Bergen County

March 31, 2008 - 5:15pm

Duggan's image is on rival slate's Web site

Bergen County Republican Freeholder candidate Paul Duggan’s image has apparently been co-opted by an alternate Republican Freeholder slate.

Last month, Republican Senate candidate Murray Sabrin, disenchanted with the mainstream State Republican Party, pledged to run alternate slates of candidates for all levels of government – from Senate on down.

After being approached by the Sabrin camp, Duggan had pledged to stick with the Bergen County Republican Organization’s ticket. Duggan told the Bergen Record’s Charles Stile "I don't get off trains to get on an unknown train coming in the opposite direction.”

But Duggan’s picture appears on the Sabrin slate’s Web site, www.best4bergen.org, along with the photographs of three Sabrin-sponsored county-wide candidates: Chris Harvey, Tom Flannery and Edward Durfee.

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Andrews Declares Urgent Need for Traffic Improvements Along Route 17 Corridor

By wjcaruso - May 15, 2008 - 8:36pm

Tags: Paul Sarlo, Bergen County, ROB ANDREWS, traffic, Route 17,

Release Date: May 6 2008

Sarlo Says Andrews' Election to Senate Would be
Shot in the Arm to Bergen County Projects

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Sarlo - State Must Ensure Adequate Police Presence In Bergen County

By Jason Butkowski - April 21, 2008 - 5:08pm

Tags: Paul Sarlo, Bergen County, Meadowlands, State Police, Xanadu,Top Story: Breaking,

Release Date: Apr 21 2008

SARLO - STATE MUST ENSURE ADEQUATE POLICE PRESENCE IN BERGEN COUNTY

TRENTON – Senator Paul A. Sarlo, D-Bergen, Essex and Passaic, the Vice Chair of the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee, issued the following statement regarding today’s Committee hearing on the FY 2009 Department of Law and Public Safety Budget, and the need to provide funding for a State Police barracks in Bergen County:

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No Deals, No Games. Huttle & Johnson Support Lautenberg

By rmazza - April 4, 2008 - 9:24am

Tags: Huttle, Lautenberg, Johnson, Bergen County,

Release Date: Apr 4 2008

NO DEALS, NO GAMES. A FIRM ENDORSEMENT FOR SENATOR LAUTENBERG FROM ASSEMBLY MEMBERS VALERIE VAINIERI HUTTLE AND GORDON M. JOHNSON

Englewood- Bergen County's District 37 State Assembly members Valerie Vainieri Huttle and Gordon M. Johnson offered their unequivocal support for the re-election of United States Senator Frank R. Lautenberg.

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February 26, 2008 - 2:39pm

Should newspapers identify party affiliation of Op-Ed writers?

By Wally Edge

Tags: Dennis McNerney, Bergen County, The Record, Sophie Heymann, Closter, George Fosdick, Ridgefield Park, regionalization

Bergen County Executive Dennis McNerney, a Democrat, has proposed some regionalization of local government services, which prompted The Record to run a pair of Op-Ed items from small-town Mayors who oppose the possible challenge to their home rule. Should the newspaper have noted that both the Mayors -- Sophie Heymann of Closter and George Fosdick of Ridgefield Park -- are registered Republicans?

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February 22, 2008 - 11:13pm

When will Bob Gordon start worrying about the curse of the 38th?

By Wally Edge

Tags: Joseph Coniglio, Louis Kosco, Robert Gordon, Paul Contillo, Bergen County, John Skevin, 38th district, Curse of the 38th

Since the Bergen County-based 38th legislative district was created, every State Senator has eventually failed to win re-election. Republican Frederick Wendel, elected in 1971, lost to Democrat John Skevin in 1973. Skevin was defeated by Republican John Paolella in 1981, and Paolella was ousted by Democrat Paul Contillo in 1983. Contillo was unseated by Republican Louis Kosco in 1991, and Kosco lost in 2001 to Democrat Joseph Coniglio. Coniglio dropped his bid for a third term after the 2007 primary after published reports that he was the target of a federal criminal probe. He was indicted last week.

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January 24, 2008 - 11:50am

Irony doesn’t get much better than this

By Wally Edge

Tags: Hillary Clinton, Valerie Huttle, Joseph Ferriero, Bergen County

Hillary Clinton went to Hackensack yesterday to accept Bergen County Democratic Chairman Joseph Ferriero’s endorsement – a stop she had to make because Ferriero refused to officially support her unless she came to Bergen County for a public kissing of the ring. So with Ferriero and Assemblywoman Valerie Huttle nearby, Clinton said: "Let's reform the government so it ends the no-bid contracts and the cronyism and the incompetence."

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Coniglio-Sarlo Resolution To Support Mass Transit In Bergen Approved

By Jason Butkowski - December 10, 2007 - 6:19pm

Tags: Joseph Coniglio, Paul Sarlo, Bergen County, Mass Transit, Light Rail, Trans-Hudson Tunnel,Top Story: Breaking,

Release Date: Dec 10 2007

CONIGLIO-SARLO RESOLUTION TO SUPPORT MASS TRANSIT IN BERGEN APPROVED

TRENTON – A bill sponsored by Senators Joseph Coniglio and Paul A. Sarlo which would express support for the Trans-Hudson Tunnel, the Northern Branch Passenger Rail restoration project and other mass-transit projects feeding into Bergen County was approved by the Senate today.

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Weinberg Statement on SCHIP Hearing

By Jason Butkowski - October 15, 2007 - 5:00pm

Tags: Loretta Weinberg, Bergen County, SCHIP, NJ FamilyCare, President Bush, Veto,

Release Date: Oct 15 2007

WEINBERG STATEMENT ON SCHIP HEARING

DUMONT - Senator Loretta Weinberg, D-Bergen, a member of the Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee, issued the following statement regarding the Committee's hearing today on Congressional efforts to override President Bush's veto on the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), which provides federal matching funds to State efforts to provide health care coverage for the uninsured:

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