Friday, February 22, 2013
The 11th district congressman addressed students in Livingston.
Tenth-term U.S. Rep. Rodney P. Frelinghuysen (R-NJ 11th) addressed students at Joseph Kushner Hebrew Academy in Livingston on Wednesday, reiterating his support for Israel and defending Congressional spending. Frelinghuysen serves the newly redistricted 11th district, which includes 54 municipalities, including communities in Morris, Sussex, Passaic, and Essex counties. Frelinghuysen told students he spends weekdays in Washington D.C., and weekends in New Jersey, traveling throughout his district. One of his goals, said Frelinghuysen, is "to put a human face on Congress." He noted that many citizens speak of Congress as a body, without knowing their representatives and how their interests are served. Students introduced Frelinghuysen as a…
Saturday, November 10, 2012
Homicide in West Orange, Newark weapon, drug arrest, Belleville church steeple braced.
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Saturday, November 10, 2012
Authorities are investigating a bank robbery Tuesday at the Valley National Bank on Bloomfield Avenue. Just before 1 p.m. Tuesday, the suspect entered the bank at 22 Bloomfield Ave. and passed a note to the teller reading "Have gun. Give me money," according to Deputy Chief Mark Minichini of the Belleville Police Department. The suspect made off with the contents of the teller's drawer and fled north on foot on Belmont Avenue. Exact proceeds have not been determined, Minichini said. The Essex County Prosecutor's Office is investigating the death of a West Orange woman on Oct. 31. Lelia Whatley, 22, was found unresponsive at her Washington Street residence early last Wednesday and was pronounced dead at the scene, said Katherine Carter, …
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Republican Rodney Frelinghuysen defeated former Roseland mayor, Democrat John Arvanites.
Representative Rodney Frelinghuysen will return to Congress for his 10th term following an Election Day win over Democratic challenger John Arvanites. Frelinghuysen, who represents the 11th Congressional District representing Essex County towns including Nutley, Bloomfield, Montclair, the Caldwells, West Orange and Livingston, beat Arvanites, who is the former mayor of Roseland. Frelinghuysen narrowly lost Essex County, earning 32,699 votes to his opponent's 34,008, or garnering 48 percent of the vote to Arvanites 50 percent of the vote. In a press release issued shortly after his victory, Frelinghuysen thanked voters for sending him back to Washington. “My victory tonight, like all who stood for election today, is tempered by the …
Sunday, October 14, 2012
Incumbent Rodney Frelinghuysen faces off with Democratic challenger John Arvanites at William Paterson University.
Democratic congressional candidate John Arvanites will debate long-time GOP incumbent Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen on Wednesday at William Paterson University at 7 p.m. The debate is open to the public. The two are vying for representation of New Jersey’s 11th Congressional District. Arvanites is a certified public accountant and former mayor of Roseland. Frelinghuysen has served in Congress since being elected in 1995. Richard French, host of RNN’s Richard French Live will moderate the debate. Candidates will field questions from Alfred Doblin, editorial page editor of The Record, Charles Stile, The Record’s political columnist, and Herb Jackson, the paper’s senior Washington correspondent. The debate will be held at the university’s …
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
11th District congressman speaks in favor of Pell grants, Romney, and (parts of) Obamacare
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Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Rodney Frelinghuysen, the longtime Republican congressman for the 11th District, met with local party activists and supporters a few weeks ago* in Nutley, where he spoke cordially about President Obama but still drew sharp distinctions with him on health care, foreign policy and other issues. “I’m damn excited about getting 270,000 new voters in 14 towns,” said Frelinghuysen, whose legislative district has grown to include Nutley, some of Bloomfield and other parts of Essex and Passaic counties after the state’s congressional districts were redrawn late last year. Frelinghuysen faces Democrat John Arvanites in the November election. Speaking at the Diamond Spring restaurant, Frelinghuysen, who has served nine terms in the House of …
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
The following Letter to the Editor was submitted by a veteran who attended recent town hall meeting with U.S. Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen.
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Tuesday, July 3, 2012
I attended a town hall meeting on Saturday, June 23, 2012, at the Roseland Municipal Building that was conducted by Rodney Frelinghuysen, the Congressman representing NJ’s 11th district. As a veteran who served this country, I have a special interest in understanding how and why our representatives vote on issues of war, the military, and veterans’ affairs. I asked Congressman Frelinghuysen three questions about his voting record: 1. Why did you vote against a house resolution to remove our troops from Afghanistan? 2. Why did you vote against bills that would have provided clean water to our troops in Iraq and that would have given our military units with minimum rest periods between deployments to Iraq? 3. Why did you vote against a …
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Democrat running against longtime Republican incumbent Rodney Frelinghuysen to represent Verona and Cedar Grove, other Essex towns in redrawn 11th Congressional District.
John Arvanites wants to represent everyone. Arvanites is the Democratic candidate seeking to represent New Jersey’s 11th Congressional District, which includes Essex County towns like Verona, Cedar Grove, Montclair, Bloomfield and the Caldwells. The district was redrawn following the 2010 Census. Arvanites is running against longtime incumbent Rodney Frelinghuysen. Arvanites said he is interested in truly representing the needs of the entire district, not just people located on either end of the socio-economic and political spectrums. “We don’t have a middle class anymore, we have a majority class and that’s who I want to represent,” Arvanites said. “That’s why you get elected to these positions, to do what’s best for the majority, not …
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Weekend Town Hall Covers a Variety of Topics
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Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Medicare, maintaining English as the official US language, and the security of the border in the state of Arizona were all topics fielded and discussed by Congressman Rodney Frelinghuysen over the weekend at a town hall held in Roseland. The town hall meeting was one of a series of stops on Frelinghuysen's "listening tour" around the 11th Congressional district. The district comprises portions of Essex, Morris, Passaic, Sussex and Somerset counties. In Roseland, Frelinghuysen was introduced by Mayor John Duthie.
Michael S
10:03 am on Friday, November 23, 2012
Better luck next time Lib. more ›