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Operating engineers Local 825 backs Bhalla re-election

April 13, 2021 11:41 am

The International Union of Operating Engineers Local 825 endorsed Hoboken Mayor Ravi Bhalla for a second term Tuesday. “Even before the pandemic struck, Mayor Bhalla had proven his ability to be an effective municipal leader,” IUOE Local 825 business manager...

Hoboken preparing to formally ask attorney general to probe racist flyer cold case

April 6, 2021 6:08 pm

The Hoboken City Council will consider a resolution on Wednesday urging Attorney General Gurbir Grewal to investigate a racist flyer at the close of the 2017 campaign. A group of Hoboken officials – five city council members and Mayor Ravi...

Hudson Dems pick Dublin for county register

April 5, 2021 6:07 pm

Former Hudson County freeholder Jeffrey Dublin is returning to public office as the Hudson County Democratic organization candidate for Register of Deeds and Mortgages. He will replace Diane Coleman, who is not seeking re-election to another five year term. Dublin...

Guttenberg mayor files huge number of signatures on re-election petition

April 5, 2021 4:24 pm

In his bid for re-election to a second term, Guttenberg Mayor Wayne Zitt, Jr. filed over 1,000 signatures – about one-in-three registered Democrats in the small Hudson County town – on his nominating petitions to run in the June primary....

Santos will seek 9th term as Kearny mayor

April 5, 2021 11:56 am

Alberto Santos, a key player in Hudson County Democratic politics, will seek re-election to a ninth term as mayor of Kearny. The Venezuelan-born son of Portuguese parents has already the longest-serving mayor in Kearny history, breaking Joseph Healy’s record two...

Bayonne administrator files hostile workplace lawsuit

April 2, 2021 3:16 pmApril 2, 2021 6:12 pm

In a lawsuit filed on Thursday, the Bayonne business administrator has accused Mayor Jimmy Davis and other municipal leaders of creating a hostile work environment. The allegations come as Davis is attempting to deny Assembly Majority Whip Nicholas Chiaravalloti (D-Bayonne)...

Fulop names two new judges

April 1, 2021 9:48 amApril 1, 2021 10:36 am

Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop has filled two municipal court vacancies left open following the resignations of two judges confirmed last week to seats on the New Jersey Superior Court. Fulop has nominated Rahat Chatha and Paul Scalia to replaced...