“‘We want to emphasize that SOPD personnel were not involved in this operation in any capacity.” — SOPD Acting Chief Stephen Dolinac and South Orange Village Administrator Julie Doran

“You know, the one mistake we made in creating the Hall of Fame was calling it the Hall of Fame, because it’s really a Hall of Impact or a Hall of Doing What You Love. Or a Hall of Taking Your Passion and Really Working Hard at It,” said actor Andrew Shue. “So I hope you all think about your lives and think about what you want to be and who you want to be.”

“You can’t necessarily teach inspiration or even musicality, but you can teach some of the components of choreography, and I feel really strongly that when you give those to children, even as young as our preschoolers…they make a dance of their own.” — Lydia Johnson

Fulop gets plaudits for the transformation of Jersey City, his stance as an anti-machine politician — and his choice of South Orange Mayor Sheena Collum as running mate.

“I believe Mikie Sherrill is the best Democrat to beat the MAGA Republican Jack Ciattarelli in November. Sherrill turned a long time red Congressional District to blue by bringing people together, bridging divides and solving problems … building an electoral coalition that wins elections.” – Maplewood Township Committee member Vic De Luca

Fulop has been endorsed by current South Orange Council members Jen Greenberg, Olivia Lewis-Chang, Bill Haskins and Bobby Brown; former South Orange elected officials Karen Hilton, Jeff DuBowy, Bob Zuckerman and Walter Clarke; and former Maplewood Mayor Frank McGehee, current Maplewood Township Committee member (and former Deputy Mayor) Deb Engel, and former Township Committee member Greg Lembrich.