IRVINGTON, NJ — The township is planning a special ceremony to honor D. Bilal Beasley, the former Irvington Municipal Council President, Essex County Freeholder and Team Irvington social and political organization founder who died in 2014, by erecting a statue of him and renaming Civic Square after him on Saturday, Sept. 29. “He was a […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ —As September is Hispanic Heritage Month, East Orange Mayor Ted Green and East Orange City Council have joined forces with Miryam Torres and the Hispanics for Progress of Essex County to host the annual Pan-American flag-raising ceremony on Friday, Sept. 28, from 5 to 8 p.m. in City Hall Plaza. According to […]
IRVINGTON, N J — The Irvington Municipal Council unanimously voted to approve the $110,389,331.30 amended version of the Calendar Year 2018 township budget at a special meeting Monday, Sept. 17. According to the township Clerk’s Office, the vote to approve the amended budget was 5-0, with at large Councilwoman Charnette Frederic and East East Ward […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — The Community Q’s of the Eta Pi Chapter of Omega Psi Phi fraternity 2nd District, based in East Orange, have teamed up with journalist Karen Hunter of the nationally syndicated “Karen Hunter Show” on Sirius XM satellite radio to host the two-day James S. Avery Memorial Shirt Sleeve Conference and Undergraduate […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — The Irvington Municipal Council unanimously voted Tuesday, Sept. 11, to approve a resolution authorizing the acceptance of a statue of deceased former council President D. Bilal Beasley, who was also an Essex County Freeholder and founder of the Team Irvington social and political organization founder. The statue was donated by Beasley’s family […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — East Orange Mayor Ted Green is inviting the public to play a round of golf while supporting a good cause at the annual Ted R. Green Foundation Golf Outing on Monday, Sept. 24, at the East Orange Golf Course in Short Hills. Check-in for the golf outing is 8 a.m., with […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office has arrested a suspect in connection with the Friday, Aug. 17, homicide of a woman whose body was dumped on Krotik Place in Irvington and originally identified as the township’s fifth homicide of the year. It was later revealed she had actually been killed in Orange. On […]
ORANGE, NJ — The 10th annual Festival de Orange will be held on Saturday, Sept. 22, and Sunday, Sept. 23, from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. on South Day Street, hosted by Orange Board of Education member and Hispanos Mano a Mano President Cristina Mateo along with El Gavilan LLC and El Salvador Restaurant. According […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — East Orange suffered its fourth homicide of the year on Wednesday, Sept. 5, but police work by members of the East Orange Police Division resulted in the apprehension and arrest of a suspect that same day. On Wednesday, Sept. 5, acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II and East Orange […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Members of the Irvington Police Division were engaged in a police-involved shooting on Friday, Sept. 7, and now the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Professional Standards Bureau is investigating the incident, according to acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens. “The incident occurred shortly before 10 p.m., when Irvington police officers were dispatched […]