News & Opinion
Two recent Hudson County ballot-access disputes raise a basic question for voters and candidates: when a person asks the County Clerk’s Office how many petition signatures are required to run for office, should they be able to rely on the answer when they turn in their Petition with the stated requi...
Two Harrison candidates have filed separate but related lawsuits against the Hudson County Clerk’s Office, claiming they were kept off the November General Election ballot after relying on incorrect signature information allegedly provided by the same office that later rejected their petitions.
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Residents of the Town of Harrison who are considering a run for public office in the November General Election should begin preparing now, as the petition filing process and signature requirements are important first steps toward getting on the ballot. The number of signatures required for the Counc...
Despite a hotly contested statewide race for Governor between Democrat Mikie Sherrill and Republican Jack Ciattarelli, voter turnout in the Town of Harrison was remarkably low. Of the 9,496 registered voters, only 3,097 cast ballots in the General Election on Tuesday, November 4, 2025, representing ...
Early in-person voting begins across New Jersey on Saturday, October 25, 2025, and continues through Sunday, November 2, 2025, giving voters the flexibility to cast their ballots ahead of Election Day. However, the Town of Harrison does not have any Early Voting location this year — though that’s ex...
On Tuesday, November 4, 2025 (and before), New Jersey voters will head to the polls not just for one local council election, but for a consequential gubernatorial election and state legislative contest, and the Hudson County Sheriff. The governor’s race has drawn considerable attention, with both m...
As the General Election on November 5, 2024, approaches, voters in the Town of Harrison, NJ, will notice that none of their local officials—neither the Mayor nor the Town Council members—are on the ballot this year. This is no coincidence. When the New Jersey State Legislature changed local municipa...
Election Day in Harrison, New Jersey, on Tuesday, November 7, 2023, arrives with a notable lack of competition in local Council races. There is no mayoral election this year.. The incumbent Councilpersons in the four wards of Harrison NJ —Maria Camano (1st Ward), Eleanor Villalta (2nd Ward), Delfim ...
At the August 29, 2022, Harrison Redevelopment Agency (HRA) meeting, Mayor James Fife stated when referring to the former PSE&G Gas Works, “Of course, you have the biggest piece Public Service, the EPA is holding that up. We were going to do some planning over there but the EPA is going to using i...
On Tuesday, October 25, 2022, an Oral Argument was heard by Honorable Judge Jeffrey Jablonski in the matter of Anselmo Millan v. Paul J. Zarbetski. The case centers around the action that Paul Zarbetski took in the Primary Election in 2018 when then-Councilman Anselmo Millan ran against incumbent M...
So the last Town Meeting of October has been canceled.  The Wednesday Harrison Planning Board Meeting has been canceled. Mayor James Fife previously canceled the Mayor & Council meeting of October 18, 2022. The next meeting of the Mayor & Council is Tuesday, November 15, 2022, at 6:30 p.m. via Z...
In the November 8th General Election, the residents of the Town of Harrison will have a choice of who they want to be the next Mayor of Harrison. Incumbent Mayor James Fife has an opponent, former Councilman Anselmo Millan. Millan is holding a Meet & Greet Tailgate Barbecue at the Spanish Pavilion...
