In-Person Voting Under Way for June Primary

County voters can vote prior to June 5 primary.

In-person voting is now underway for anyone in Morris County who will not be able to get to the polls for the June 5 primary election. The press release is below: Registered Morris County voters who will not be able to get to the polls for the June 5 primary election may vote in-person now until June 4 at the office of the Morris County Clerk. Joan Bramhall, the Morris County clerk, said in-person voting is being conducted in the County Clerk’s Office from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. through Thursday, May 31, with the exception of Monday, May 28, Memorial Day, when the office will be closed. Voting will also be conducted in the County Clerk’s Office on Friday, June 1, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Saturday, June 2, from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m.; and Monday, …

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Towaco Assembly Candidate Platforming for Term Limits

Pio Costa hopes to encourage business development, growth in New Jersey.

Tony Pio Costa says he is not a politician. But that isn’t stopping the Fairfield businessman from running for New Jersey State Assembly in District 26. The Towaco resident is challenging Assemblywoman BettyLou DeCroce in the June 5 primary. Assemblywoman DeCroce filled her husband, Assemblyman Alex DeCroce’s, unfinished term earlier this year following his unexpected death in January. At the time of his death, DeCroce had served in the New Jersey Legislature for almost 23 years. “Just passing the seat down to his wife was inappropriate,” Pio Costa said when asked why he chose to enter the race at this time. As a strong supporter of term limits, Pio Costa said he believes “everyone should serve if they can,” and that the framers of the …

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Last Chance: Train to be a Poll Worker

Class required every 2 years to stay certified

Time is running out for poll workers to take certification training if they want to continue to work at election sites. The deadline, according to Tony Desimone, the county’s poll worker training coordinator, is June 2. Title 19 of New Jersey election law requires that all poll workers take an election training class every two years to become or remain a certified board worker, Desimone said in a statement sent to media. Desimone said veteran poll workers who took the class the first time it was offered in 2010 must take a training class by June 2 to become recertified. “It’s the law. This training is mandatory,” Desimone said. “All board workers who have not attended a class in the past two years and all first-time board workers must …

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FDU Poll: Obama's OK, Women Cool on Romney

About half approve of job president is doing

Our Republican governor gets good marks from the Garden State, but so does our Democratic president, according to the latest poll from Fairleigh Dickinson University's PublicMind. Barack Obama also has a solid lead over Mitt Romney in New Jersey, according to the poll — especially among women. Read the full statement from FDU below, then take our own poll to let us know what you think? According the latest poll by Fairleigh Dickinson University’s PublicMind™, 50 percent of New Jersey voters say they approve of the way the president is handling his job, while 42 percent disapprove. These numbers mirror the support expressed by New Jerseyans for their Republican governor, Chris Christie, as reported yesterday: 56 percent approve of the job …

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Montville's Quatrone Seeks Two-Year Freeholder Term

Democrat seeks to be write-in candidate to challenge Hank Lyon for unexpired term.

Candidates Discuss 'Marketplace,' Sewer Rates

Township Committee hopefuls agree on most topics during debate.

The three candidates vying for a single Montville Township Committee seat in the June 5 primary debated at the Senior House Thursday night, but on most topics, incumbent Republican Don Kostka and Democrat Mike O'Brien seemed to agree. The debate was hosted by the Montville Tea Party and featured discussion and debate between Kostka, O'Brien and the third committee candidate, Republican Annabel Pierce. Candidates were given the opportunity to provide opening and closing statements and answer questions from the public. Many questions centered around financial issues: the township's debt and what candidates would do to keep costs low. Kostka, a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), spoke about the township's current debt payment schedules and …

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margot

5:34 pm on Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Do the research and then let me know Dave. I want to know why there was such a surplus to begin with and why the tax payers weren't alerted of this sooner. Find out for us and then let us know. These townships run the same way our government runs some times and unless we are actively involved as residents of the township and the township is honest with us we dont know what happens to extra funds…   more ›

VIDEO: Meet the GOP Freeholder Candidates

Chatham Township hosted the Republican's Candidates Night.

Nine of the 10 Republican candidates for Morris County freeholders gathered at the Chatham Township Municipal Building Tuesday to meet the voters and answer questions at the 2012 Candidate's Night, hosted by the Republican Club of The Chathams. Participants in Candidates Night were incumbent and Freeholder Director William Chegwidden, of Wharton; Florham Park Councilman Charles Germershausen; Morristown Councilwoman Alison Deeb; Parsippany Councilman John Cesaro; former Mount Olive Mayor David Scapicchio and former Washington Township Councilman John Krickus; Jeremy Jedynak, of Rockaway Township and former Denville Mayor Ted Hussa. Incumbent William “Hank” Lyon of Montville also attended and participated in the event. Lyon will run …

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Column: Vote Tuesday, If You Still Can

Most in New Jersey lost that right, but 10 Morris County municipalities are still holding April school elections.

This is a column about how important it is for everyone to go out to the polls tomorrow to vote for candidates for school boards and to vote on local school budgets. But it’s not very relevant for the vast majority of adults in New Jersey because most people will not get the chance to pick candidates or accept or reject the proposed tax bill for their local schools. In Morris County, only 10 municipalities will hold school elections tomorrow, and because some of those towns are in regional districts, it means only eight budgets are up for a vote. (In Patch-covered towns, votes will be held in the School District of the Chathams, the Morris School District, and Mendham Township — that's it). The bill that Gov. Chris Christie signed at the …

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KMN

11:31 pm on Sunday, May 6, 2012

Tracy, Why stop at 70% of our property tax bill? Why are you not advocating to have municipal budgets put to a vote? Do you think 2005's 11.1% municipal tax increase would have passed had it been on a ballot? Your trip down a one way street seems a bit hypocritical don't you think?   more ›