NAACP president is critical of town’s budget deficits, furloughs

IRVINGTON, NJ — Irvington NAACP President Merrick Harris picked Labor Day to chime in about the township’s recent fiscal shortfalls that have led to a $3.25 million budget deficit in 2015, $2.4 million deficits in 2016 and 2017, and the 1.5-percent property tax increase in the $109,930,685.08 Calendar Year 2017 Municipal Budget. “Our problem with […]

Promised medical coverage still sought by firefighter’s wife

IRVINGTON, NJ — According to Vicki Martignetti, the wife of an Irvington firefighter, she reached out to Irvington Municipal Council President David Lyons for help in getting the township to honor its contractual obligations to employees by paying some outstanding medical bills, to no avail. In a recent Irvington Herald article, Lyons suggested Martignetti get […]

NAACP plans rally in East Orange to protest racial bias

EAST ORANGE, NJ — The Orange-Maplewood NAACP Unit will host a Justice and Equality Rally on Sunday, Sept. 10, from 2 to 4 p.m. in Soverel Field Park, Springdale Avenue, East Orange, in response to the recent events in Charlottesville, Va. “Freedom isn’t free. The Oranges and Maplewood NAACP is encouraging citizens in our catchment […]

Community Cookout and BTS bash proves a family affair

IRVINGTON, NJ — When Seji Lusi and his partners at the Winning or Nothing T-shirt company on Springfield Avenue hosted the fifth annual W.O.N. Step Ahead Community Cookout and Back to School bash on Saturday, Aug. 26, in Union Avenue Park, the theme was “Giving back to our community that always has our Back.” For […]

IHA tenants voice concerns to visiting HUD officials

IRVINGTON, NJ — Irvington Housing Authority tenants met with representatives from the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development, which subsidizes public housing in the township, on Wednesday, Aug. 16, in the Community Room at 624 Nye Ave. Residents voiced their concerns regarding new management, since David Brown, the IHA’s former executive director, was fired […]

Orange records public safety highs and lows in one week

ORANGE, NJ — The week of Sunday, Aug. 20, through Saturday, Aug. 26, was about as good and bad as it can get in the city of Orange Township, from a law enforcement and public safety point of view. On Thursday, Aug, 24, local officers helped county counterparts foil a bank robbery attempt, killing the […]

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