Gloucester Archives

Clifford Burtoft, ex-Gloucester freeholder, Washington mayor, dies at 92

January 23, 2021 1:37 pm

Clifford Burtoft, a former Gloucester County freeholder and mayor of Washington Township, died on January 19. He was 92. Burtoft ran for the Washington Township Committee in 1972 in a bid to end the 3-2 Democratic majority. His running mate...

Gloucester GOP line goes to Ciattarelli

January 21, 2021 1:24 pmJanuary 21, 2021 1:27 pm

Gloucester County Republicans awarded their organization line to gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli on Thursday, GOP County Chair Jacci Vigilante has announced. “Now that the gubernatorial primary field is set it is time for all of us to pull in the...

The story of Ken Faulkner, and how Thelma Witherspoon might wind up a commissioner anyway

January 5, 2021 8:34 amJanuary 5, 2021 9:48 am

If a judge’s decision to toss the results of the 2020 Atlantic County Commissioner election holds up on appeal, Democrats have a strong argument to fill the seat on an interim basis – possibly with the candidate who got the...

Gloucester County Republican Chair Jackie Vigilante. Photo courtesy of the Vigilante Law Firm.

Vigilante jabs Murphy for rare visit to South Jersey

December 22, 2020 12:44 pm

Gloucester County Republican Chairwoman Vigilante jabbed Gov. Phil Murphy over an event at a public port in Paulsboro, claiming the governor’s rare visit to South Jersey was made chiefly for political reasons. “In most cases I’m happy to welcome someone...

Judge grants recounts in Woolwich, Harrison, but no new count for freeholder race

December 11, 2020 12:07 pmDecember 11, 2020 12:08 pm

A Superior Court Judge approved Republican requests for recounts in two Gloucester County municipalities but denied a request for the same in freeholder races there Friday morning. At the end of a hearing that ran for nearly two hours, Cumberland/Gloucester/Salem...

Machine counts of mail-in ballots not 100% accurate, but close, audit shows

December 8, 2020 3:22 pmDecember 9, 2020 8:58 am

Machine vote counts of vote-by-mail ballots were slightly less than 100% accurate in each of 14 randomly selected ballot bins in Gloucester County, but 47 uncounted ballots were discovered during a state audit of a little less than 5% of...

Another hearing on Gloucester recounts set for Dec. 11

November 24, 2020 5:30 pm

A Superior Court Judge said he wanted more information about purported ballot-counting inaccuracies before approving recount requests in four Gloucester County races. Republican candidates in three local races and one GOP freeholder candidate filed for recounts after final tallies showed...