Tag: Election 2017
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Edison council discusses racist mailings
EDISON — The investigation into who is responsible for sending racist flyers that displayed two Board of Education candidates in an offensive light during the election season is active and ongoing, according to township officials. The Township Council had a raw discussion during the November council meetings about the ordeal that made national news last…
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Democrats rule in Woodbridge election
WOODBRIDGE — Incumbents overwhelmingly prevailed in the Township Council and Board of Education races in the Nov. 7 election. Ward 1: Democratic Incumbent Nancy Bader Drumm garnered 2,991 votes to win her second term on the Township Council. Republican Candidate Lori Vernachio Greiza received 993 votes in her losing bid for her first term. During…
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Incumbents on Monroe school board focus on referendum
MONROE — Addressing student growth and fighting for school funding fairness top the priorities for the incumbents who won the three, three-year seats available on the Board of Education. Incumbent Jill DeMaio garnered the most votes with 6,426, incumbent Steven Riback followed with 6,015 and incumbent Kathy Kolupanowich received 4,348 in the election on Nov.…
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Candidates elected in Old Bridge plan to improve school system
OLD BRIDGE — Come January, a former board member and two newcomers will fill the three, three-year term seats on the Old Bridge Board of Education. Newcomer Lisa Lent-Miller garnered the most votes with 3,417, followed by former board member Matthew Sulikowski with 3,301 and newcomer Jill DeCaro with 3,298 to win the seats on…
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Democrat top vote getter in Milltown race
MILLTOWN — One Democrat and one Republican will fill the two, three-year seats that were available on the Borough Council in the election. Democratic newcomer Trina Jensen Mehr garnered the most votes followed by Republican Incumbent Ronald “Ron” Dixon, who will serve his third term, with 1,175 votes to win the seats on Nov. 7.…
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Targeted school board candidates win seats in Edison
EDISON — The two Board of Education candidates, Jingwei “Jerry” Shi and Falguni Patel, who found themselves at the center of an offensive postcard flier mailing a week before the Nov. 7 election, prevailed for the three, three-year term seats available on the board. Shi, who will serve his second term, garnered the most votes…
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Republican to join Monroe council
MONROE — A Republican will join the Democratic stronghold on the Township Council. Charles G. Dipierro ousted longtime councilman Michael Leibowitz as a Ward 3 councilman in the election on Nov. 7. “I’m very excited to work with Mayor [Gerald W. Tamburro] and the Council on stabilizing taxes and controlling growth in Monroe,” he said,…
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Mayor Lankey looks ahead
EDISON — As Mayor Thomas Lankey enters his second term, he and his administration will continue to market the township as a prime location for growing corporations, for commercial investors and for small business start-ups. “It is safe to say that during my second four-year term, I intend to build upon my administration’s proud record…
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Metuchen Dems retain hold on council
METUCHEN — The Democrats retain a stronghold on the Borough Council. Incumbents Reed Leibfried and Todd Pagel won the two, three-year term seats that were available on council in the election on Nov. 7. Leibfried, who will serve his second term, garnered 3,013 votes followed by Pagel, who will serve his first elected term, with…