EAST ORANGE, NJ — The Cicely L. Tyson Community School of Performing and Fine Arts held commencement exercises for the Class of 2018 on Friday, June 22, inside the school’s theater on Winans Street. The guest speakers at the ceremony were Assistant U.S. Attorney Dara A. Govan and actor Brandon V. Dixon, who plays a […]
NEWARK, NJ — The Irvington High School Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps once again played a major role in the Class of 2018 graduation ceremony in the Essex County College Gym on Wednesday, June 20. “JROTC graduated 41 cadets,” retired U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Harvey Craig said Tuesday, June 26. “I have six that […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — Mayor Ted Green spoke at East Orange Campus High School’s 16th annual commencement exercises at Paul Robeson Stadium on Park Avenue in East Orange on Monday, June 25, urging the Class of 2018 to strive to shine as brightly as they can in whatever they choose to do with their lives. […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Graduation inspired the members of the Orange High School Class of 2018 to use their caps as canvasses at their commencement ceremony at the Richard Codey Arena in West Orange on Wednesday, June 20. For instance, Jenny Rodriguez who had the words, “Nevertheless, she persisted” written on her cap. “It means […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — The Essex County College Gymnasium was filled to capacity on Wednesday, June 20, for Irvington High School’s Class of 2018 graduation ceremony. In fact, the bleachers inside the ECC gym were so filled that the school security force assigned to the event had to bar some people from coming inside. So they […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — The Irvington Police Division has gained three new members, formerly of the East Orange Police Department, who transferred to the IPD prior to former East Orange Public Safety Director Sheilah Coley’s resignation, effective Friday, June 8. One of those officers, Keishon Jonas, participated in the third annual National Gun Violence Awareness Day […]
ORANGE, NJ — According to the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office, Orange suffered its second homicide of the year on Memorial Day, Monday, May 28. “There was a homicide in Orange on May 28, 2018,” said ECPO Chief Assistant Prosecutor Thomas Fennelly on Wednesday, June 13. “A male victim was shot while he was riding a […]
ORANGE, NJ — After months of speculation, Orange business administrator Chris Hartwyk revealed the state Civil Service Commission has approved the layoff and furlough plan he submitted for review weeks ago. The Thursday, June 14, letter from Kelly Glenn, director of Agency Services for the state Civil Service Commission, to Mayor Dwayne Warren, approves the […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — Ted Green hosted his annual Father’s Day Breakfast at Langston Hughes Elementary School on Rhode Island Avenue in the 3rd Ward on Saturday, June 16, and his first as mayor of East Orange. And based on the reaction from the hundreds of attendees, which included fathers and sons, entire families, and […]
ORANGE, NJ — Orange city attorney Eric Pennington resigned last week, township officials from the City Clerk’s Office confirmed, following revelations he had withheld a copy of the most recent Federal Bureau of Investigation subpoena related to the ongoing probe into allegations of wire fraud, misuse of federal funds and other alleged crimes by members […]