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Steinhardt tells Murphy to fire Dye

August 20, 2019 3:07 pmAugust 20, 2019 3:07 pm

Republican State Chairman Doug Steinhardt says that Gov. Phil Murphy needs to fire Jeffrey Dye for making anti-Semitic comments on his Facebook page. Dye, the president of the Passaic NAACP, was hired for a $56,088-a-year post at the state Department...

Passaic NAACP leader bashes Israel on Facebook

August 19, 2019 3:03 pmAugust 20, 2019 2:30 am

A Murphy administration appointee who serves as president of the Passaic NAACP criticized U.S. foreign aid to Israel on his Facebook page, the latest step in a growing divide between Blacks and Jews in the New Jersey Democratic party. Jeffrey...

Former Record reporter John Ensslin dies at 65

August 5, 2019 8:54 pmAugust 6, 2019 11:15 am

John Ensslin, a former Bergen Record reporter, has passed away. Colorado Politics, a political new site he worked for, reported that Ensslin was found dead at his apartment in Denver sometime today. He was 65. Ensslin covered Bergen and Passaic...

MAYOR ANDRE SAYEGH, CONGRESSMAN BILL PASCRELL SHOWCASE NEW DEMOLITION EQUIPMENT

June 17, 2019 2:05 pm

PATERSON – On Monday, June 17th Mayor Andre Sayegh and Congressman Bill Pascrell Jr. unveiled demolition equipment leased by the City of Paterson with Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)....

Tony Ross, ex-Passaic freeholder, dies at 89

June 8, 2019 3:27 pm

Anthony Ross, a former Passaic County freeholder and mayor of Hawthorne, died on June 5. He was 89. Ross was the top vote-getter on a Republican ticket that rode Gov. Tom Kean’s coattails to take control of the freeholder board....

Sadowski wins renomination over county-backed challenger in Wayne

June 5, 2019 1:55 am

Only two of Wayne’s six council seats saw contested primaries Tuesday, with one on either side of the aisle. In the Second Ward’s Republican Primary, Councilman Al Sadowski defeated challenger county-backed Louis Avolio 415-200. He’ll face Dianne Douthat in the...

Dale wins landslide in West Milford

June 5, 2019 1:43 amJune 5, 2019 2:47 am

Michele Dale defeated Lou Signorino for the Republican mayoral nomination in West Milford by 974 votes, a 76%-24% margin. Kevin Goodsir and Warren Gross have won Republican nods for township council. They defeated Peter McGuinness and Steven Castronova. Goodsir was...