ORANGE, NJ — Orange Mayor Dwayne Warren and City Council organized the Fall Into Fitness health and wellness event on Saturday, Sept. 30, in the Community Room of the Orange Housing Authority’s new Walter G. Alexander Village, a public housing complex, on Wilson Place. Close to 100 residents attended the event, and Orange Human Resources […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — FamiCare founder Thecy Faustin is upset she did not receive the Community Development Block Grant funding from the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development through the township of Irvington that she was accustomed to receiving during former Mayor Wayne Smith’s administration, but she is still determined to provide the organization’s services […]
ORANGE, NJ — In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, which runs from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, Orange Mayor Dwayne Warren and City Council are kicking off October with a flag-raising ceremony in front of City Hall on North Day Street, followed by a Community Immigration Education Seminar for the city’s Spanish-speaking population at the […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — Local businessman Kevin Taylor opened his home on North Arlington Avenue in the city’s 5th Ward to the public on Sunday, Sept. 24, to host the Unity in the Community End of Season Cookout, featuring East Orange City Council Chairman and 3rd Ward Councilman Ted Green and members of his Green […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Irvington Fire Division FMBA Local 14 Vice President Mike Scott and local firefighters have partnered with Mayor Tony Vauss, the Irvington Municipal Council, and the Police Division to host the seventh annual Breast Cancer Walk on Sunday, Oct. 8, at 11 a.m. Then, on Friday, Oct. 20, at 9 a.m., Irvington’s public […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Fathiyyah Salaam is a guidance counselor at East Orange Campus High School who believes historically black colleges and universities still have a vital role to play to in helping black high school graduates fulfill their higher education dreams. One former student she mentored, Eleise Richards, is an Irvington native and the founder […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — People’s Organization for Progress Chairman Larry Hamm often refers to the members of his grassroots social and economic justice activist group as being his “comrades in arms.” When a member dies, it is like losing a friend or family member. Hamm and the People’s Organization for Progress will be honoring Douglas Tucker, […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Several students and parents raved about the annual Experience the Legacy of Historically Black Colleges and Universities College Fair, held in the Irvington High School Auditorium on Saturday, Sept. 30. This was music to the ears of Eliese Richards, the Irvington native who founded the annual college fair. Richards, who graduated Howard […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — In the wake of the recent hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico that have wreaked havoc in Texas, Florida and the Caribbean, as well as earthquakes in Mexico, some local nonprofit organizations are mobilizing to help out wherever they are able to do so. According to the website www.earthquaketrack.com, as of Tuesday, […]
ORANGE, NJ — The claim that Orange had no homicides this year until Thursday, Aug. 24, when Malcolm T. Ford, 24, of Orange, was killed on the 200 block of Scotland Road in Orange, has recently proven to be incorrect. On Tuesday, Sept. 19, acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino and Essex County Sheriff […]