IRVINGTON, NJ — According to the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office and authorities in Irvington, Orange suffered its third homicide of the year, after police determined that a woman found on Krokit Place in Irvington on Friday, Aug. 17, had actually been killed in Orange, then dumped there. The victim has been identified as Shafequa Cooper, […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Irvington seemed in danger of suffering its fifth homicide of the year on Friday, Aug. 17, but thanks to good police work by the Public Safety Department, that was not the case. On Friday, Aug. 17, acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino and Irvington Police Public Safety Director Tracy Bowers announced […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — East Orange is gearing up for the 3rd and 4th Ward 10th annual Summer Jam and House Music Festival in Elmwood Park on Saturday, Aug. 25, from noon to 10 p.m. This year’s installment of the city’s official end-of-summer event, dubbed “Music for the Soul,” features DJ Teeramz, DJ Fuquan, Eric […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — East Orange Campus High School alumnus and Super Bowl Champion Rasul Douglas, of the Philadelphia Eagles, is scheduled to host a Back to School Community Giveback on Friday, Aug. 24, from 4 to 6 p.m. at the East Orange Fire Department’s Firehouse 2 at 60 Main St. The event has been […]
LYNDHURST, NJ — Ed Kaiser and Home Savers traveled to Lyndhurst on Tuesday, Aug. 7, to help embattled U.S. Navy veteran Michael J. Carrano and his wife, Debbie, in their fight to stave off home mortgage foreclosure and stay in their Livingston Avenue home. Home Savers is a group founded by former Fredericka Bey and […]
ORANGE, NJ — Once upon a time, “Putting on the Hits” was a hit television show featuring talented people from all walks of life and different parts of the country singing, dancing and performing their favorite music. On Saturday, Aug. 4, local promoter and talent agent Charles Barner put on his own version of “Putting […]
ORANGE, NJ — Irvington Township was represented by Lionel Leach at this year’s annual Orange Caribbean Festival, organized by Nikki Amos and Campanella Godfrey, in Monte Irving Park on Central Avenue in Orange on Saturday, Aug. 4. A former Communications Workers of America Union official, as well as part of former Mayor Wayne Smith’s unsuccessful […]
ORANGE, NJ — Every year, Nikki Amos and Campanella Godfrey organize Orange’s Caribbean Festival in Monte Irvin Orange Park on Central Avenue, with the support of the local mayor, Orange City Council and a host of public and private supporters. On Saturday, Aug. 4, this year’s efforts attracted the attention of Carol Thomas and her […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — The 17th annual Unity Day celebration will be hosted on Saturday, Aug. 11, from noon to 6 p.m., in Orange Avenue Park. “It all works together,” said Department of Recreation, Parks and Cultural Affairs Director Donald Malloy on Monday, July 23. “The common objective is to move the two forward. People and […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — East Orange Mayor Ted Green originally planned to ride a bicycle instead of traveling in a public motorcade composed of police, fire and emergency service personnel, to put a new twist on the city’s National Night Out tradition Tuesday, Aug. 7. The motorcade usually visits cookouts, block parties and other events […]