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Six Repubicans, including Steve Lonegan, mull bid for Northwest N.J. Assembly seat

November 17, 2022 12:01 amNovember 17, 2022 1:24 pm

The field of potential candidates for an open State Assembly seat in the 24th district is growing, including an unexpected trial balloon by Steve Lonegan to replace retiring six-term Republican Parker Space (R-Wantage). Steve Lonegan moved to Sussex County a...

Sussex Republicans hold three county offices

November 9, 2022 1:12 am

The New Jersey Globe projects that Republicans in Sussex County, one of the most Republican counties in the state, have easily held three county offices. As of 1:12 a.m., Republican Commissioner Jill Space (35%) and Republican State Committeeman Bill Hayden...

A look at every county election on the ballot in 2022

September 8, 2022 12:01 amSeptember 8, 2022 12:05 am

While they may not have the same allure as top-of-the-ticket races, county-level offices are a critical backbone of governance in New Jersey – and there will be 61 of them on the ballot this year. In two South Jersey counties,...

Erma Gormley, former Sussex county clerk, dies at 86

August 27, 2022 4:28 pmAugust 29, 2022 12:07 am

Erma P. Gormley, a former Sussex county clerk and freeholder, died on August 25. She was 86. She is the fourth woman to serve as a freeholder in New Jersey to die in recent weeks, following Susan Zellman of Sussex,...

Susan Zellman, former Sussex freeholder, dies at 79

August 23, 2022 8:58 pmAugust 24, 2022 1:21 pm

Susan M. Zellman, who served as a Sussex County freeholder from 2001 to 2012, died on August 13. She was 79, Zellman had begun her political career in 2000 in a Republican primary on a slate with Charles Kuperus against...

McDonald, Brown win Republican sheriff primaries

June 7, 2022 10:49 pm

The New Jersey Globe projects that Warren County Sheriff James McDonald and Hunterdon County Sheriff Fred Brown have each won their respective Republican primary elections. McDonald, a former Washington Township Chief of Police who became sheriff in 2013, faced former...

Hopatcong councilman slapped down by 29th district legislators over offensive comments

May 6, 2022 2:34 pm

A Hopatcong councilman under fire for recent offensive remarks – he said Gov. Phil Murphy’s school aid plan “raped” his Sussex County school district and gave funding to “crackheads” instead – received a further rebuke today from the representatives of...