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Bergen Democrats maintain grip on county offices

November 5, 2024 8:43 pm

A trio of Bergen County Democrats won reelection Tuesday night, keeping the county firmly in Democratic hands. Steven Tanelli and Tracy Silna Zur won reelection to the county commission, while Anthony Cureton secured another term as sheriff. The outcome was...

Josh Gottheimer re-elected to Congress with prospective gubernatorial campaign looming

November 5, 2024 8:36 pm

Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-Wyckoff) has defeated Republican Mary Jo Guinchard to win re-election in the 5th congressional district, the New Jersey Globe projects, putting the congressman in position to launch his long-awaited 2025 gubernatorial campaign in the coming weeks. As...

Kurpis enters race for GOP Assembly nod in ’25

November 2, 2024 4:39 pm

Saddle River Councilman Jon Kurpis joined the race for the Republican nomination for State Assembly in the 39th district today, becoming the second person in two days to announce their candidacy in what is expected to be the first lineless...

Juliano will retire from Sports Authority post

October 28, 2024 1:22 pm

Bergen County Democratic Chairman Paul Juliano will retire next month from his position as president and CEO of the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority and is expected to return to the Board of Directors of Horizon Blue Cross Blue...

Fulop recruits primary challengers to Haider and Park in 37th district

October 28, 2024 9:00 amOctober 28, 2024 10:07 am

Two Democrats allied with gubernatorial candidate Steve Fulop will run for State Assembly in the Bergen County-based 37th district next year, taking on two incumbents in a likely lineless primary with office block voting. Tamar Warburg, a Teaneck Democratic leader...

Cureton has new TV ad in Bergen sheriff re-election bid

October 21, 2024 9:25 amOctober 21, 2024 9:16 pm

Bergen County Sheriff Anthony Cureton is up on the air with a new cable TV ad touting his crime-fighting skills as he seeks a third term in November. Script: “(Narrator) From our neighborhoods to our classrooms, to all the places...

Retired Bergen sheriff’s department chief arrested on child porn charges

October 18, 2024 10:34 pm

A former chief of the Bergen County Sheriff’s Department was arrested on charges of possessing child sexual abuse material, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella announced today. Stephen Bojekian was charged after investigators from the Office Cyber Crimes Unit executed a...