Wendy Benchley

December 11, 2007 - 5:41pm

Gusciora still pushing for Gore '08

Still hoping for former Vice President Al Gore to enter the 2008 presidential race, Assemblyman Reed Gusciora filed an “Uncommitted” slate of delegates to run in the February 5 Democratic primary.  Joining Gusciora are Princeton Councilwoman Wendy Benchley, Princeton Democratic Organization President Jenny Crumiller, and former Princeton Mayor Jim Floyd.

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February 12, 2006 - 6:25pm

Peter Benchley (1940-2005)

Peter Benchley, a former speechwriter for President Lyndon B. Johson who became a best selling novelist, passed away yesterday at his home in Princeton. He was 65. In 2004, Benchley and his wife, Princeton Councilwoman Wendy Benchley, held a fundraiser at their home for Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean.

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October 22, 2005 - 1:29am

Princeton vacancy

The Princeton Borough Council will need to appoint a new Mayor to replace Joseph O'Neill, who passed away today after a brief illness. O'Neill, 74, won the post in 2003, following the retirement of Mayor Marvin Reed; he defeated Assemblyman Reed Gusciora in the Democratic primary by a vote of 411-328. Possible candidates include Gusciora, Councilwoman Peggy Karcher (the mother of State Senator Ellen Karcher and wife of the late Assembly Speaker Alan Karcher), Councilwoman Wendy Benchley (the wife of author Peter Benchley), and Councilman Andrew Koontz, the Democratic Municipal Chairman.

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