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Essex solid for Menendez

January 20, 2018 9:57 pm

Essex County Democrats weighed in heavily for Bob Menendez tonight, with Essex County Democratic Chairman LeRoy Jones, Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo and Senate President Pro-Tempore Teresa Ruiz endorsing the Senators’ re-election campaign. Jones said that Menendez has “the full...

Timberlake headed to Assembly

January 18, 2018 7:40 pm

Sheila Oliver’s successor in the State Assembly will be Britnee Timberlake, an Essex County Freeholder from East Orange. Passaic County Democrats signed off on her candidacy tonight, which means she’ll likely be unopposed in a special election convention for the...

In show of force, Ramos runs

January 18, 2018 6:36 pm

Councilman Anibal Ramos Jr. announced his re-election bid for a fourth term on the Newark City Council Thursday to a packed crowd at the Waterfront, a gleaming new recreation facility that he helped bring to fruition. Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo, Sheriff...

The Trailblazers from Essex County

January 15, 2018 1:18 am

Before Sheila Oliver takes the oath of office as the first black Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey tomorrow, she will attend an inaugural prayer service at the Shiloh Baptist Church in Trenton. That’s a fitting tribute to the late Rev....

Murphy unlikely to abandon Baraka

January 10, 2018 2:46 pm

It’s not the first family fight of the fledgling Murphy governorship and it won’t be the last, but the race for Mayor of Newark will be something to watch this year. Gayle Cheneyfield-Jenkins, who backed Phil Murphy when Ras Baraka...