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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...

Democrats easily win Passaic countywide races

November 6, 2019 2:27 am

Democratic incumbents in Passaic easily won re-election over their challengers Tuesday. Sheriff Richard Berdnik defeated Darren Woolridge 36,084 votes to 22,252. Incumbents Terry Duffy, 35,608, and Pat LePore, 34,804, defeated Maria Giammona’s 22,976 votes. Republicans only ran a single freeholder...

Passaic: Ritter wins in Wayne. GOP holds Ringwood. Wanaque Republicans hold seats in close race. One seat in Hawthorne, Bloomingdale too close to call.

November 5, 2019 9:42 pmNovember 6, 2019 12:33 am

Wayne Council: Democrat Fran Ritter beat out incumbent fifth ward Councilwoman Aileen Rivera, earning 731 votes to the incumbent’s 559, but Republicans held the five other seats up for election this year. First ward Councilman Richard Jasterzbski, who was caught...

Guide to Passaic County Elections

November 3, 2019 2:01 pmNovember 3, 2019 7:56 pm

Democrats have a 7-0 majority on the Passaic County Board of Freeholders and Republicans are running just one candidate for the two seats up this year. Longtime incumbents Terry Duffy and Pat Lepore face Republican Maria Giammona, a Totowa attorney....