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Carpenters, teachers unions endorse Soriano in Parsippany

September 24, 2021 9:09 am

Parsippany Mayor Michael Soriano has won the endorsements of the Parsippany-Troy Hills Education Association and the Eastern Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters in his bid for a second term. “Working-class families in Parsippany have an opportunity to elect a...

Top Democrat told Graham to stop using their super PAC in Parsippany, but he was turned down

September 23, 2021 4:45 pmSeptember 23, 2021 5:07 pm

In a move that may be more about landing a lucrative public insurance contract than about political ideology, a Washington-based super PAC with close ties to a prominent New Jersey Democrat has started spending money to help a Republican win...

State will continue to withhold info on which schools go virtual

September 22, 2021 4:22 pm

Asked which schools and school districts have been forced to switch to remote learning due to Covid outbreaks so far this fall, Gov. Phil Murphy and Acting Commissioner of Education Angelica Allen-McMillan declined to provide specifics, saying that the state...

Washington township committeeman quits GOP over party leadership squabble

September 20, 2021 8:57 am

Blaming local political conflicts in his Washington Township (Morris County), township committeeman Gregg Forsbrey has left the Republican Party. Forsbrey’s departure came after Richard Wall was elected GOP municipal chairman by a 12—7 vote overall Joanne Schlesinger despite losing his...

Morris County added to major disaster declaration list

September 13, 2021 3:15 pm

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) added Morris County on Saturday to its list of counties covered under a major disaster declaration, bringing the total number of New Jersey Counties included up to 11. Last Sunday, in the aftermath of...

Carpenters, teachers unions back Democrats for Morris commissioner

August 26, 2021 2:50 pmSeptember 20, 2021 6:31 pm

Morris County Democrats, who haven’t won a countywide election in 48 years, have snagged endorsements from the Eastern Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters and the Morris County Council of Education Associations, the local arm of the New Jersey Education...

GOP leaders who fought Morris GOP line won’t have to pay legal fees from challenge, judge says

August 19, 2021 8:41 am

A Superior Court Judge has vacated an order requiring two party leaders to pay the legal fees in a court case earlier this year where they challenged the creation of a new Republican organization line in Morris County. In February,...