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Harry Rink, former Greenwich mayor, Assembly candidate, dies

December 18, 2018 10:19 am

Harry Rink, who served as a councilman and mayor in Greenwich Township, passed away on December 14. He was 89. He was elected to the Township Council in 1991, defeating incumbent Republicans Joseph Harbeson and Bill Williamson. In 1993, Rink...

A look at the races for Sheriff

October 22, 2018 12:18 am

Five New Jersey counties will elect a Sheriff on November 6. Four of them – Camden, Essex, Gloucester and Salem – have incumbents running that are favored to win re-election. Bergen County has an open seat. It’s possible that the...

Gloucester GOP pick Shivery for surrogate

September 5, 2018 12:46 pm

The Gloucester County Republican Committee on tuesday unanimously picked Greenwich township Mayor George Shivery as the GOP candidate in the county’s upcoming special election for surrogate. “Last year George won his sixth term as mayor of Greenwich Township, despite a...

Monroe school board candidate withdraws following NJ Globe report

August 18, 2018 8:02 pmAugust 20, 2018 5:20 pm

A School Board candidate in Monroe Township, Gloucester County, withdrew from the race following a New Jersey Globe report on racist Facebook posts the man made between 2013 and 2016. Rick Jankowski, a carpenter, had made posts on Facebook calling...

Monroe school board candidate made racist, homophobic Facebook posts

August 15, 2018 7:59 pmAugust 16, 2018 4:21 pm

A Monroe Township, Gloucester County, school board candidate made a series of racist and homophobic Facebook messages between 2013 and 2016, at times referring to black people as “animals” and “fucking monkeys.” “So now I watch videos of the ‘protesters’...

Spearman takes seat in Assembly

June 30, 2018 3:37 pmJune 30, 2018 11:38 pm

William Spearman was sworn in to his seat in the the New Jersey State Assembly today, three days after winning a special election convention to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Arthur Barclay last week. Barclay resigned last...

Spearman wins Assembly seat

June 27, 2018 7:04 pmJune 28, 2018 12:12 pm

Former Camden City Councilman William Spearman was elected to the New Jersey State Assembly tonight, winning a special election convention to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Arthur Barclay last week. Spearman could be sworn in as early...