ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Nearly 50 business owners in East Orange, Irvington and Orange came together Dec. 8 for the 2022 Tri-community Holiday Business Mixer, an event sponsored by the Business & Professional Association of the Oranges, Irvington Chamber of Commerce, Irvington Springfield Avenue Business Improvement District and Orange Chamber of Commerce. The event, held […]
ORANGE, NJ — The Orange Public Schools and the city of Orange were acknowledged as recipients of the Safe Routes to School awards for schools and municipalities. Oakwood Avenue Community School and Lincoln Avenue School each received a bronze certificate, and Forest Street Community School and the city of Orange each received a gold certificate. […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — Newark Beth Israel Medical Center and Children’s Hospital of New Jersey President and CEO Darrell K. Terry Sr. was inducted into the East Orange Hall of Fame on Nov. 30. Terry was a member of Hart Middle School’s first graduating class. He went on to graduate from East Orange High School […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — Allure 258, a new rental building in East Orange, continues to attract residents from throughout the region, with 75 percent of the building’s 213 residences now leased, according to a Dec. 5 press release. Located at 258 S. Harrison St. near NJ Transit’s Brick Church Train Station, the 18-story highrise features […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — East Orange is again having a house decorating contest and will be accepting submissions in the form of photographs at tinyurl.com/eohousedecor22 through Dec. 15. This is the second year of the contest, which is meant to enhance the holiday spirit in the city. East Orange Mayor Ted R. Green was inspired […]
ORANGE, NJ — Forest Street Community School Principal Yancisca Loften-Cooke accepted the Beacon Blue Ribbon School of Excellence Award on Dec. 1 on behalf of the school staff, students and families. Forest Street is the first-ever, nationally recognized Blue Ribbon school in the Orange Public Schools. Blue Ribbon Schools of Excellence Inc. visited the Orange […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — The city of East Orange will celebrate the soft reopening of a new recreational open space at Columbian Park, as Phase 1 of the $5 million park renovation has been completed through partnership with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Green Acres Program. “The renovation of Columbian Park is a […]
ORANGE, NJ — Orange High School, STEM Innovation Academy of the Oranges, and Orange Preparatory Academy of Inquiry and Innovation will present “Juliet and This Guy Romeo,” by Don Zolidis, on Thursday and Friday, Dec. 8 and 9, at 6:30 and 8:30 p.m., and on Saturday, Dec. 10, at 2 p.m. at the Orange Preparatory […]
TRENTON, NJ — On Dec. 1, the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs issued the report “Buying New Jersey: The Rise in Institutional Ownership of Residential Properties,” which examines recent trends in institutional homeownership and its impact on the ability of households to buy a home. The report was researched and written by DCA’s Office […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — Officials from East Orange, Essex County and the state were joined by residents and others on Monday, Nov. 28, for the historic groundbreaking ceremony for the Crossings at Brick Church Station in East Orange. The $500 million project marks a major investment in jobs, housing and scholarship opportunities for residents of […]