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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...

Joe Clark, famed Paterson principal and onetime GOP candidate, dies at 82

December 29, 2020 9:52 pmDecember 30, 2020 12:32 pm

Joe Clark, who won national fame as the unorthodox high school principal in Paterson known for his firm disciplinary manner, died on Tuesday. He was 82. Clark’s tenure at as the bullhorn-toting, baseball bat-wielding Eastside High School principal became the...

Spango will get top Essex elections post

December 28, 2020 11:30 amDecember 29, 2020 1:21 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy is expected to nominate former West Orange Council President Patty Spango to serve as Essex County Superintendent of Elections and Commissioner of Registration, the New Jersey Globe has learned. Spango is the choice of Essex County Democrats...

With money missing, Newark Tax Collector resigns

December 23, 2020 2:15 pmDecember 23, 2020 2:21 pm

Newark Tax Collector Ernest Turner has resigned after auditors found a substantial amount of city funds missing, the New Jersey Globe has learned. Some checks had been written to Turner himself, sources familiar with the probe say. The matter has...

Weiner out as Livingston township attorney

December 21, 2020 8:52 pmJanuary 1, 2021 5:30 pm

Shari Weiner will not return as Livingston township attorney in 2021, ending an 18-year run in the Democratic stronghold. She will be replaced by Jarrid Kantor, a Livingston resident whose law firm, Antonelli Kantor, represents multiple municipalities across the state....

Clifford Minor, who ran against Cory Booker in 2010, dies

November 25, 2020 9:26 amNovember 25, 2020 9:28 am

Clifford Minor, a former Essex County Prosecutor who challenged Cory Booker in the 2010 Newark mayoral race, died on November 17. He was 78. Minor began his career as a Newark police officer, rising to the rank of detective. He...

Final Essex County Election Results

November 23, 2020 12:38 pmNovember 23, 2020 2:03 pm

ROSELAND Voters here chose to send two incumbents back to their seats on the council. Republican Councilwoman Michele Tolli (2,119) ran in first, while Democratic Councilman Christopher Bardi (2,083) got a close second. Republican Aristotle Popolizio got 2,000 votes, while...