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Democrats make August registration gains in key legislative districts

September 10, 2019 9:47 am

Democrats outpaced Republicans in August voter registration in each of the battleground districts for the 2019 mid-term Assembly races. While some of the numbers may seem small, close races for the legislature are not uncommon. Three contests over the last...

Hugo Pfaltz, former assemblyman, dies at 87

September 5, 2019 12:30 pmSeptember 5, 2019 2:21 pm

Hugo M. Pfaltz, Jr., who was considered an intellectual giant during his two terms in the New Jersey State Assembly in the late 1960s and early 1970s, died on August 31 following complications from pneumonia. He was 87. He became...

Peter Brown faces investigation and should step down, Linden council colleague said

August 23, 2019 8:45 pm

The City of Linden has received subpoenas related to state criminal corruption investigation of Councilman Peter Brown, according to another councilman who says that some members of the City Council are afraid for their safety. Councilman John Francis Roman is...

Matt Gould, Summit councilman, dies at 48

August 14, 2019 11:47 amAugust 14, 2019 11:53 am

Summit Councilman Matthew Gould died last night as a result of a heart condition, his wife said today in a Facebook post. He was 48. A Democrat, Gould was elected to the council in 2017 to represent Summit’s first ward. ...

Tony Parenti, ex-Fanwood councilman and police chief, dies at 87

August 3, 2019 3:48 pmAugust 3, 2019 3:48 pm

Anthony Parenti, the longtime Fanwood Chief of Police who later served on the Borough Council, died on August 1. He was 87. Parenti is the father of William Parenti, the police chief in North Plainfield and the Republican nominee for...

Big turnout for Scutari county committee baseball event

August 2, 2019 9:32 am

Over 200 Union County Democrats attended Union County Democratic Chairman Nicholas Scutari’s second annual Union County Democrats Nights at the Ballpark. Scutari, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, offers tickets to the Somerset Patriots baseball game free to members...

Thanks to NJ 101.5, 106-year-old woman won’t lose her home

July 26, 2019 11:55 amJuly 26, 2019 12:08 pm

A 106-year-old Cranford woman on the verge of losing her home in a tax sale got a reprieve after NJ 101.5 called attention to the issue and helped raise over $14,000 on the GoFundMe site. Rose Estwanick owed about $12,000...