Tag: Election Day
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Democratic mayoral candidates in Edison to partake in forum on April 25
Together Edison, in cooperation with the Greater New Brunswick Area League of Women Voters, will host a virtual Democratic Mayoral Primary Forum on April 25 at 7 p.m. Edison residents are invited to submit questions for the candidates on a variety of issues of their choice. Questions will be curated prior to the forum by…
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North Brunswick residents can petition to be included on June 8 primary election ballot
North Brunswick residents can file an election petition to fill an unexpired term on the North Brunswick Township Council. Claribel Cortes was recently sworn in as Middlesex County surrogate. The petitions to be placed on the June 8 primary election ballot must be filed by 4 p.m. April 5 with North Brunswick Township Municipal Clerk…
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Opinion: Hillsborough Republicans are contradictory in rules about appointing candidates
The letter written by Ken Scherer, chairman of the Hillsborough Township Republican Organization (Hillsborough Democrats are disregarding voters’ wishes, Hillsborough Beacon, Feb. 19), https://archive.centraljersey.com/2021/02/17/opinion-hillsborough-democrats-are-disregarding-voters-wishes/ is disrespectful to the tens of thousands of Hillsborough voters who cast their ballots for Donetta Johnson, David Brook and Jeffrey Wright. Yes, there are winners and losers in elections, but that…
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Three newcomers join South Brunswick Board of Education
SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Raja Krishna, Mike Mitchell and Smitha Raj have officially joined the South Brunswick School District Board of Education for the next three years. The three newcomers defeated incumbents Arthur Robinson, Deven Patel and Patrick Del Piano in the November election. Krishna, Mitchell and Raj were sworn in to their new positions during…
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LOOSE ENDS 12/18: Steve Kornacki and Ingrid Reed
By Pam Hersh In New Jersey, Steve Kornacki has achieved Bruce Springsteen rock-star status among the politically passionate and electoral nerdy set. His chinos are now as iconic as Springsteen’s denims. And Ingrid Reed, the producer of Steve’s Princeton speaking events, has the appeal among New Jersey political aficionados of a Dolly Parton at a…
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Opinion: Johnson, Brook will continue to move ‘BoroForward’ despite loss in election
Friends and neighbors, the vote has been officially certified and confirmed the earlier counts that reflected that Doug Tomson and Janine Erickson received 53% of the votes in the election. To the people of Hillsborough, the Johnson Brook team offered an extremely clear and different choice of goals, ideas and character and the majority of…
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Princeton school board election results are finalized
When the last votes were tallied, Princeton voters returned two incumbent school board members to office and elected a newcomer to the Princeton Public Schools Board of Education in the Nov. 3 general election. Incumbents Michele Tuck-Ponder and Beth Behrend were re-elected, along with newcomer Jean Durbin, to the school board. School board member Jessica…
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Cranbury Township Committee members weigh in on recreational marijuana
Lawmakers in New Jersey’s state legislature are continuing to work on legislation regarding the legalization of recreational marijuana in the state. However, as of Nov. 23, legislation had stalled in Trenton, since voters approved the measure on the ballot during the Nov. 3 general election. The approved measure does not go into effect until Jan.…
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Incumbent Democrats re-elected to Sayreville council
SAYREVILLE – Incumbent Democrats Vincent Conti and Mary Novak are headed for new three-year terms on the Borough Council in Sayreville. According to results certified by the Middlesex County Clerk’s Office on Nov. 20, Novak received 10,874 votes and Conti received 10,261 votes, as of Nov. 16. Republicans Danielle Zaleski and Karen Bailey Bebert received…
