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Giblin will run for re-election to Assembly

January 26, 2023 4:30 pm

Assemblyman Thomas Giblin (D-Montclair) said today that he will run for re-election to the Assembly in the 27th legislative district, a substantially redrawn district that puts the longtime Essex County politician with a new set of running mates. Giblin, who...

DeCroce launches bid to reclaim Assembly seat

January 19, 2023 11:16 amJanuary 19, 2023 12:19 pm

BettyLou DeCroce (R-Parsippany) today formally launched her bid to reclaim the 26th district State Assembly seat she held for ten years before losing a Republican primary in 2021, setting up a fight with her former running mate, Jay Webber (R-Morris...

Serena Perretti Benson, former federal and state judge, dies at 94

January 8, 2023 4:53 pmJanuary 8, 2023 5:52 pm

Serena Perretti Benson, an airplane pilot and scuba diver who served as a U.S. Magistrate and Superior Court Judge frequently assigned to high-profile criminal trials, died on December 26. She was 95. During her two decades as a state and...

Wayne mayor seeks 647% pay hike

January 2, 2023 9:28 pmJanuary 3, 2023 11:32 am

Wayne Mayor Christopher Vergano wants to raise his own salary from $18,750 to $140,000 annually, an increase of 647%. The Wayne Township Council has included an ordinance creating a full-time mayoral post on their agenda when they reorganize on Wednesday. ...

Most school referendum votes pass, but Dover, Little Falls, Saddle Brook reject spending plans

December 13, 2022 9:20 pmDecember 14, 2022 12:58 am

New Jersey has four separate election days each year set aside for local school boards to seek voter approval of school construction proposals. The state will fund at least 40% of eligible costs through annual debt service aid under the...

For the 14th time this year, the polls in New Jersey are now closed

December 13, 2022 8:00 pmDecember 13, 2022 8:50 pm

It’s 8 PM and the polls have closed in New Jersey for the 14th and final time of 2022. Voters in fourteen New Jersey municipalities went to the polls today for non-partisan council runoffs in Trenton, Perth Amboy and Manchester,...

It’s Election Day in New Jersey, again

December 13, 2022 6:00 amDecember 13, 2022 9:31 am

Good morning, New Jersey. It’s Election Day in New Jersey for the 14th time in 2022. Voters in fourteen New Jersey municipalities go to the polls today for non-partisan council runoffs in Trenton, Perth Amboy and Manchester, where no candidate...