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Stephanie McGowan

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Bergen's Most Lopsided 2019 Primary Win: Incumbent Upper Saddle River Mayor Crushes Upstart Bergen's Most Lopsided 2019 Primary Win: Incumbent Upper Saddle River Mayor Crushes Upstart
Bergen's Most Lopsided 2019 Primary Win: Incumbent Upper Saddle River Mayor Crushes Upstart Incumbent Upper Saddle River Mayor Joanne Minichetti easily defeated an upstart candidate Tuesday in one of only eight municipalities in Bergen County that had contested primaries. In the most convincing defeat of all of Bergen's primary races, Minichetti got 75% of the vote (525) to a meager 171 for Erik Friis in the borough’s Republican runoff, according to unofficial results from the county Board of Elections. Her Republican running mates, Councilmen Jonathan Ditkoff and Douglas Rotella, were unopposed. Minichetti will face Marshall Grupp in the November election. He was unopposed in t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lifestyle
Rutherford Councilwoman Picks Up Tab For U.S. Marine Rutherford Councilwoman Picks Up Tab For U.S. Marine
Rutherford Councilwoman Picks Up Tab For U.S. Marine That she was in the right place at the right time was not a question to Rutherford councilwoman Stephanie McGowan. The Felician University School of Education dean had specifically chosen Jim Dandy's for lunch Monday to see how its workforce development program with the university's special needs students was going. But when a U.S. Marine walked in and McGowan overheard him telling owner Brian Flynn he was new to the area, McGowan felt compelled to welcome him. She paid for his lunch -- and feels it was meant to be. "I wound up being there for two things that I'm most passionate about," …

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by Cecilia Levine