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Ex-mayor files as independent for Assembly

June 3, 2019 1:27 pmJune 4, 2019 10:15 am

Former Point Pleasant Beach Mayor Vincent Barrella has filed to run as an independent candidate for State Assembly in the 10th district. Barrella, who was first elected mayor as a Republican, said in April that he might run as an...

Lavallette mayor endorses Rodrick in Toms River

June 3, 2019 8:47 amJune 3, 2019 10:30 am

Lavallette Mayor Walter LaCicero, a longtime critic of former Ocean County Republican Chairman George Gilmore, has endorsed Dan Rodrick for mayor of Toms River in tomorrow’s GOP primary election. “For nearly fifteen years, as the Mayor of Lavallette, I have...

Lobbyist running for mayor owes $151k to IRS

May 23, 2019 12:16 amMay 23, 2019 10:25 am

As Ocean County Republicans seek to move on from George Gilmore, unpaid federal income taxes has become an issue in an increasingly heated GOP mayoral primary in Point Pleasant Beach. The Internal Revenue Service has filed a tax lien against...

Judge orders Hill to get his share of joint campaign account

May 17, 2019 5:46 pmMay 17, 2019 9:14 pm

A Superior Court judge has ordered the treasurer of a joint election committee to pay Toms River mayoral candidate Mo Hill $25,930 by noon tomorrow. The fundraising committee was a joint effort with mayor Thomas Kelaher and councilmen George Wittman...

Holman takes Gilmore’s Board of Election seat

May 17, 2019 11:53 amMay 17, 2019 2:22 pm

Newly-elected Ocean County Republican chairman Frank Holman III will take George Gilmore’s seat on the Board of Elections, the New Jersey Globe has learned. Following Holman’s 25-vote victory in a special election on Wednesday, three GOP officials huddled to decide...

Gilmore appointed Board of Elections successor hours before he resigned

May 16, 2019 5:24 pmMay 17, 2019 9:11 am

George Gilmore named his own replacement on the Ocean County Board of Elections during his final hours as county chairman, but his pick was torpedoed by a onetime ally, freeholder chair Virginia Haines. Gilmore resigned his seat on the Board...

Holman wins race for Ocean GOP chairman

May 15, 2019 8:50 pmMay 16, 2019 9:20 am

Frank Holman III became the first new Ocean County Republican chairman since 1996 Wednesday, defeating Frank Sadeghi by 25 votes to replace former county chairman George Gilmore. Holman won 254 to 229, a 52%-48% margin, in a special election of...