WEST ORANGE, NJ — At its June 26 meeting, the West Orange Township Council approved a resolution allowing the transfer of Greenfield’s ownership interests in DGP Urban Renewal and Prism Green Associates IV, the redevelopers for Edison Village on Main Street. DGP was responsible for the recently completed Phase I of the project and Prism […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — A West Orange middle school student will be attending The Patrick School, located in Hillside, this fall for the Middle School Basketball Academy, when the school’s basketball-training program opens its doors in September. When Elliot Cadeau starts eighth grade, he will be training for four hours of the school day to […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Cait & Abby’s Daily Bread Bakery dropped its kosher certification, effective May 28, much to the chagrin of some its loyal Jewish customers who observe the laws of kashrut. The bakery, which has been located on Sloan Street for the last 23 years and had been kosher for that entire time, […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — As part of his New Jersey job tour to gather information about employment in the state, N.J. Sen. Robert Menendez met with Jonah and Ellen Zimiles, owners of Words Bookstore in Maplewood, and other parents of children with autism, on July 2 at the bookstore. Words runs a job-training program for individuals […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Board of Education voted unanimously at its June 18 meeting on a resolution to join the Fair Funding Action Committee, a school-funding activist organization, in an effort to bring more funding to the students of West Orange. Joining the committee will allow the West Orange School District to connect with […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The township’s jitney service will see an overhaul this summer, when changes to the current routes and the addition of a new route go into effect Monday, July 2. A new route will be added along Elmwood Avenue, beginning at Boyden Avenue. According to Calvin Bell, the Maplewood director of public works, […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — A family’s fight to build wheelchair ramps at their house on Conforti Avenue finally came to a close June 21, when the West Orange Zoning Board of Adjustment voted to approve a variance that will allow Stephanie Roman and Abenimbola Laniyan to install ramps in the front and back of their […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Tomatoes, corn, herbs and a variety of flowers are growing in the Nicholas Vecchio Memorial UNICO Garden at Degnan Park, all thanks to the West Orange senior citizens who have put their gardening skills to the test this year. The garden is a space where seniors can cultivate their green thumb; […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Township Council approved the 2018 municipal budget of $83,225,484 at its June 12 meeting with a 4-1 vote, with Councilman Joe Krakoviak casting the only opposing vote. Under this budget, taxes will be raised by 2 percent, an increase of $5 per month for the average West Orange […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — On June 15, one week after the West Orange Rotary Club gave away more than $18,000 to local community organizations, its members gathered for a luncheon reception at Mayfair Farms to award $18,500 in scholarships to 17 college-bound students from West Orange High School and Seton Hall Prep. According to Scholarship […]