ORANGE, NJ — West Ward Councilman Harold L. Johnson is questioning the validity of the debates scheduled for the nine official Orange City Council ward candidates by Mayor Dwayne Warren and the Orange Peer Youth Council. “These forums are scheduled for 6 o’clock and that’s not a convenient time for everyone that’s running to participate,” said […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — East Orange City Council voted at its regular meeting on Monday, March 26, to extend acting Public Safety Department Director Sheilah Coley’s temporary appointment by another 45 days. “Director Coley got another 45 days in an acting capacity,” said East Orange City Clerk Cynthia Brown on Tuesday, April 3. East Orange […]
ORANGE, NJ — Orange Board of Education member Kyleesha Wingfield-Hill has formally withdrawn from the race for the East Ward City Council seat, according to Orange officials and her campaign manager, Akeem Cunningham. Wingfield-Hill had filed nominating petitions to run against incumbent East Ward Councilman and City Council President Kerry Coley in the East Ward […]
Photo by Chris Sykes From left, High School Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps Cadets Cpl. Nakiah Purdie, 15, Sgt. Saniyah West, 16, and Cpl. Mary Efizu display copies of the program for the Dr. Martin Luther King Commemorative Committee’s 33rd annual Legacy of a Dream Commemorative Tribute to the Life and Work of the slain […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — The township faced its third snowstorm of the year on Monday, April 2, and, according to Mayor Tony Vauss and Public Safety Director Tracy Bowers, came through it with flying colors. “The DPW and Police Division handled the snow well again,” said Bowers on Tuesday, April 3. “It really wasn’t the snow’s […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — On Monday, April 2, Newark Superior Court Judge Tom Vena ruled against an attempt by prospective mayoral candidate Elouise McDaniel and Allison Morris, her prospective running mate for the Irvington Municipal Council, to get on the municipal election ballot, after Municipal Clerk Harold Wiener determined the two had failed to get enough […]
Photo Courtesy Connie Jackson Mayor Lester E. Taylor III commended the promotees for their commitment, dedication and selflessness in making East Orange a safer place to live, work and play at a swearing-in ceremony on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016. A promotion ceremony for East Orange’s Department of Public Safety is set for Friday, April 6, […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — The Young Professionals of East Orange are on the move in East Orange, as was evident on Saturday, March 17, at Mayor Ted Green’s first Black Tie Affair in the Parsippany Hilton Hotel. “We’re having our annual gala here tonight and we had a great turnout. We had people from every […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Mayor Tony Vauss and Public Safety Director Tracy Bowers had good things to say about the township’s response to the snowstorm that hit town Wednesday, March 21. It was the second time Gov. Phil Murphy declared a state of emergency across New Jersey, to keep residents safe until after the snowstorm had […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — East Orange Mayor Ted Green is scheduled to break ground on the new Sussex Avenue Urban Renewal project on the site of the former Arcadian Gardens public housing project, nicknamed “Lil City,” on Tuesday, April 3, at 1 p.m., along with the city’s redevelopment partners, J.G. Petrucci Company Inc. and TD+Partners. […]