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Murphy announces settlement to save 175-year-old family farm in Cranbury

October 23, 2025 10:14 am

Gov. Phil Murphy on Thursday announced that the 175-year-old Henry Family Farm will remain under family ownership after a months-long battle over the land’s future ended in a settlement that makes farmers and affordable housing advocates happy. The agreement —...

GOP Assembly candidates ask Cranbury to designate farm historic site

August 6, 2025 4:40 pm

A pair of GOP Assembly candidates have called on Cranbury officials to back off on plans the town has made to seize part of a farm to meet affordable housing requirements, a proposal that’s sparked anger across the country. The...

Rivers: I ran to serve and my race has just begun

July 14, 2025 12:10 pmJuly 14, 2025 12:14 pm

OPINION It has been little over a month and I am still in awe how close I came to serving the people. I didn’t enter the race for the State Assembly to chase a title I entered to serve the...

McCabe gets another term as Middlesex Dem chairman

June 24, 2025 8:09 pm

Middlesex County Democratic Chairman Kevin McCabe was re-elected by acclamation tonight, two weeks after his preferred candidate in the gubernatorial primary, Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-Montclair), won by a thirteen-point margin. Sherrill and Democratic State Chairman LeRoy Jones attended tonight’s meeting....

Joshi dominates in Edison mayoral primary

June 11, 2025 12:27 amJune 11, 2025 12:28 am

Edison Mayor Sam Joshi won renomination for mayor of New Jersey’s sixth-largest municipality, defeating challenger Lav Patel, 68% to 18%. A third candidate, Councilman Richard Brescher, is in third place with 15%. Joshi will now face Republican Gloria Dittman, a...

Repeat Democratic challengers in LD18, LD19 foiled once again

June 10, 2025 9:02 pmJune 11, 2025 12:48 am

In 2023, Christopher Binetti and Michelle Burwell each took on the Herculean task of trying to unseat incumbent members of the State Senate in Middlesex County Democratic primaries. They both got crushed, with Binetti receiving 11% of the vote in...

Atlantic City, Edison, Parsippany and Plainfield lead lineup of 10 N.J. mayoral primaries

June 7, 2025 7:03 pm

Incumbent mayors in Atlantic City, Edison, Parsippany, and Plainfield are among the most hotly contested municipal races in the June 10 primary election, with six other mayoral primaries on the ballot. Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small, Sr. faces a Democratic...