Passaic Archives

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...

Republicans to pick Cardinale’s replacement tonight

March 9, 2021 8:50 am

Good morning, New Jersey. Today is Election Day in the 39th district, where Republican county committee in 20 municipalities in Bergen County and three in Passaic will vote in a special election convention to choose a new State Senator. The...

Passaic Dems pick Cassanova for Surrogate

March 6, 2021 12:30 pmMarch 6, 2021 1:59 pm

Passaic County Democrats picked Zoila S. Cassanova, a Wayne resident who works as an attorney for the New York Supreme Court Criminal Division in Queens and the Bronx, as their candidate for Surrogate. Cassanova defeated Haledon Councilwoman Aleksandra Tasic, Paterson...

Grand jury indicts Paterson councilmen Mendez, Jackson on voter fraud charges

March 3, 2021 4:05 pmMarch 3, 2021 7:41 pm

A state grand jury indicted two Paterson councilmen on election fraud charges last month, Attorney General Gurbir Grewal announced Wednesday. Councilmen Alex Mendez and Michael Jackson were charged with election fraud, mail-in ballot fraud, unauthorized possession of ballots, tampering with...