IRVINGTON, NJ — The Irvington Neighborhood Improvement Corporation and its executive director, Deborah Simpkins, held their free annual pre-Thanksgiving community dinner for residents Friday, Nov. 17, at the organization’s headquarters on 16th Avenue. They’ll host a second event for senior citizens Wednesday, Nov. 23. “We’re having a Thanksgiving luncheon for the seniors and we’re also […]
ORANGE, NJ — The Orange Fire Department will host its annual Thanksgiving Community Dinner at the Chief Martin DeMarzo Fire Headquarters, located at the corner of Lincoln and Central avenues, on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov. 23, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., and the firefighters are inviting everyone from the city community to take part […]
ORANGE, NJ — According to the Essex County Clerk’s Office, the results for Public Question No. 1 for Orange on the statewide general election ballot on Tuesday, Nov. 7, show that 1,766 voters or 85.98 percent of the total turnout voted overwhelmingly in favor of changing Orange’s public schools from a Type 1 district — […]
ORANGE, NJ — The members of Orange Elks Lodge 135 celebrated Veterans Day on Saturday, Nov. 11, by helping children and honoring veterans. “The Elks motto is: As long as there are veterans, the Elks can never forget them,” said Orange Elks Lodge 135 member Rich Reinhart on Saturday, Nov. 11. “But today we just […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Veterans Day was different in Irvington because the landmark old Servicemen’s Clubhouse that used to sit on Springfield Avenue has been replaced by a new Taco Bell fast food restaurant, which is not yet open. This year’s event was also different because it marked the first time new Camptown VFW Post 1941 […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — According to the Essex County Clerk’s Office website, East Orange City Council Chairman and 3rd Ward Councilman Ted Green became the city’s new mayor-elect on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 7, with 99.89 percent of the total votes cast. Green received 10,365 votes and ran unopposed, sweeping to victory with 97 percent […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Anyone driving down Lyons Avenue near the border between Irvington and Newark on Thursday, Nov. 9, would have seen members of the Irvington Fire Division outside their trucks and engines, in the middle of the street, asking drivers and passersby to “fill the boot” as they collected donations for the Muscular Dystrophy […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — The annual three-day New Jersey League of Municipalities Conference kicked off at the Convention Center in Atlantic City and Mayor Tony Vauss was planning to use it as a statewide platform to launch his local 2018 re-election campaign. “I’m doing my announcement tomorrow in Atlantic City and anyone that wants to come […]
ORANGE, NJ — Orange Township hosted its annual Veterans Day Parade on Sunday, Nov. 12, the day after the official national observance, but at least one veteran who participated in the parade said he didn’t mind that Orange chose to honor its veterans on Nov. 12 instead of Nov. 11. “Actually, President Barack Obama had […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — East Orange’s own Donnie Don hosted his “Legends and Legacy Party” at Bogie’s Lounge on William Street on Friday, Oct. 20, to “celebrate our celebrities, landmarks, parks and avenues” on the same day that Essex County Surrogate Judge Ted Stephens announced the creation of a new East Orange Hall of Fame […]