Most towns in Essex County have Board of Education or municipal elections and there are two county races for sheriff and ...

Essex County residents elected two Democrats on Tuesday, keeping the county under firm Democratic control. The county ...

New Jersey voting hours on Election Day are 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. at polling places statewide. Find your polling place here.

Voter turnout dropped in North Jersey this 2024 presidential election, but there was a sharp shift in votes cast for Donald ...

Why were those sirens wailing? Patch recaps some of Essex County’s recent public safety, police, fire and EMS stories.

Granato, assistant superintendent of the Newark Board of Education, and Thomas P. Scrivo, managing partner of the O’Toole ...

New Jersey will elect a new U.S. Senator seat and all of the state's House of Representative seats are on the ballot. Most ...

Superior Court Judge David Katz succeeds Assignment Judge Jeffrey Jablonski, who accepted a position in the state’s Appellate ...

Bergen, Essex, Morris, Passaic and Sussex counties are unique geographically, but also in political landscape. Check and see ...

Family Promise of Essex County is calling for volunteers to join its poverty relief initiative, Circles. The program aims to transform lives and communities through human connection and collaboration.