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Trial starts in challenge to Hunterdon school bond referendum

May 12, 2022 5:18 pm

A challenge to a $33.4 million South Hunterdon Regional School bond referendum vote last November went to trial on Thursday, with attorneys trying to attorneys sparring over individual votes cast in a contest that was passed by just two votes....

Hunterdon commissioner stepping down

April 11, 2022 11:39 amApril 11, 2022 11:46 am

Hunterdon County Commissioner Matt Holt is resigning on May 1 and will be moving out of the county, setting up a November 2022 special election to fill the remaining two years of his term. Holt is the grandson of Clifford...

Henry Kuhl, Hunterdon GOP chairman for 37 years, dies at 91

January 30, 2022 4:07 pmJanuary 30, 2022 4:07 pm

Henry Kuhl, a legendary Hunterdon County Republican leader for parts of six decades and an influential figure in state GOP politics, died on January 29. He was 91. “The Kuhl family and the Lance family have known each other for at...

Hunterdon school referendum’s passage holds after recount

December 14, 2021 3:18 pmDecember 15, 2021 8:38 am

Following a recount today, the victory of a bond issue referendum in the South Hunterdon Regional School District was upheld, with 1,773 votes in favor and 1,771 votes against. According to a letter sent by the Hunterdon County Board of...

Recount goes forward in Hunterdon school referendum

December 10, 2021 11:34 am

Superior Court Judge Michael F. O’Neill today ordered that a school district referendum held last month in Hunterdon County go to a recount, with the recount date set for December 14. The South Hunterdon Regional School District, which comprises Lambertville,...

Hunterdon County school referendum could go to recount

December 7, 2021 6:19 pmDecember 8, 2021 2:57 pm

A $33.4 million bond issue in the South Hunterdon Regional School District that currently leads by only two votes could head to a recount, after local Republicans filed a petition for a recount in November. The case will be heard...

Hunterdon countywide electeds back Kean for Congress

November 11, 2021 1:32 pmNovember 11, 2021 5:06 pm

Outgoing Senate Minority Leader Tom Kean, Jr. (R-Westfield) unveiled endorsements today from seven Republican Hunterdon County countywide officeholders for his second campaign in the 7th congressional district. The septet – County Clerk Mary Melfi, Sheriff Fred Brown, and Commissioners Susan...