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Assemblyman Jerry Green dies

April 19, 2018 12:04 amApril 20, 2018 12:02 am

Assemblyman Jerry Green, a popular and powerful player in New Jersey politics for four decades, passed away on Wednesday evening. He was 79. Green has faced a series of health issues since last year. He resigned as Union County Democratic...

Castañeda ordered to appear before judge

April 18, 2018 7:20 pmApril 19, 2018 1:39 pm

A Hudson County Judge has ordered Jonathan Castañeda, former chief of staff to West New York mayor Felix Roque, and other representatives of the Hudson County Democratic Organization to appear and show why petitions submitted by HCDO candidates should not...

Judge will rule on Rockaway petitions Thursday

April 18, 2018 1:52 pmApril 19, 2018 10:18 am

A Passaic County Judge will issue a ruling tomorrow on challenges to the petitions of seven Rockaway Republican county committee candidates whose votes could affect the June election for Morris County Republican Chairman. Attorneys for the Morris County Clerk, Rockaway...

Former mayor dies, served with Weinberg, Feldman

April 18, 2018 8:40 am

Frank Hall, who served two terms as the mayor of Teaneck and spent 28 years in public office, passed away on April 16. He was 94. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II and was a...

Sacco slate wins 10-1 in North Bergen school board race

April 17, 2018 8:48 pmMay 8, 2020 4:06 pm

Three three incumbent North Bergen school board candidates endorsed by Mayor/State Sen. Nicholas Sacco crushed a slate of candidates backed by likely 2019 mayoral challenger Larry Wainstein tonight. 23 candidates appeared on the ballot for the three Board of Education...

O’Donnell, Davis in tight fundraising race

April 17, 2018 3:36 pmApril 18, 2018 1:53 pm

Incumbent Bayonne Mayor Jim Davis’s fundraising and campaign spending totals have fallen behind that of his main challenger, former Assemblyman Jason O’Donnell, but with their respective committees taken into account, the two candidates are on close-to-equal footing. Since his last...

Longshoremen’s union endorses Davis

April 17, 2018 1:35 pmApril 17, 2018 3:20 pm

International Longshoreman’s Association (ILA) Local 1588 has endorsed Bayonne Mayor Jimmy Davis for re-election to a second term, along with Davis’ full slate of council candidates. The union endorsed Davis in 2014 against incumbent Mark Smith, “Many of our members live...