Former N.J. county executive, who served a fiery term on the bench, has died

Wilbur H. “Bill” Mathesius, a lively and outspoken lawyer who held several prominent public positions in Mercer County, died Sunday following a fall in his Bucks County, Pennsylvania, home.

He was 85.

Mathesius was a prosecutor for the federal government and Mercer County before serving three terms as Mercer County’s executive, from 1980 to 1992. In the 2000s, he served a “colorful” term as a Superior Court judge…

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