Marlboro Town Council Primary Election 2025: Nicholas Stella

MARLBORO, NJ — This year’s Republican primary race is packed in Marlboro Township with six candidates competing for three of the party's open spots in the race for Town Council.

Candidate Nicholas Stella is running for one of the party's three spots with Charles Anastasia and Oleg “Alex” Gampel against incumbents Antoinette DiNuzzo, Michael Milman, and Juned Qazi.

In the town’s Democratic Primary, David Fisher, Peter Bufano, and Aleksanda “Sana” Simanovsky are running for the three spots open for their party's nomination.

Early voting for the Primary Election will run from June 3 through June 8. Primary Election Day is June 10.

Are you running for the Town Council in Marlboro? Contact Sara Winick at sara.winick@patch.com for information on being featured in a candidate's profile and submitting campaign announcements to Marlboro-Colts Neck Patch.

Nicholas Stella

Age: 19
Town of Residence: Marlboro Township
Education: The College of New Jersey (frm. Trenton State)
Occupation: Student

What drove you to seek public office?
I'm seeking public office because Marlboro deserves better leadership — leadership that delivers on promises and puts residents first.

Our town is over $100 million in debt, our infrastructure is crumbling, and overdevelopment is threatening the character of our community and our public resources. The current incumbents have failed to address these issues and have broken their promises, especially to the Republicans who trusted them to lead with integrity and provide checks and balances to the multi-term democratic mayor.

I'm running to bring real accountability, restore fiscal responsibility, fix our roads, and protect the quality of life that makes Marlboro special.

What sets you apart from the other candidates?
What sets me apart is that Marlboro isn’t just where I live — it’s my lifelong home.

I went through all of our public schools, my family is here, and I have everything to lose or gain in the future of this town. I’m not looking at this position as a side project or something to do in retirement.

Unlike the incumbents, who are retired or running businesses in New York and Jersey City, I’m fully invested in this community. I live the day-to-day realities of our town, and I’m committed to fighting for its future because it’s my future, too.

What do you see as the biggest issue Marlboro is facing, and how will you resolve it?
The biggest issue facing Marlboro is overdevelopment. We’re losing the small-town character that made this community so special.

Our schools are becoming overcrowded, public resources are stretched thin, and residents are being hit with higher taxes while home values are starting to decline. This path is unsustainable, and if we don’t take action now to protect our town's future, we risk losing what makes Marlboro a great place to live and raise a family.

When myself and my runningmates are elected, we vow to appoint a zoning board that is 100% dedicated to ending and rejecting egregious and unsustainable projects in Marlboro.

What are past accomplishments or experiences that make you qualified for this position?
Over the past few years, I’ve been deeply involved in our local political and civic life.

I’ve interned for both local and state candidates, gaining firsthand experience in how effective public service should work. I’ve met with mayors to discuss development concerns, spoken with council members about the challenges facing Marlboro, and taken every opportunity to understand the issues impacting our town.

As President of the Marlboro Young Republicans, I’ve helped coordinate local efforts and engage younger residents in civic life. This isn’t just a campaign for me — it’s the next step in a commitment I’ve already been living.

If elected, what do you most hope to achieve in Marlboro?
If elected, I want to restore trust in local government by actually delivering results. That means stopping reckless overdevelopment, fixing our roads and infrastructure, and getting our finances under control so we’re not saddling residents with higher taxes and more debt.

I’m not running for a title — I’m running to protect the town I’ve called home my whole life, and to make sure Marlboro remains a place where families can thrive for generations to come.

Name one thing about Marlboro that always makes you smile.
One thing that always makes me smile is taking a walk through Big Brook Park and seeing other residents out enjoying it too.

It’s a hidden gem in Marlboro — peaceful, beautiful, and a reminder of what makes our town so special. Moments like that really capture the sense of community we need to protect.