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Barbara Kossyk, ex-Piscataway GOP leader, dies at 86

July 29, 2019 10:59 am

Barbara Kossyk, a former vice chair of the Piscataway Republican Organization who ran three times for Township Council, died on July 27. She was 86. In 1982, Kossyk became a candidate for the Piscataway Township Council 2nd ward seat being...

Nick Poliseno, former Spotswood mayor, dies from 9/11-related illness at 41

July 23, 2019 11:03 amJuly 23, 2019 1:58 pm

Nicholas Poliseno, a former Spotswood mayor who spent a year working at Ground Zero, died on July 17 from an illness sustained as a first responder on September 11, 2001. He was 41. Poliseno was working for Con Edison and...

Perth Amboy Dem leader endorses Booker, slams Diaz

July 16, 2019 2:46 pmJuly 16, 2019 4:10 pm

Perth Amboy Democratic Municipal Chairman Helmin Caba has endorsed Cory Booker for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. Caba’s endorsement comes three days after Perth Amboy Mayor Wilda Diaz announced that she was supporting Bernie Sanders for president. “Booker is our...

Diaz endorses Bernie Sanders

July 13, 2019 11:50 pmJuly 14, 2019 9:48 pm

Perth Amboy Mayor Wilda Diaz has endorsed Bernie Sanders for the Democratic presidential nomination. “His ideas are not ‘radical’ and ‘extreme’ anymore. All Democratic Presidential candidates are running on a platform that resembles what Bernie has been fighting for all...

Smith stops short of predicting peace with Piscataway progressives

June 17, 2019 3:56 pm

State Sen. Bob Smith stopped short of predicting peace within Piscataway’s Democratic Municipal Committee following a county-backed romp of progressive challengers earlier this month. “We talk to everybody. We love everybody. They’ve been diminished within the committee. They had five...

McCabe wins big in re-election bid

June 13, 2019 9:52 pmJune 14, 2019 12:11 am

Middlesex County Democratic Chairman Kevin McCabe was easily re-elected tonight, defeating Herb Tarbous in his bid to keep the post he’s held since 2013 as head of one of the state’s most powerful county organizations. Vice chair Beatrice Moskowitz was...

Renny Travisano, former Middlesex county clerk, dies at 82

June 9, 2019 1:53 pmJune 9, 2019 9:07 pm

Raniero Travisano, a popular Sayreville Democrat who served one term as Middlesex County Clerk before losing in the 1990 anti-Florio protest election, died on June 8. He was 82. Travisano was a junior high school teacher and guidance counselor when...