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Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-Ringoes). Photo by Kevin Sanders for the New Jersey Globe.

Malinowski launches re-election bid on Sunday

January 9, 2020 11:17 pmJanuary 10, 2020 9:51 am

Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-Ringoes) will kickoff his bid for re-election to a second term in Congress on Sunday with a rally in Hunterdon County. Malinowski defeated five-term Rep. Leonard Lance (R-Clinton Township) in 2018, becoming the first Democrat to win...

Murphy swears in Kovach

January 1, 2020 4:50 pmJanuary 4, 2020 5:36 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy swore in Clinton Mayor Janice Kovach Wednesday. “I’m a proud Democrat, as is Janice, but today is about service,” Murphy said. “It’s about serving our communities and our state, and it’s a day where we acknowledge that...

Murphy will swear in officials in 12 towns in January

December 28, 2019 2:32 pmDecember 31, 2019 2:56 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy will swear in the girlfriend of one of his 2017 Democratic primary rivals as a councilwoman in Wayne on January 1. Fran Ritter ousted incumbent Republican councilwoman Aileen Rivera with 57% of the vote and will become...

Maddy Urbish takes Lambertville council seat

December 19, 2019 11:52 pm

Madeline Urbish, a former aide to Gov. Phil Murphy and Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman was sworn in tonight as a Lambertville councilwoman. Urbish replaces Elaine Warner, who retired after nine years as a councilwoman and nine years as a school...

GOP holds Hunterdon freeholder seats; Kovach re-elected by 2-1 margin

November 6, 2019 2:34 amNovember 6, 2019 2:53 am

Republican John Lanza was re-elected to the Hunterdon County Board of Freeholders on Tuesday, emerging as the top vote-getter despite facing charges in a for drunk driving that took a month to become public. West Amwell Mayor Zachary Rich won...

Maps: New Jersey Vote-by-Mail Ballots

October 28, 2019 9:03 pmOctober 29, 2019 11:43 am

Party affiliation of returned vote-by-mail ballots are tightening in some of the state’s most closely-watched legislative races.

Clinton mayor moonlighting as trash collector

October 14, 2019 1:45 pmOctober 14, 2019 6:28 pm

On weekends, Clinton Mayor Janice Kovach moonlights as a waste collector. “When there’s a whole bunch of events going on, we don’t bring guys in to do garbage on the weekends — obviously there’s a cost to it” Kovach said....