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Petulant perennial statewide candidate Hirsh Singh will challenge the results of a condo board race in Atlantic City even though he finished fifth in

A Land Use Board member was slapped with a stop-work order for running a commercial operation on property that received 15 years of tax breaks for wetlands.

Morristown Daily Record MORRISTOWN — The operators of a Dehart Street bar are the latest to sue the township for inconsistencies in decisions and delays in getting public records. Tashmoo Bar and Restaurant operators DeHart Associates and WCGP said Morristowns formula to determine its maximum occupancy load for their bar expansion "is unreasonable," states the lawsuit filed in Morris County Superior Court. The bar also claims the towns clerk failed to honor requests for certificates o...

Despite having been over for nearly a year, the Republican race for the U.S. Senate in New Jersey in 2020 is officially done, thanks to the U.S. Supreme Court Feb. 22 rejecting the efforts of Hirsh Singh for a recount. Thus, Democrat Cory Booker is officially the state’s U.S. Senate winner – though Booker did defeat the man who topped Singh in the Republican primary, Rik Mehta. Singh filed a lawsuit three days after the general election alleging that Gov. Phil Murphy’s executive ...

Morristown Daily Record MORRISTOWN — The township failed to hand over public records requested through the Open Public Records Act in a timely manner, claims a lawsuit filed by a developer. Speedwell LLC, in its lawsuit, states the documents it requested are wanted to show “apparent corruption” by the town in connection with development in the Speedwell area.  Also known as Speedwell Associates, the builder filed the complaint in Morris County Superior Court in response to the towns f...

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New Jersey Herald WANTAGE —The township Land Use Boards approval for one of its members to operate a soil processing facility on Route 565 has been voided by a judge who said the process was tainted by conflicts of interest and attempts to influence by then-Mayor Ron Bassani and the boards former chairman. Superior Court Judge Stuart Minkowitz has ordered a new hearing. Bassani, who is now deputy mayor, and Michael Cecchini, who was Land Use Board chairman at the time of the vote, both recu...

Defense attorney Anthony Iacullo highlighted Chalets past service as a volunteer firefighter and said he always went "above and beyond" as a law enforcement officer.  "He has accepted responsibility, has time spent incarcerated and people supporting him, standing by him, (which will) make him amendable to probation," Iacullo said. "It is something he has learned from, something not ever to be repeated and something Elie takes very, very seriously." Tia Manochio, an assistant prosecutor, said s...