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Amato will run for Connors’ Senate seat; Rumpf and Gove will face challenges for Ocean GOP line

January 9, 2023 11:03 amJanuary 9, 2023 2:57 pm

Berkeley Mayor Carmen Amato will seek the open State Senate seat in the 9th legislative district, making him the prohibitive favorite to succeed retiring five-term State Sen. Christopher Connors (R-Lacey), the New Jersey Globe has confirmed from three sources with...

Judge dismisses Gilmore complaint against Holman

January 6, 2023 5:42 pmJanuary 6, 2023 5:42 pm

Superior Court Judge Lisa Thornton has dismissed a lawsuit filed by Ocean County GOP Chairman George Gilmore in August seeking a return of the organization’s digital assets from his predecessor and others. Gilmore wanted emails and other electronic files concerning...

Here’s an early short list for Chris Connors’ Senate seat

January 3, 2023 4:48 pm

The surprise announcement that State Sen. Christopher Connors (R-Lacey) will not seek re-election to a sixth term in the 9th legislative district creates the first open Senate seat in Ocean County in sixteen years. The open Senate seat gives newly-resurrected...

Shlomo Schorr leaving journalism for advocacy post

January 2, 2023 1:55 pmJanuary 2, 2023 1:57 pm

Shlomo Z. Schorr, a smart, razor-focused journalist who dominated local news coverage in Lakewood over the last few years working for the Lakewood Shopper, Mishpacha Magazine, and the Lakewood Scoop, is leaving journalism to join an U.S. organization that represents...

Voter who signed Manchester runoff VBM won’t be counted, judge says

December 22, 2022 2:34 pm

A Manchester voter who added her signature to a vote-by-mail ballot for the non-partisan municipal runoff election in Manchester on December 13 will not be counted, Superior Court Judge Craig Wellerson decided after a brief court hearing today. Voting along...

Manchester mayor ousted in huge victory for George Gilmore

December 13, 2022 9:31 pmDecember 13, 2022 11:22 pm

In a big win for Ocean County GOP Chairman George Gilmore, Robert Arace has ousted incumbent Robert Hudak to become the next mayor of Manchester in a race that pitted two Republicans against each other in what was technically a...

For the 14th time this year, the polls in New Jersey are now closed

December 13, 2022 8:00 pmDecember 13, 2022 8:50 pm

It’s 8 PM and the polls have closed in New Jersey for the 14th and final time of 2022. Voters in fourteen New Jersey municipalities went to the polls today for non-partisan council runoffs in Trenton, Perth Amboy and Manchester,...