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Hahn is running with R. Tali Epstein, Joseph Luistro and Payal Mehta. Heated contest in Woodbridge's First Ward In a dull primary season, a Democratic race for a single ward seat on the Woodbridge Township Council is drawing attention. In the campaign for a First Ward seat, incumbent Nancy Bader-Drumm, backed by the party organization. is being challenged by Ken Gardner. Running unopposed on the GOP ticket is John Vrtaric.   Bader-Drumm, who represents Sewaren and Woodbridge Proper, is the membership director at the Woodbridge Metro Chamber of Commerce. She said in a statement that her "p...

Democratic candidates express their goals as potential Edison mayor ahead of primary election   Three candidates – Samip “Sam” Joshi, Arthur Esposito and Mahesh Bhagia – are vying for the Democratic Party’s support in Edison’s 2021 race for mayor, and incumbent Mayor Thomas Lankey is not among them – yet.  Joshi and Esposito participated in the April 25 Greater New Brunswick Area League of Women Voters and Edison Together candidate’s forum, whose purpose is to educate the residents and inspire them to vote in the June 8 primary election in Edison, which is the fifth largest...

Fixing America: the View from Edison and Plainfield By Bob Hennelly | April 25, 2021, 10:56 pm | in Columnist, News The debate over President Joe Biden’s infrastructure bill has been primarily centered around the personalities behind the White House’s $2 trillion plus plan and the  GOP’s $568 billion counter proposal. As a consequence, this beltway conversation is all about national horse race politics, whose ideas are polling best, who will compromise, and who will stand firmest. The reporting is disconnected from the lived experience of the...

MyCentralJersey.com Township Democratic Chairman Mahesh Bhagia was removed from the Middlesex County Democratic Organization slate in the June primary for mayor because of his alleged connection to the investigation, coupled with his allies forming a slate to challenge other county political leaders. In a statement, Middlesex County Democratic Chairman Kevin P. McCabe said a slate of candidates aligned with Bhagia is challenging the party's District 18 legislators, the county surrogate and county commissioners. "As chair of the Edison Democratic Organization, Mr. Bhagia is aligned with these...

MyCentralJersey.com That was the message delivered by Mayor Thomas Lankey and Council President Bob Diehl during a half-hour virtual news conference Wednesday, during which the two officials pleaded for help in the investigation from the offices of the state attorney general and the Middlesex County prosecutor. Lankey said those offices must step forward, adding some new evidence has led to the need for a further investigation. Diehl said he had a recent conversation with Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone in which she indicated the attorney general's office was working on the case. ...