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Incumbent Penns Grove Mayor LaDaena Thomas’ grassroots, write-in victory will be certified, a judge ruled Tuesday by lifting the court-ordered stay on certifying the results. Salem County Judge Benjamin D. Morgan ruled in favor of lifting the temporary injunction on certifying her victory based on another motion before the court: whether to dismiss Republican candidate Louis Pasquale’s attorney for a conflict-of-interest, for having represented Thomas in a previous case two years ago. Morgan ruled that continuing the hold on certifying Thomas’s election win would harm the community by leaving …