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Five of six candidates for governor may use Somerset Dem slogan

March 21, 2025 5:27 amMarch 21, 2025 11:23 am

There was zero drama at the Somerset County Democratic convention on Thursday night after Democrats – calling their field of candidates “an embarrassment of riches” – awarded their organization slogan to all five gubernatorial candidates who participated in the screening...

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...

Somerset Sheriff candidate withdraws

March 11, 2025 3:59 pm

Seven days after Somerset County Republicans endorsed him for sheriff, Bill Brown has dropped out of the race. His likely successor to take on two-term Democratic Sheriff Darren Russo is Mike Manochio, a retired Union County homicide detective who was...

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...

Bill Brown, John Sweeney win Somerset GOP convention

March 4, 2025 8:43 pmMarch 4, 2025 9:27 pm

Somerset County Republicans endorsed Bill Brown for Sheriff and John Sweeney for Surrogate at their convention tonight while backing favorite son Jack Ciattarelli by acclamation. Brown, a former SWAT Team commander and Marine veteran, won 179-34 against Michael Manochio, a...

Peapack & Gladstone council president launches run for Somerset surrogate

February 24, 2025 10:55 am

Peapack & Gladstone Borough Council President John Sweeney announced a run for Somerset County surrogate this past weekend. Sweeney, who is seeking the Republican nomination, first won election to the council in 2001 and is now serving his seventh term,...

Former homicide detective joins Somerset sheriff race

February 21, 2025 5:33 pm

Michael Manochio, a Branchburg resident and former Union County homicide detective, will seek the Republican nomination for Somerset County Sheriff to take on two-term Democratic Sheriff Darrin Russo. Manochio worked for nearly three decades in the Union and Essex county...