Sunday, May 12, 2013
Township Committee candidates to be listed on primary ballot, but no contest until November's general election.
This Tuesday, May 14, is the last day to register to vote in the Primary Election to select party candidates, to be held June 4. The Somerset County offices on Grove Street will have extended hours, from 8:30 a.m. to 9 p.m., Tuesday for anyone still looking to register. There will be no local race in this year’s primary, with one Democrat and one Republican each seeking the one-three year seat on the Bernards Township Committee that is being vacated by Republican Scott Spitzer, who is not seeking re-election. For the Democrats, candidate David Ferdinand, who ran last year but was not elected to the all-Republican Township Committee, again is seeking his party's nomination to be listed on the ballot this November. For the Republicans, …
Monday, March 18, 2013
Bernards Republican Committee makes choice between two candidates, both current members of the Bernards Township Planning Board.
John Bayeux, chairman of the Bernards Township Municipal Committee, said the 42 members of the local Republican committee who voted Monday night were presented with "two terrific candidates" seeking the party's endorsement for Township Committee this fall. But after hearing what both had to say, the Republicans' backing went to Carol Bianchi, this year's Planning Board chairman. Both Bianchi and Kevin Orr, the other declared candidate seeking the Republican endorsement in this June's primary election for one seat available on the Township Committee this November, are practicing attorneys who have served on the Planning Board and the Bernards Township Zoning Board of Adjustment. "I am ready to do this job," Bianchi said during the …
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Kevin Orr and Carol Bianchi seek endorsement of Republican Municipal Committee.
It's been barely a week since Republican Township Committeeman Scott Spitzer announced he has decided against seeking re-election to his seat on the governing body, and since then two members of the Bernards Township Planning each have said they would like to fill that spot next year. Carol Bianchi, this year's chair of the Planning Board, and Kevin Orr, chairman of the township Board of Adjustment and a member of the township Planning Board, both said they are seeking the Republican municipal committee's endorsement for this year's official Republican candidate for Township Committee. Although Republican candidates for Township Committee have faced competition from Democratic challengers in recent years, the Republicans have managed to …
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4:43 am on Friday, January 25, 2013
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