The price jump state residents saw in November, thanks to a 23 cent (but flexible and could rise) gas tax championed by Sussex County’s state senator, Steve Oroho, was just the beginning.

While the current regime has been hoping to distract us with shiny objects, Congress has quietly begun the process of dismantling decades of progress in environmental protection and health care, along with entrenched institutions including even public education (after all, why would a society need that?)

Minutes of Meeting of Democratic County Committee of Wantage Township Nj 074461 2/13/17

Here are notes from the Vernon Township Democratic Committee meeting of February 27, 2017.

U.S. Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen continues to determinedly dodge Town Hall-style meetings, voters in his 11th Congressional district—which includes Byram, Hopatcong, Ogdensburg, Sparta and Stanhope—remain insistent on discussion of why, over the course of 12 terms, he has veered so far to the right that he currently votes 100 percent in favor of the GOP party line.

The Newton Democratic Committee held its first mobilization meeting of 2017 on Sunday February 26 at 7 Kory Road, Newton. The Committee discussed strategies to develop and support candidates for local, county, and state offices, filling County Committee seats, Newton Day, and opportunities for voter registration events.