ORANGE, NJ — The Committee for an Elected Orange School Board is scheduled to meet on Thursday, Nov. 2, at 7 p.m. at the Church of the Oranges Seventh Day Adventist on Reynolds Terrace, ahead of the general election Tuesday, Nov. 7, that could decide once and for all whether or not Orange voters will […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — The race to fill the soon-to-be-vacant East Orange 3rd Ward City Council seat currently occupied by City Council Chairman Ted Green — who is running for the post of mayor next week — has heated up in the final days before the general election on Tuesday, Nov. 7. On Thursday, […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — The Irvington NAACP is speaking out about the incident that occurred Thursday, Oct. 12, at the intersection of Central and Lincoln avenues in Orange that involved Orange police officer Hanifah Davis, twin sisters from Orange High School and Orange High School Vice Principal Mohammed Abdel Aziz, who is also the school’s athletic […]
ORANGE, NJ — On Friday, Oct. 20, Superior Court Judge Thomas R. Vena ruled Orange’s on-again, off-again effort to allow voters to directly elect chosen representatives to serve on the Orange Board of Education. This involves switching from a Type 1 district, in which the mayor appoints board members, to a Type 2 district, in […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — John Sowell, a former Municipal Council president, 2014 mayoral candidate and current assistant to Mayor Tony Vauss, resigned his position in the administration last month, but he isn’t letting that slow him down. Sowell has invited the public to join him on a 5-mile group hike in the South Mountain Reservation on […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — The Home Savers are helping Essex County residents stay in their homes, just in time for the Citizens Coalition Home Mortgage Foreclosure Seminar in East Orange’s City Hall on Thursday, Oct. 26, at 6 p.m. The Home Savers roster features East Orange City Council Chairman and 3rd Ward Councilman Ted Green, […]
ORANGE, NJ — Reaction to the news of the alleged use of excessive force by an Orange Police officer against twin sisters, who are Orange High School seniors, and Orange High School Assistant Principal Mohammed Abdel Aziz on Thursday, Oct. 12 has been swift. The incident occurred outside a pizza parlor and corner store at […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Mayor Tony Vauss hosted his third annual Mayor’s Ball at Nanina’s In the Park restaurant in Belleville on Thursday, Oct. 13, and said he’s focused and ready to get back to the day-to-day business of making Irvington cleaner and safer. Since he did not host a ball in 2014, the black tie […]
ORANGE, NJ — The Orange Police Department and the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office are currently investigating the incident involving Orange Police Officer Hanifah Davis, two twin sisters who are seniors at Orange High School, and Orange High School Athletic Director and Vice Principal Mohammed Abdel Aziz that occurred Thursday, Oct. 12, on the corner of […]
ORANGE, NJ — Imam W. Deen Shareef is looking for a new site to relocate his Masjid Waarith ud Deen mosque, now in Irvington, and he has set his sights on Orange, although the Orange Board of Education is currently trying to buy the building he wants. “Masjid Waarith ud Deen is kind of like […]