Monday, December 12, 2011
Christie-hosted fundraising reception at Hilton Parsippany draws hundreds.
The smiles were big and the crowds even larger as Republicans from across the state—though relatively few from Morris County—gathered at the Hilton Parsippany Monday night to meet the man many say will be the 2012 GOP presidential nominee—Mitt Romney. Gov. Chris Christie was the host of the event, and many of those in attendance said it was their respect for Christie that enticed them to hear what Romney might have to say. Most media were not allowed into the highly restricted event, and therefore, not permitted to have contact with the candidate or with Christie. Both were brought into and out of the hotel via a back entrance and were not seen save by staffers and those with tickets. A representative of Romney for President who declined …
Friday, December 9, 2011
Newark mayor visits New Hampshire to stump for Obama.
Friday, November 18, 2011
Children are encouraged to put notes in the pockets of their coats for the recipients.
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Friday, November 18, 2011
Towne Realty Group is collecting warm, gently used coats to be donated to Jersey Cares as part of the charity's 16th annual coat drive, in hopes to help Jersey Cares reach its goal of collecting and distributing 50,000 winter coats to at-risk men, women, children and infants in New Jersey. Now through Dec. 15, Towne Realty Group’s Short Hills office will accept warm, clean and gently-used coats men’s, women’s, children’s and infant’s coats. Town Realty also invites parents to get their children involved by participating in the Note in a Coat Program, which personalizes the experience for those receiving and giving coats. Through Note in a Coat, children donating coats write short notes to children receiving coats through drive. The notes …
Thursday, November 10, 2011
"It was a great campaign," says Cedar Grove Deputy Mayor.
Cedar Grove deputy mayor Joseph Chiusolo has conceded defeat in the photo-finish District 4 Essex County Board of Chosen Freeholder race. "Based on the numbers as they are, I've lost the election," Chiusolo told Patch Thursday. With a 230-vote lead for Luciano, and just 123 provisional ballots cast, Essex County Clerk Chris Durkin declared Luciano the unofficial winner Wednesday night. The less-than 1 percent margin of victory for Luciano, a West Caldwell Democrat who had held the seat on an interim basis since August, indicates a highly divided electorate, which Chiusolo says is proof that his message got through to voters. "We had an old fashioned campaign: reaching out to voters, going door to door and communicating. It's something I've…
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Democratic incumbents sweep in Essex County.
Incumbent candidates retained their seats overall in Essex County. The Democratic team, led by former Gov. Richard Codey, retained control of the 27th Legislative District. Sheila Oliver, the first African-American speaker of the house, who has battled with Gov. Chris Christie over the last year, retained her seat in the Assembly. And Republicans Joe Pennacchio, Alex DeCroce and Jay Webber, kept their seats in the Morris County-dominated 26th District. In Newark, State Sen. Teresa Ruiz and Sen. Ron Rice retained their seats, along with their Democratic counterparts in the Assembly. Montclair's Nia H. Gill, also a Democrat, also kept her post, as did Assemblyman Ralph Caputo, who represents the 28th District. Turnout was light in Tuesday' …
County Clerk says provisional ballots not enough to swing election to Chiusolo.
Leonard Luciano, West Caldwell Democrat and Acting District 4 Freeholder, will narrowly squeak by Cedar Grove deputy mayor Joseph Chiusolo in the hotly-contested race for a three-year seat on the Essex County Board of Chosen Freeholders, county officials confirmed to Patch. With a gap of only 220 votes between the men, and all districts reporting, Chiusolo's last hope was that enough provisional ballots would have been cast to potentially swing the election his way. Essex County Clerk Chris Durkin confirmed this afternoon that only 123 provisional ballots were used, making victory for the Republican a mathematical impossibility. "Len Luciano is declared the unofficial winner, being that he has a 220-vote margin with only 123 possible …
County clerk: provisional ballots will be deciding factor.
Editor's Note: For an updated version of this story, click here. Updated 11:45 a.m. Despite a paper-thin margin of votes still separating Leonard Luciano and Joseph Chiusolo in the race for District 4 Freeholder, neither candidate has budged from their position on the results. As of this morning, Chiusolo, the Republican deputy mayor of Cedar Grove, still trails his Democratic opponent by 230 votes, according to unofficial results on the Essex County Clerk's website. "I'm not conceding the race. We're still in a holding pattern," Chiusolo said Wednesday. "At this point the results are still unofficial and we don't know how many votes are missing. Until those numbers are verified or at least discussed it's all speculation." Chiusolo said he…
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Incumbents win handily, newcomer Len Luciano appears to squeak by Joseph Chiusolo in the 4th District, in a race that may be contested.
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Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Incumbent freeholders held onto their seats in Tuesday night's election, with voters overwhelmingly returning Democrats to the Freeholder board. Newcomer Brendan Gill of Montclair, beat out Republican Steve Rogers, of Nutley, in the 5th District. But the hottest race in the county - between Republican Joseph Chiusolo of Cedar Grove and Democrat Len Luciano of West Caldwell, may be too close to decide. With about 97 percent of the votes reported, Luciano appeared to be winning by a margin of 27 votes, but Chiusolo did not concede yet. It was not immediately clear if he would challenge the election results. Rolando Bobadilla, who was filling in an unexpired term in District 1, which represents sections of Newark, was handily elected to a …
Republicans say their Democratic opponents ran 'effective campaign.'
updated 9:30 a.m. Nov. 9 Republicans Robert Tillotson and Sari Greenberg won seats on the Millburn Township Committee on Tuesday, defeating Democrats Stephen Thomas and Seth Levine. The top issue in the campaign had been how the township is going to deal with flooding and flood remediation. Other issues included shared services, parking and redevelopment but fixing flooding problems stood out as the issue voters were interested in most. According to the Essex County Clerk's Office, Tillotson had 26 percent of the vote with 1,614 votes cast in his favor, Greenberg had 26 percent with 1,591 votes. Thomas had 24 percent of the vote with 1,474 votes and Levine garnered 23 percent with 1,417 votes. Only 17 percent of the 451,561 registered …
Democrat to replace Joseph P. Brennan Jr in landslide.
Democrat Theodore "Ted" Stephens II was elected Essex County Surrogate Tuesday night defeating Republican challenger Annette Scoca-DelMauro. With 91% of the precincts reporting, Stephens received 46,710 votes, or 70% of the votes cast to Scoca-DelMauro's 19,162 votes, or 29% of the votes cast. Stephens will replace Essex County Surrogate Joseph P. Brennan Jr. who decided not to seek re-election. "I want to thank the voters of Essex County for the confidence they have shown in me," Stephens said Tuesday night, "and I will strive to fulfill that trust." Scoca-DelMauro offered her congratulations to Stephens and wished him luck in his new job. She also said "Essex County is a Democratic County and it's hard if you're a Republican." "I …
Nick Muson
2:57 pm on Wednesday, December 14, 2011
@M.Moore -- you've completely missed the point. MarkDS didn't address Avi Bloom's tone or choice of words at all, and neither did I, so your point is unclear. You are also misusing the word bias. Hyperbole and bias are not synonyms. Being nasty or making inflammatory remarks is not the same thing as showing bias. more ›