WEST ORANGE, NJ — The day after the 2018 Winter Olympics held its opening ceremonies in Pyeongchang, South Korea, a group of skaters took to the ice at West Orange’s Codey Arena for the Essex County Winter Skating Extravaganza, an exhibition that showed off the figure skating, speedskating and synchronized skating talents of athletes of […]
SOUTH ORANGE / LIVINGSTON, NJ — South Orange Village Administrator Barry Lewis Jr. will be moving on to work in the same position in nearby Livingston, after spending six years in the South Orange administration. He will begin at his new post in Livingston in March, as South Orange begins the search for a new […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Township Council approved the contract of environmental compliance officer Wayne DeFeo at its Feb. 6 meeting, after voting it down at the Jan. 23 meeting. The resolution passed with a vote of 4-1, with Councilman Joe Krakoviak being the only opposing vote. Krakoviak, Councilwoman Michelle Casalino and council […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange School District presented an action plan to address violations in its special education department at the Jan. 22 Board of Education meeting. The violations were found in an audit of the department completed in December 2017, and the action plan focuses on five goals intended to correct the […]
MAPLEWOOD / SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The shared municipal court of Maplewood and South Orange has implemented a walk-in warrant policy, which allows a defendant with a court warrant to appear in front of a judge on the day of their own choosing without scheduling an appearance. Those who have warrants can tell the judge […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Chamber of Commerce hosted its annual breakfast at the Wilshire Grand Hotel on Jan. 31, celebrating local businesses and Mayor Robert Parisi’s State of the Township Address. Parisi also presented the Employee of the Year Award to police dispatcher Chris Babinski and Citizen of the Year Award to […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Township Council unanimously approved a resolution that supports the reinstatement of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals act at its Jan. 23 meeting, in response to the federal Department of Homeland Security’s repeal of the program. DACA protects immigrants who entered the United States illegally as minors from […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — After a resolution designating the Essex Green and Executive Drive area as “in need of redevelopment” was passed at the Jan. 9 Township Council meeting, council members are questioning why town planner Paul Grygiel was not at the meeting to answer questions from the council about his report and recommendation regarding […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Town forester John Linson’s contract was renewed for the 2018 calendar year with a vote of 4-1 at the Jan. 23 West Orange Township Council meeting, with Councilman Joe Krakoviak being the only opposing vote. At the meeting residents and council members expressed concerns about both the town’s tree ordinance and […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Pierro Gallery opened its doors Thursday, Jan. 25, to display “Carved, Painted, Stitched: The Folk Art Collection of Barbara Cate” until March 3. Cate was an art historian and longtime professor at Seton Hall University who had an extensive personal art collection that she and her husband had amassed over […]