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Gottheimer wants power company to work 24/7 on repairs

August 9, 2020 4:33 pm

Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-Wyckoff) wants Orange & Rockland Utilities to work 24/7 until power outage issues related to Tropical Storm Isaias are solved, and one county official has called for JCP&L CEO Charles Jones to resign. “With hot summer temperatures...

Windish, charged with bribery, also reprimanded by ELEC

August 5, 2020 10:37 amAugust 5, 2020 12:05 pm

Former Mount Arlington Councilman John Windish, who faces state bribery charges, was reprimanded by the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission for filing his 2018 primary election reports 777 days late. Windish was not fined after ELEC determined that no...

Two Mehtas from Morris seek Senate seats

July 29, 2020 10:19 am

There are two Mehtas running for Senate in Morris County. Rupande Mehta, a Democrat, is seeking to oust State Sen. Tony Bucco (R-Boonton) in the year’s lone State Senate race, while Republican Rik Mehta is mounting a bid for U.S....

In GOP stronghold of Morris County, Democrats had a much bigger primary turnout

July 26, 2020 8:21 pm

Morris County has 24,903 more Republicans than Democrats, but in a primary election held primarily through vote-by-mail ballots, Democrats turned out in much greater numbers. Turnout in a primary that was relatively non-competitive produced a 49% turnout for Democrats and...

Jefferson Republicans elect transgender municipal chairwoman

July 14, 2020 1:22 pmJuly 14, 2020 1:44 pm

Republicans in a Morris County conservative stronghold elected a 27-year-old transgender woman to chair their Municipal Committee on Monday. Republicans in Jefferson, a town that Donald Trump won by 25 points in 2016 and that Jay Webber won by roughly...

Bergen wants Mine Hill officials to back off plan to make American Legion post pay taxes

June 30, 2020 10:26 am

Assemblyman Brian Bergen wants Mine Hill Mayor Sam Morris and his council fellows to back away from a plan to levy taxes on an American Legion post in the Morris County town of about 3,500. “This type of poor treatment...

Filing deadline for Morris GOP chair race set for July 1

June 27, 2020 5:12 pmJune 27, 2020 5:22 pm

Morris County Republicans will hold a reorganization meeting on July 14 to elect a county chairman. Laura Marie Ali, who has served as acting chair since Ronald DeFilippis stepped down for health reasons late last year, is planning to seek...