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Sayegh names Long as Paterson business administrator

January 21, 2020 5:10 pm

Paterson mayor Andre Sayegh has picked Kathleen Long to serve as the city’s new business administrator. Long will replace Vaughn McKoy, who is leaving in February after 20 months in the post. “It is rare to have someone of Vaughn’s...

How the Becchi district swap happened

January 19, 2020 9:34 pmJanuary 21, 2020 1:23 pm

Rosemarie Becchi began to seriously consider switching districts and running against Mikie Sherrill instead of Tom Malinowski sometime on Friday and made a final decision on Sunday morning, according to fourteen sources familiar with all or part of the marathon...

Passaic surrogate says she’s innocent, plans to complete term

January 4, 2020 1:33 pmJanuary 8, 2020 9:02 am

Embattled Passaic County Surrogate Bernice Toledo would not say if she will seek re-election to a second term in 2021. The state Supreme Court’s Advisory Committee on Judicial Conduct has alleged that Toledo abused her office by naming a longtime...

Currie: Toledo allegations ‘disconcerting’

January 3, 2020 5:30 pm

Democratic State Chairman John Currie said allegations that Passaic County Surrogate Bernice Toledo abused her office to help a friend and failed to recuse from a case in which she had a personal stake should be investigated but stopped short...

ACJC: Passaic surrogate made her friend administrator of $600,000 estate

January 3, 2020 9:57 am

The state Advisory Committee on Judicial Conduct on Thursday charged Passaic County Surrogate Bernice Toledo with abusing her office to benefit a personal friend and with a failure to recuse from a case in which she had a personal stake....

Murphy will swear in officials in 12 towns in January

December 28, 2019 2:32 pmDecember 31, 2019 2:56 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy will swear in the girlfriend of one of his 2017 Democratic primary rivals as a councilwoman in Wayne on January 1. Fran Ritter ousted incumbent Republican councilwoman Aileen Rivera with 57% of the vote and will become...

Hawthorne councilman re-elected this month dies at 79

November 20, 2019 10:30 pm

Hawthorne Councilman Garret Sinning, who was re-elected to an 6th term on November 5, died earlier today. He was 79. A Republican, Sinning was elected to the council in 1998, winning a special election for a one-year unexpired term with...