Tag: Mercer County Board of Freeholders

  • Freeholder hopeful proposes free tuition for military veterans

    Freeholder hopeful proposes free tuition for military veterans

    U.S. military veterans who live in Mercer County would get free tuition to Mercer County Community College under a proposal put forward by Lance Lopez Sr., who is seeking to fill a vacant seat on the Mercer County Board of Chosen Freeholders. Lopez, who lives in Lawrence Township and is a U.S. Army veteran, is…

  • Democrats will select from among party hopefuls to fill freeholder seat

    Democrats will select from among party hopefuls to fill freeholder seat

    Seven Democrats have confirmed they are running to fill a vacant seat on the Mercer County Board of Chosen Freeholders. Lawrence Township Councilman Michael Powers, former West Windsor Councilman Kamal Khanna, Ewing Councilwoman Jennifer Keyes-Malone, Roberto Hernandez, president of the Mercer County Latino Democratic Caucus, Sasa Olessi Montano, the chief executive officer of Meals on…

  • Verrelli takes Assembly seat to represent parts of Mercer and Hunterdon

    Verrelli takes Assembly seat to represent parts of Mercer and Hunterdon

    Democrat Anthony S. Verrelli took the oath of office over the weekend to become a state assemblyman who will represent a legislative district spanning parts of Mercer and Hunterdon counties. Verrelli, who resigned his seat on the Mercer County Board of Chosen Freeholders to assume the seat in the Legislature, was sworn in on Aug.…