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Bock leaves O’Donnell firm

January 20, 2020 8:52 pm

Boonton Alderman Joseph Bock has left his job at Matt O’Donnell’s law firm and has joined Spiotti & Associates, a tax appeal firm run by Robert Spiotti. Bock ousted incumbent Democrat William McBride by ten percentage points in the 2019...

Rutgers to get its first black president

January 20, 2020 2:45 am

Rutgers University will soon appoint its first black president. The college’s Board of Governors is set to appoint Jonathan Holloway, the provost of Northeastern University, to fill outgoing President Bob Barchi’s post Tuesday. Barchi announced he intended to step down...

When congressmen shop for new districts

January 19, 2020 3:59 pmJanuary 20, 2020 12:02 pm

Congressional candidates changing their minds and moving to a different district is not unusual in New Jersey Republican Mike Ferguson, then 27, lost a 1998 race against Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-Long Branch) in the 6th district by 17 points...

Thomas-Fields may run for Atlantic City mayor

January 18, 2020 10:53 pmJanuary 19, 2020 9:02 am

Pamela Thomas-Fields, a prominent Atlantic City community leader and longtime city employee, is mulling a bid for the Democratic nomination for mayor. Thomas-Fields ran for freeholder in 2013 and lost a District 1 primary to Ernest Coursey by just 189...

Durwood Pinkett, Democrat who quit Van Drew staff, may run for mayor of Atlantic City

January 17, 2020 6:32 pmJanuary 18, 2020 10:53 pm

Durwood Pinkett, who resigned his post as an aide to Rep. Jeff Van Drew immediately upon being informed of his party switch, is mulling a bid for for mayor of Atlantic City. “I am officially exploring Democratic support for mayor,”...

Saily Avelenda: Don’t politicize #MeToo

January 17, 2020 1:51 pmJanuary 17, 2020 4:31 pm

A progressive leader who ran Democratic State Chairman John Currie’s re-election campaign warned against politicizing the #MeToo movement Friday. “If you weaponize #MeToo through politics, you are serving the patriarchy. You are not serving women. You are not serving victims,”...

Republican group launches TV ad hitting Kim on impeachment

January 17, 2020 1:06 pmJanuary 17, 2020 3:00 pm

The American Action Network launched a $100,000 TV ad buy hitting Rep. Andy Kim on impeachment Friday. The 30-second spot features an actor portraying a mother saying she is disappointed in the first-term congressman for what she deems as a...