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Voters could see controversial Paterson Council race run for a third time

May 1, 2021 7:52 pm

The Passaic County Board of Elections has acknowledged that at least 19 ballots in a do-over of a Paterson City Council race that led to voter fraud charges were cast by voters who didn’t live in the city’s Third Ward,...

Former Passaic NAACP president removed after anti-Semitic statements running for mayor

April 22, 2021 4:02 pmApril 22, 2021 8:29 pm

Jeffrey Dye, the former Passaic City NAACP president who was ousted over a series of anti-Semitic and anti-Latino Facebook posts, is running for mayor. Dye, who was fired from a $56,088-a-year post in Gov. Phil Murphy’s administration after the New...

When Tina Gatti first won a council seat, Woodland Park was called West Paterson

April 5, 2021 1:51 pmApril 5, 2021 2:18 pm

Woodland Park Councilwoman Tina Gatti today filed for her eighth term and says that this will be her last. Gatti was first elected in 2000 – when the borough was still called West Paterson — and has been re-elected by...

11 questions –and answers — about the 26th district GOP Assembly primary

March 29, 2021 1:02 amMarch 29, 2021 11:27 am

The Republican primary for State Assembly in the 26th legislative district was upended over the weekend after five-term incumbent BettyLou DeCroce (R-Parsippany) lost the support of her home county Republican organization. Christian Barranco, a member of the International Brotherhood of...

Passaic GOP drops Webber, awards line to Barranco, DeCroce

March 27, 2021 10:47 amApril 7, 2021 10:40 am

Passaic County Republicans will not support Assemblyman Jay Webber (R-Morris Plains) for re-election, giving their organization line to Assemblywoman BettyLou DeCroce (R-Parsippany) and Christian Barranco, an IBEW Local 102 member and former Pompton Lakes councilman. The move comes hours after...

Paterson getting a new corporation counsel

March 12, 2021 5:18 pm

Paterson corporation counsel Farrah Irving has resigned and will be replaced by Aymen Aboushi, Mayor Andre Sayegh announced today. Aboushi is a former trial attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice and had represented Paterson in civil rights litigation related...

Passaic GOP candidate picks Surrogate candidate in bid to end 29-year losing streak

March 11, 2021 7:45 pmMarch 11, 2021 10:59 pm

A longtime county employee will run as a Republican for Passaic County Surrogate, county chairman Peter Murphy announced today. Aisha Mamkej, a senior election clerk at the Passaic County Clerk’s office and a 28-year county employee, is expected to face...