Longtime Salem clerk to retire
Salem County Clerk Gilda Gill will not seek re-election to a fifth term and will retire at the end of the year. “I will not be running again,” Gill told the New Jersey Globe on Thursday. Gill, 81, is one...
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Don’t trade public jobs for a political act
As campaigns for public and party office begin to take shape for 2019 and 2020, here’s a story about a local official who got in trouble when he sought to trade a government job for a direct political act. Back...
Republicans secure Salem freeholder board
Republicans have regained control of the Salem County Board of Chosen Freeholders after Freeholder Melissa DeCastro, who jumped to the Democratic party last year, lost her reelection bid. Three-term incumbent Ben Laury 12,383 votes, or about 28%, and 11,432 voters,...
A look at the races for Sheriff
Five New Jersey counties will elect a Sheriff on November 6. Four of them – Camden, Essex, Gloucester and Salem – have incumbents running that are favored to win re-election. Bergen County has an open seat. It’s possible that the...
Ben Timberman, former freeholder, dies
Benjamin W. Timberman, an extremely popular local official known as “Gentle Ben” during his 24 years as a Salem County Freeholder, passed away on Tuesday night. He was 86. A Democrat, Timberman was elected freeholder in 1971, and was re-elected...
Judge says Grenier violated law
A Superior Court Judge has ruled that former Salem County Republican Chairman Fran Grenier violated state election laws by accepting $220,000 from the estate of a deceased Republican supporter. Judge Ann McDonald ordered Grenier and the county party organization to...
Salem GOP won’t endorse congressional candidate
Salem County Republicans will not officially endorse any candidate for the Republican nomination for Congress in New Jersey’s 2nd district. The county organization had endorsed Somers Point Councilman James Toto two weeks ago; Toto dropped out of the race for...