, has died. He was 80. Mayor Michael Melham, who defeated Kimble by 97 votes in the May 2018 municipal election, announced his death today....