Over 50 people came to the Thomas A. Edison Central Six School Thursday night for a forum featuring the seven council candidates who are running in the municipal elections on May 8, Tuesday. Taxes and the Edison redevelopment project figured prominently during the event. The candidates currently vying for the three four-year seats are: incumbent council members Sal Anderton, Joe Krakoviak and Patricia Spango. Jake Freivald, Jerry Guarino, Rodolfo Rodriguez and Clare Silvestri are also in the running. Councilman Krakoviak is heading a slate of candidates with Frievald, his former campaign …

Come hear this year's council candidates and their take on the issues this week at a forum scheduled on Thursday, April 26 at the Thomas A. Edison Central Six School, 75 William Street in West Orange. The venue opens at 6:30 p.m. with the forum starting at 7 p.m. The candidates currently vying for the three four-year seats are: incumbent council members Sal Anderton, Joe Krakoviak and Patricia Spango.Council candidates Jake Freivald, Jerry Guarino, Rodolfo Rodriguez and Clare Silvestri are also in the running. Councilman Krakoviak will be heading a slate of candidates with Frievald, his …

This year's municipal elections are bound to get heated as seven candidates compete for three open seats on the township council. Incumbent council members Sal Anderton, Joe Krakoviak and Patricia Spango will be running for re-election to four-year terms. Council candidates Jake Freivald, Jerry Guarino, Rodolfo Rodriguez and Clare Silvestri have also thrown their names in the ring. Ballot positions for the election were drawn Thursday afternoon at township hall. They are as follows as released by the office of the township clerk.1 - Jerry Guarino 2-  Rodolfo Rodriguez 3-  Patricia Spango 4-  …

[Editor's note: Patch asked each of the seven council candidates competing for three township council seats in this year's municipal election to submit a 250-word biography. The candidates are listed in alphabetical order. Do you have questions for the candidates? Email your questions to karen.yi@patch.com.] Sal Anderton, Council Member Sal M. Anderton was born in Orange, New Jersey on September 26, 1972. He was raised in West Orange and graduated from West Orange public schools. He received degrees in Political Science and Philosophy from Montclair State University as a student in the …

West Orange Councilman Joe Krakoviak announced today he will head a slate of candidates to vie for three open seats on the township council during the May elections. Candidates Jake Freivald, Krakoviak's former campaign manager, and Clare Silvestri, Krakoviak's wife, will run alongside Krakoviak in the hopes of gaining a majority on the five-member council."In 17 months on the council, I've worked hard to deliver on campaign promises of greater fiscal responsibility, transparency and accountability — with much success," Krakoviak said in a statement to Patch. "However, more remains to be done…

The township clerk's office released the names of all seven candidates that made Monday's filling deadline for the upcoming municipal elections. Candidates are competing for three township council seats in the May election.Terms for council president Patricia Spango and council members Sal Anderton and Joe Krakoviak will expire this year. All three incumbents will seek re-election to a four-year term but not without some competition. Residents Jerry Guarino, Rodolfo Rodriguez, Clare Silvestri and Jake Freivald have also thrown their names in the ring. Both Guarino and Rodriguez have run for …

Three of the five council seats in West Orange are up for grabs in the 2012 municipal election. Terms for council president Patricia Spango and council members Sal Anderton and Joe Krakoviak will expire this year. Anderton and Spango told Patch last week they would seek re-election come May. "I'm going to run hard, I'm going to run to win," Anderton told Patch. "Come March I'll be out knocking on doors, whether there's three people or nine I'm going to run hard."Both council members are completing their first four-year terms. Krakoviak has not yet announced whether he will run again. The …