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May
31
Ledger: Losers back challenger in Hillside council runoff
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Thursday, May 31, 2007
BY JASON JETT
Star-Ledger Staff
This month’s losers may determine next month’s winner in the runoff election for 2nd Ward council representative in Hillside.
Incumbent Deborah Stroud tal lied 197 votes and challenger Shelley Bates garnered 177 in ward voting during the municipal election May 8.
A trio of candidates who trailed them received a total of 245 votes. Fifty percent of the vote plus one is required to win in the nonpartisan races mandated by the township charter.
Yesterday, all three of the candi dates who failed to qualify for the runoff said they are throwing their support to Bates.
May
16
Ledger: Hillside’s keeping pressure on bars
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Suspends licenses and hikes the fee
Thursday, May 17, 2007
BY JASON JETT
Star-Ledger Staff 
Hillside’s crackdown on bars after brawls, a gunfight and the murder of a departing patron in the past year continued this week with a new round of liquor-license suspensions.
The Ranch Bar & Grill, which has been the subject of complaints by neighboring residents for more than a year, on Monday agreed to a 20-day license suspension beginning May 28 rather than fight the action before the municipal Alcoholic Beverage Control Board.
In March, the Liberty Avenue establishment’s license was suspended for 10 days after a brawl.
Also on Monday, Half Time Sports Bar on Bloy Street accepted a five-day license suspension beginning May 21, opting not to have an ABC board hearing.
At a previous board hearing, Old Manhattan sports and karaoke bar accepted a five-day suspension, effective June 19 to 23.
In other action regarding bars, the township council on Tuesday raised the liquor license fee a maximum 20 percent to $984 annually.
May
10
By Chris Sykes, Staff Writer
- Two thousand of Hillside’s registered voters went to the polls Tuesday to cast their ballots in the municipal ward elections for the Township Council, and the contests were decided decisively in all but one of the races. Although there were five candidates vying for the seat held by incumbent Deborah Stroud in the 2nd Ward, when the dust finally settled and all the ballots were counted, only she and newcomer Shelly Ann Bates were still standing. Stroud garnered 197 votes and Bates came in a close second with 177, beating out realtor Joe Menza, who received 148 votes, Mtyrna Weissman with 80 votes, and Toy-Ling Washington with 17 votes. In order to win the race outright, Stroud or any other candidate in these elections would have had to obtain 50 percent of the votes cast in their wards, plus one more in order to establish a clear-cut majority. Since neither Stroud nor Bates managed to achieve that margin of victory, they will have to square off against one another again in a runoff election on June 12. Although neither Stroud nor Bates could be reached for comment Tuesday night, at least one other victor in that election spoke about the results. Read more