District 18 –
General Information
The 18th legislative district in central Middlesex County is extensively developed with a variety of industrial, commercial and residential complexes, including a number of large multi-family housing projects that contribute to its higher than average population density. Edison Township, with 97,687 residents in the 2000 U.S. Census, is the largest municipality, over twice the population of second-ranking East Brunswick at 46,756 residents. The district also is ranked second of the 40 legislative districts as a location for jobs.
Once part of Raritan Township, Edison derives its present name from Thomas Alva Edison; the municipality was the site of Edison's industrial research laboratory at Menlo Park established in 1876, where Edison invented over 400 patented items including the phonograph, the electric railway and the incandescent lamp. The small borough of Helmetta, with only 1,825 residents in the 2000 Census, also has one of the more interesting histories in New Jersey, with many of its buildings now on the state and national registers of historic places for their significance as a typical nineteenth century "factory town". The town was the site of the factory of the George W. Helme Company's General Cigar and Tobacco Company, which continued to operate making snuff and other tobacco products until 1993.
New Jersey
District 18
South
Plainfield
East Brunswick
Elected Officials
Mayor – David Stahl
dstahl@eastbrunswick.org
Council President – Michael Hughes
mhughes@eastbrunswick.org
Council VicePresident– James Wendell
jwendell@eastbrunswick.org
Councilperson – Camille Ferraro
cferraro@eastbrunswick.org
Councilperson – Denise Contrino
dcontrino@eastbrunswick.org
Councilperson – Nancy J. Pinkin
npinkin@eastbrunswick.org
Edison
Elected Officials
Mayor – Antonia Ricigliano
mayor@edisonnj.org
Council President – Robert Karabinchak
rkarabinchak@edisonnj.org
Council Vice President– Wayne Mascola
wmascola@edisonnj.org
Councilperson – Robert C. Diehl
rdiehl@edisonnj.org
Councilperson – Sudhanshu Prasad
sprasad@edisonnj.org
Councilperson – Thomas Lankey
tlankey@edisonnj.org
Councilperson – Alvaro Gomez
agomez@edisonnj.org
Councilperson – Michael Lombardi
mlombardi@edisonnj.org
Helmetta
Elected Officials
Mayor – Nancy Martin
helmettamayor@verizon.net
Council President – Sewell Peckham
sewpeck@verizon.net
Councilperson – Vincent Asciolla
vinasciolla801@aol.com
Councilperson – Robert Janeczek
rjanoshooter3@comcast.net
Councilperson – Peter Karczewski
petek1128@yahoo.com
Councilperson – Joseph Perez
perez_joe@verizon.net
Councilperson – Patrick Smith
patrick.smith08828@comcast.net
Highland Park
Elected Officials
Mayor – Gary Minkoff
minkoffhp@gmail.com
Council President – Gayle Brill Mittler
brillmittlerhp@gmail.com
Councilperson – Elsie Foster-Dublin
fosterdublinhp@gmail.com
Councilperson – Jon Erickson
ericksonhp@gmail.com
Councilperson – Padraic Millet
millethp@gmail.com
Councilperson – Jeffrey Morris
jmorrishp@gmail.com
Councilperson – Susan Welkovits
welkovitshp@gmail.com
Metuchen
Elected Officials
Mayor – Thomas Vahalla
mayor@metuchen.com
Council President – Peter Cammarano
pcammarano@metuchen.com
Councilperson – Jay Muldoon
jmuldoon@metuchen.com
Councilperson – Sheri-Rose Rubin
srrubin@metuchen.com
Councilperson – James Wallace Jr.
jwallace@metuchen.com
Councilperson – Dorothy Rasmussen
drasmussen@metuchen.com
Councilperson – Ronald Grayzel
rgrayzel@metuchen.com
South Plainfield
Elected Officials
Mayor – Matthew P. Anesh
anesh@southplainfieldnj.com
Council President – Raymond Rusnak
rrusnak@southplainfieldnj.com
Councilperson – Robert Bengivenga Jr.
bengivenga@southplainfieldnj.com
Councilperson – Timothy McConville
tmcconville@southplainfieldnj.com
Councilperson – Alex Barletta
abarletta@southplainfieldnj.com
Councilperson – Richard Frank
rfrank@southplainfieldnj.com
Councilperson – Derryck White
dwhite@southplainfieldnj.com
South River
Elected Officials
Mayor – John Krenzel
jkrenzel@southrivernj.org
Council President– James Hutchison
jhutchison@southrivernj.org
Councilperson – John T. Trzeciak
jtrzeciak@southrivernj.org
Councilperson – Rui Almeida
ralmeida@southrivernj.org
Councilperson – Peter Guindi
pguindi@southrivernj.org
Councilperson – Thomas Roselli
troselli@southrivernj.org
Councilperson – Matthew M. Vaughn
mvaughn@southrivernj.org
