NJ.com offers this report, which begins: “The two independent candidates for township committee said Thursday they are filing complaints against their opponents with the Warren County Prosecutor’s Office and the state Election Law Enforcement Commission. The independents, Debra Waldron and incumbent Giovanna ‘Joanne’ Van Valkenburg, say Republican candidate Gary Stevens is using his newspaper, the North Warren News, to further his own political interests.”
This case has been debated on the election law listserv a bit. Start here and follow the “freedom of the press” thread.