2018 - New Jersey Globe

Monmouth Dem Chairman endorses Jones

December 31, 2018 3:58 pmJanuary 1, 2019 4:36 pm

Monmouth County Democratic Chairman David Brown has endorsed LeRoy Jones for New Jersey Democratic State Chairman. The Monmouth endorsement brings Jones closer to the magic number of 49 ½ votes needed to win the chairmanship against incumbent John Currie. It...

Monmouth Dem Chairman to back Jones

December 31, 2018 3:51 pmDecember 31, 2018 4:09 pm

Announcement of support is imminent, sources say Monmouth County Democratic Chairman David Brown is preparing to endorse LeRoy Jones for Democratic State Chairman, according to sources who spoke on the condition of anonymity. Calls are being made now to local...

LaPlaca, O’Connell emerge as Youngkin replacements

December 31, 2018 3:06 pmJanuary 1, 2019 4:36 pm

For the first time since 1975, Democrats will assume control of the Burlington County Board of Freeholders at 3 PM tomorrow when Felicia Hopson and George Youngkin are sworn in. Youngkin will a freeholder for one day. He suspended his...

In Eatontown, the end of an era

December 31, 2018 11:07 amJanuary 1, 2019 4:36 pm

The swearing in this week of independent Anthony Talerico as the new mayor of Eatontown likely marks the end of a long political career for Democrat Gerald Tarantolo, who spent sixteen years as mayor and lost his bid for a comeback last...

Cardinale predecessor dies

December 30, 2018 3:16 pmJanuary 1, 2019 4:37 pm

Joseph Ringelstein, a Democrat who ousted the Republican mayor of Demarest in 1964 in oine of seventeen Bergen County that voted for Barry Goldwater, died on December 28. He was 93. It was Ringelstein’s resignation a decade later that created...

In Memoriam

December 29, 2018 10:47 am

Daniel Cooke, who served five terms as a Northvale councilman, passed away on December 27. He was 83. He served in the U.S. Army in World War II and in Korea. Malachy McCann, an air traffic controller who was fired...

Frank Perrucci, labor leader and Hudson political insider, dies at 91

December 29, 2018 10:35 amJanuary 9, 2022 8:20 pm

Frank Perrucci, a labor leader and Hudson County political insider, died on December 27. He was 91. Perrucci spent twelve years as the president of the Laborer’s International Union Local 202, and was at trustee of both the Hudson County...