ORANGE, NJ — Six candidates vying for the three available seats on the Orange Board of Education in the election on Tuesday, Nov. 6, will meet at 7 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 22, at a Candidate’s Night Forum at St. Matthew AME Church on Oakwood Avenue, hosted by Oranges-Maplewood branch of the National Association for […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — When the Federal Bureau of Investigation released its 2017 compilation of crime statistics and Irvington Township ranked 20th in the nation for crime reduction, the Municipal Council passed a resolution at its regular meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 9, commending the Police Division, Public Safety Department Director Tracy Bowers and Mayor Tony Vauss’ […]
ORANGE, NJ — When the Rev. Al Sharpton, National Action Network founder and cable TV talk show host, appeared on Friday, Oct. 12, at Bethel Baptist Church in Orange as part of the church’s ongoing 101st anniversary celebration and the Rev. Darren Ferguson’s pastoral installation services, he had some fun with the audience, joking about […]
ORANGE, NJ — The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office took issue with a recent statement regarding the number of homicides in Orange this year by Orange Board of Education member Tyrone Tarver. “Since last summer, Orange has had 48 violent crimes happen within the city. This year, we’re up to six murders. Two just happened about […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — During his farewell speech to U.S. Congress in 1951, World War II hero Gen. Douglas MacArthur said: “Old soldiers don’t die, they simply fade away.” But apparently the same thing does not apply to church pastors, since the Rev. Dwight D. Gill of New Hope Baptist Church in East Orange, who has […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — East Orange Hall of Fame Committee members, including Essex County Prosecutor Ted Stephens, were scheduled to host a press conference on Wednesday, Oct. 10, announcing the induction of the second class Saturday, Nov. 24. Last year, at its inaugural ceremony, the Hall of Fame inducted the following East Orange natives: actor […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — After 25 years of service, the Rev. Dwight D. Gill preached his final sermon and said farewell to his congregation on Sunday, Sept. 30, as he officially retired as pastor of New Hope Baptist Church in East Orange. “Rev. Gill is retiring after 25 years as the pastor of New Hope […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — File Lt. Mike Scott and the Irvington Fire Division are scheduled to host the eighth annual Breast Cancer Walk on Sunday, Oct. 14, at 11 a.m., in conjunction with Irvington Mayor Tony Vauss, the Municipal Council and the Public Safety Department. The event is scheduled to begin and end at Fire Division […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Essex County Freeholder Lebby Jones, founder of the Irvington branch of the National Action Network, and her successor, Irvington NAN branch President and at large Councilwoman October Hudley, said they plan to be at Bethel Baptist Church, 229 Wallace St. in Orange, on Friday, Oct. 12, at 7 p.m., when NAN founder […]
ORANGE, NJ — On Friday, Oct. 12, the Rev. Al Sharpton, National Action Network founder and television talk show host, will preach at Bethel Baptist Church, 229 Wallace St. in Orange, as part of the church’s installation of its new pastor, the Rev. Darren Ferguson. According to Nicole Williams-James, an Orange native and member of […]