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Middlesex county clerk Elaine Flynn to retire

January 22, 2020 8:55 pm

Middlesex County Clerk Elaine Flynn will not seek re-election to a sixth term. Flynn defeated incumbent Dennis Little, the last Republican to hold countywide office in Middlesex, with 61% of the vote in 1995. “It has been my great privilege...

Margaret Cerria, former first lady of Woodbridge, killed in car crash

January 4, 2020 6:57 pm

Margaret Cerria, the wife of former Woodbridge Mayor Phil Cerria, was killed in a crash on the Garden State Parkway on Friday. The 85-year-old former mayor, who was elected in 1983 and served one term, was hospitalized for injuries sustained...

John Bennett ousted as Woodbridge administrator

January 2, 2020 9:38 pmJanuary 2, 2020 10:57 pm

John O. Bennett III, a former Co-Senate President who spent 3 ½ days as the governor of New Jersey in 2002, has been let go from his post as the Woodbridge Township Business Administrator, the New Jersey Globe has learned....

Middlesex mayor indicted for stealing campaign funds

December 16, 2019 3:14 pmDecember 23, 2019 7:28 am

Middlesex Borough Mayor Ronald DiMura has been indicted on charges that he stole $190,000 from local campaigns and then used a local charity he runs to launder the money. In total, DiMura faces nine counts of theft, official misconduct, tampering...

Democrats flip Sayreville mayor post by 3 votes

November 13, 2019 6:50 pm

Democrat Victoria Kilpatrick has won her race for mayor of Sayreville by three votes after final count of provisional and vote-by-mail ballots. Kilpatrick defeated Republican Arthur Rittenhouse by a vote of 3,629 to 3,626. She will succeed Mayor Kennedy O’Brien,...

Sayreville races won’t be called this week

November 7, 2019 3:59 pm

Races for Sayreville mayor and two of the town’s council seats won’t be called until after provisional ballots are counted next week. Councilman Arthur Rittenhouse, the Republican candidate for Mayor, received 3,578 votes, just 33 more than Democratic Councilwoman Victoria...

Middlesex: In hit to Diaz, Perth Amboy voters OK runoff question. Sayreville too close to call. South River GOP flips two council seats. Milltown Dems take 2 council seats, GOP holds Old Bridge, Dems sweep countywides

November 6, 2019 3:15 amNovember 6, 2019 3:40 am

Countywide: Democrats swept countywide races in Middlesex. Sheriff Mildred Scott defeated Republican challenger Dean Gallo 69,383-47,353. Freeholders Kenneth Armwood and Charles Kenny easily won re-election, earning 65,921 and 66,194 votes, respectively. Clary Azcona-Barber, a longtime New Brunswick Democratic committeewoman and...