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South Jersey Transportation Authority officials indicted by grand jury

August 14, 2025 5:30 pmAugust 17, 2025 9:17 pm

Two current and former officials on the South Jersey Transportation Authority (SJTA) who allegedly used their official positions to retaliate against Mercer County Commissioner John Cimino (D-Hamilton) in 2023 have been indicted by a grand jury, Attorney General Matt Platkin...

Brian Hughes, five-term Mercer County Executive, dies at 68

June 10, 2025 12:49 pmJune 10, 2025 1:40 pm

Brian Hughes, who served as the Mercer County Executive from 2004 to 2024, died this morning. He was 68. The son of Richard J. Hughes, who served as governor of New Jersey from 1962 to 1970 and chief justice of...

Robbinsville mayor won’t seek re-election

March 31, 2025 5:03 pm

Dave Fried will not seek re-election as mayor of Robbinsville, ending a stint of nearly 25 years in local government. “While endlessly proud of what we have accomplished together, the time has come to step aside and allow a new...

Results of today’s special school elections

March 11, 2025 11:34 pm

In today’s special school elections, voters in fourteen municipalities approved school improvement bond referendums while rejecting them in six towns – and two municipalities voted down proposals to spend more than their cap. The Educational Facilities and Construction and Financing...

22 N.J. towns vote today in special school elections

March 11, 2025 12:24 pmMarch 11, 2025 5:26 pm

It’s Election Day in New Jersey, again. Voters in 22 municipalities will go to the polls today for special school elections that will accept or reject school construction projects totaling almost $231.3 million, and in some cases, to increase their...

Another IBEW local goes for Steve Sweeney

March 8, 2025 6:25 pm

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Steve Sweeney has picked up the endorsement of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 94, a 4,000-member union, giving him his fourth IBEW endorsement so far. “Steve Sweeney is the candidate from Labor, and truthfully, the...

Mercer Republicans will allow three gubernatorial candidate to share slogan; Spadea wins vote

March 3, 2025 9:36 pmMarch 3, 2025 11:31 pm

Mercer County Republicans will award their organization slogan to three gubernatorial candidates – Bill Spadea, Jack Ciattarelli, and Jon Bramnick – after the GOP convention tonight. Spadea outpolled Ciattarelli, 69-59, with 33 votes cast for Bramnick. He and State Sen....