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By SYLVIE CORBET and JEFFREY SCHAEFFER, Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Charles Shay, a decorated Native American veteran who was a 19-year-old U.S. Army medic when…

Patricia Q. Sheehan, the mayor of New Brunswick from 1967 to 1974 and a member of Gov. Brendan Byrne’s cabinet, died on November 17.  She was…

Denise Ross, a Bergen County Democratic leader for nearly 30 years, died unexpectedly on Friday evening.  She was 74. “Denise will be remembered for her kindness…

Sonia Das, a respected political operative who worked for governors, senators, and, most recently, as a top aide to Mercer County Executive Dan Benson, has died. …

President George W. Bush, right, and the late Vice President Dick Cheney in the Oval Office on Jan. 24, 2002. (Photo from National Archives)Former Vice President…

Tom Madigan, a Wyckoff township committeeman and former mayor, died today.  He was 71.Madigan was appointed to the township committee in 2010 after David Connolly and…

Joan Kennedy, the mother of Brigantine resident Patrick Kennedy, died today.  She was 89. Since the death of Ethel Kennedy nearly one year ago, she had…

Jerry J. Dasti, a politically influential lawyer in Ocean County who has represented government entities across New Jersey, died this afternoon.   He was 76. Dasti had…

Dunellen Councilman Harold E. Vandermark, a U.S. Navy veteran who served in the aircraft carrier USS America during the Cold War era, died on Thursday after…

Cuba’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced Joanne Chesimard, a member of the Black Liberation Army convicted in the 1973 murder of New Jersey State Trooper Werner…