Gerry Yavor, well-known to Central Jersey pol insiders as the chief of staff to Assemblyman George Otlowski (D-Perth Amboy) in the 1970s and 1980s, died on April 7. She was 84. Yavor first came to prominence in the 1950s, while...
Touting a record of fiscal responsibility and leadership during a global health pandemic, Wilda Diaz today formally launched her bid for a fourth term as mayor of Perth Amboy. “I’m proud of all the many achievements of our administration,” said...
Arline M. Friscia, who served eight years as a New Jersey assemblywoman where she sponsored a law top expand the state’s family leave law, died on Wednesday. She was 84. In 1995, Friscia unseated Republican incumbents who had captured Middlesex...
Former Assembly Speaker William J. Hamilton, Jr., a skilled legislator with a reputation for integrity and independence, died on Thursday. He was 86. A product of John A. Lynch, Sr.’s New Brunswick political organization, Hamilton served six years in the...
The 2019 mayoral election is worth watching since Monroe (pop. 39,132) is perhaps the only large municipality in the state that is trending away from being a Democratic stronghold toward the GOP. Democrats have controlled Monroe Township in Middlesex County...
There was a time when Perth Amboy was the epicenter of power in Middlesex County politics and the hometown of Edward Patten, one of the state’s most colorful and influential politicians for nearly fifty years. The gregarious, boisterous, joke-telling Patten...
Four former New Jersey local officials passed away over the last few days. Former Hawthorne Mayor Buddy Englehardt died yesterday at the age of 85. A Korean War veteran, Englehardt. He was elected in 1993 and served one term before...