ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — South Orange, Maplewood, Orange and West Orange residents are rallying around Anthony Brooks and his family in an effort to find him a kidney donor. Brooks lost one of his kidneys to cancer in 2017, and now the disease has spread to his remaining kidney. Now looking for a living kidney […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Irvington’s annual Senior Appreciation Night made a comeback on April 16, hosting hundreds of senior citizens in the Irvington High School gym. Now having been held for a decade, Senior Appreciation Night brings seniors in town together for dinner and a raffle; Mayor Tony Vauss said pretty much every attendee this year […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — As legal recreational cannabis sales are set to begin in the state a year and a half after voters approved the measure in the November 2020 election, Maplewood is one of the towns where a facility will be permitted to sell. The facility is operated by TerrAscend, which already has locations in […]
MAPLEWOOD / SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The first joint meeting of South Orange and Maplewood’s joint fire department was held in Maplewood on April 8; the committee approved contracts and discussed the organization of the forthcoming South Essex Fire Department. Both the South Orange Board of Trustees and the Maplewood Township Committee passed resolutions authorizing […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Irvington residents will choose between two mayoral candidates, as well as six council candidates running for three open seats, when they fill out their ballots in the upcoming municipal election on May 10. Mayor Tony Vauss, who has served as mayor since 2014, is running for a third term against challenger Paul […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The departure of former Superintendent of Schools Scott Cascone brought an interim leader to the West Orange School District; C. Lauren Schoen assumed the position on March 16. A 33-year education veteran who previously served as superintendent in three other school districts and as interim superintendent in one other, Schoen spent […]
ORANGE, NJ — For the May 10 election, there are four ward seats open on the Orange City Council. Thirteen candidates are running for office, all divided based on the ward they represent. Three of the four incumbents are running for reelection. In the North Ward, the candidates are Council Vice President Tency Eason and […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — There’s one less white wall in the hallways of West Orange High School thanks to the urban art class, which spent two days covering a second-floor wall with a mural. A group of 10 students painted the mural — designed by 2009 WOHS graduate Elijah Minton, who also participated in the […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — East Orange resident Jihadah Sharif is on a mission to stop people from smoking. At 78 years old, she has lost several family members to smoking-related illnesses: her father and four of her six siblings all died from side effects caused by long-term smoking. Sharif herself was a smoker for a […]
MAPLEWOOD / SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The South Orange/Maplewood Community Coalition on Race celebrated its 25th anniversary with a virtual ceremony on March 29, honoring the founders of the organization and the work that its volunteers and staff members have done since. According to Carol Barry-Austin, who sits on the CCR board of trustees and […]