* Freeholder Director Louis Cappelli, Jr. ( Collingswood, Elected 2003.

Sheeran, a lawyer and former FBI man is running against the Republican organization's candidate, Freeholder William MacDonald, for the vacancy left by the resignation of Neil Duffy, now a member of the State Board of Tax Appeals.

the author, or one concerned in the writing of several weekly very seditious papers intitled, ‘ The Monitor or British Freeholder, No 257, 357, 358, 360, 373, 376, 378, and 380 ,’″ and seized printed charts, pamphlets and other materials.

Union County Freeholder Bette Jane Kowalski is a Cranford resident and the first woman from Cranford to be elected to the Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders.

Freeholder Kowalski was an unsuccessful candidate for Cranford Township Committee in 1999 and served as Union County Freeholder Chairwoman in 2007.

Freeholder Bette Jane Kowalski is a Cranford resident.

One Freeholder seat comes up for election each year, and the three-year term of office starts ( and ends ) on January 1.

The Freeholder Board is the center of legislative and administrative responsibility and, as such, performs a dual role.

, Warren County's Freeholders are Freeholder Director Richard D. Gardner ( term expires January 1, 2012 ), Freeholder Deputy Director Everett A. Chamberlain ( January 1, 2013 ), and Freeholder Jason Sarnoski ( January 1, 2014 ).

The Freeholder Board sets policies for the operation of the County.

As of the January 2010 reorganization, Union County's Freeholders are Freeholder Chairperson Daniel P. Sullivan ( Elizabeth ), Freeholder Vice Chairperson Deborah P. Scanlon ( Union ), Angel G. Estrada ( Elizabeth ), Mohamed S. Jalloh ( Roselle ), Bette Jane Kowalski ( Cranford ), Alexander Mirabella ( Fanwood ), Rick Proctor ( Rahway ), Rayland Van Blake ( Plainfield ) and Nancy Ward ( Westfield ).

Each Freeholder in Somerset County chairs a standing committee: Human Services, Finance and Administrative Services, Public Works I and Public Works II.

The Freeholder Director and County Administrator are ex-officio members of each committee.

* Freeholder Director Joseph H. Vicari ( R ) ( Toms River Township, term ends December 31, 2011 )

* Freeholder Chair Pasquale " Pat " Colavita, Jr. ( term ends December 31, 2012 ; Lawrenceville )

* Freeholder Director Robert M. Damminger ( D, West Deptford Township ; term ends 2012 )

, members of the Burlington County Board of Chosen Freeholders ( with their term end dates and committee chairmanships listed in parentheses ) are Freeholder Director William Whelan ( 2011 ; Finance ), Deputy Freeholder Director James A. Dunkins ( 2011 ; Health ), Samuel L. Fiocchi, Sr. ( 2013 ; Public Works ), Jane Jannarone ( 2011 ; Public Affairs, Cultural & History ), Carl W. Kirstein ( 2013 ; Public Property & Personnel ) and Thomas Sheppard ( 2012 ; Agriculture ).

McNerney was reelected to a second term of office as County Executive in 2006, defeating former Freeholder Todd Caliguire.

It was first mentioned on May 28, 1782 in Freeholder minutes as being formed from Perth Amboy Township, and then formally incorporated as a township on February 21, 1798.

South Brunswick was first mentioned on February 28, 1778, in Freeholder minutes as being formed from New Brunswick Township.

In January 1999 she was selected to serve as Freeholder Director, making Freeholder Cuccinello the first woman to hold that position in four decades.

He followed this effort with a comedic play, The Drummer ( his last undertaking was The Freeholder, a party paper, 1715 – 16.

However, his crazy government newspaper, The Freeholder, was much criticised, and Alexander Pope was among those who made him an object of derision, christening him " Atticus ".

North Brunswick was first mentioned in Middlesex Freeholder Board minutes of February 28, 1779.

In 1979, Franks was a candidate for Union County Freeholder when State Senator Peter J. McDonough resigned.

He simultaneously held a seat in the New Jersey Senate and as Freeholder, a practice known as " double dipping " that was allowed under a grandfather clause in the state law enacted by the New Jersey Legislature and signed into law by Governor of New Jersey Jon Corzine in September 2007 that prevents dual-office-holding but allows those who had held both positions as of February 1, 2008, to retain both posts.

Before his election the Senate, Scutari was a member of the Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders, where he became the youngest Freeholder Chairman in county history.

He was married to Linda Pollitt Baer, a State Administrative Law Judge and former Bergen County Freeholder.

; Freeholder boroughs: In the remaining six boroughs, the right to vote was held by all freeholders.

Kornacki identified a number of " potential successors " to Baer, including Hackensack Police Chief and former Assemblyman Charles “ Ken ” Zisa, who had briefly mounted a challenge to Baer ’ s 2003 re-nomination before withdrawing it in what some have said was a deal brokered by Bergen County Democratic Organization Chairman Joe Ferriero ; Bergen County Freeholder Valerie Huttle ; Englewood Mayor Michael Wildes ; and Weinberg.

In January 2001, Huttle was first sworn into office as a Bergen County Freeholder.

Two years later on January 2, 2003, the Freeholder was unanimously chosen by her peers to serve the Board as the first ever Chairwoman under its present County Executive form of government.

She was a member of the Board of School Estimate at the Bergen County Technical Schools, a former member of the Board of School Estimate at Bergen Community College and chaired the Freeholder committee for Health and Human Services.

* Freeholder Deputy Director Gerry P. Little ( R ) ( Surf City, 2012 )

* Deputy Freeholder Director Giuseppe " Joe " Chila ( D, Woolwich Township ; 2012 )

* Freeholder Lenny Desiderio ( 2012 )

* Freeholder Director Bruce Garganio ( R ) – Director of Administration & Natural Resources ( Florence Township, 2012 )

* Freeholder Mary Ann O ' Brien ( R )- Director of Public Safety & Health and Human Services ( Medford, 2012 )

* Frank V. Giordano, Freeholder At-Large ( 2012 )

With Weinberg's victory, Bergen County Freeholder Valerie Huttle and Englewood Mayor Michael Wildes both announced their candidacy for Weinberg's Assembly seat.

The Freeholder Director appoints Freeholders to serve as Chairpersons and members on the various committees which oversee county departments.

The Board is led by a Freeholder Chair and Vice-Chair, selected on an annual basis from among its members.

The Freeholder Board acts as a formulator of policy and provides a check on the powers of the County Executive.

After receiving the proposed county budget from the County Executive in January of each year, it is the duty of the Freeholder Board to thoroughly review, make appropriate changes, and then vote on the budget.

The following year he gained citizenship, being recognized as a Freeholder of the Province on March 2, 1703.

Sweeney served on the Gloucester County Board of Chosen Freeholders, a post he held since 1997, and served as the Freeholder Director from January 6, 2006, until he left office in 2010.

Before entering state politics, Senator Turner served on the Mercer County Board of Chosen Freeholders from 1983 to 1986, where she served as Freeholder Vice President.

In some counties, members of the Board of Chosen Freeholders perform both legislative and executive functions on a commission basis, with each Freeholder assigned responsibility for a department or group of departments.

The Freeholder Director appoints Freeholders to serve as Chairpersons and members on the various committees which oversee county departments.

As Freeholder, Huttle sat on the Community Oversight Board at Bergen Regional Medical Center during her first two years of service, providing oversight of the privately managed county hospital.