NEWARK, NJ — At the State of the Black World Conference in Newark last year, People’s Organization for Progress Chairman Larry Hamm said his organization would hold a meeting Saturday, March 4, to begin working on developing a comprehensive black agenda for New Jersey ahead of the primary election Tuesday, June 6, and the general […]
ORANGE, NJ — Former Orange City Council President William Lewis’ death continues to affect the community, with the vacancy it created on the Orange Public Library’s investment board, which manages endowments bequeathed to the institution. The library board is a separate entity from city government, something board member and Orange native Nicole Williams-James recently stressed. […]
NEWARK, NJ — East Orange 5th Ward Councilman Mustafa Brent is one of many joining forces to host a “One United” rally on Saturday, March 18, at 9:30 a.m., as a way to repudiate President Donald Trump’s anti-Muslim and anti-immigration rhetoric and policies. Brent, a captain in the East Orange Fire Department, is a practicing […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — When East Orange Mayor Lester Taylor announced he would not be running for re-election to a second term Thursday, Feb. 2, he also promised he would not be a “lame duck,” content to ride out his last few months in office before voters choose his successor in the Democratic primary election […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — The “Dinner and Data” parent-student event in East Orange Campus High School Cafeteria on Wednesday, Feb. 15, proved a forum for inspiration regarding what students have accomplished and what they can accomplish in the future. “We believe here at Campus High School in the importance of using data to drive instruction; thus, […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — Emotions were running high at the crowded intersection of Steuben and Winthrop streets in East Orange on Tuesday, Feb. 21, where hundreds gathered to witness City Council Chairman and 3rd Ward Councilman Ted Green announce his 2017 mayoral campaign. Green is running for mayor with the blessing and endorsement of his […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — It’s that time of year again, when challengers throw their names into the mix while incumbents consider whether to run for re-election. For state Assemblyman Jamel Holley, there was never any doubt. “I can’t believe how time flies; today makes two years that I have been serving you in the state Assembly, […]
ORANGE, NJ — Administrative Law Judge Michael Antoniewicz has denied the petition filed by the Orange Board of Education’s special attorney, Stephen Edelstein, to file an injunction to prevent the Orange School District’s change from a Type 1 District with an appointed board to a Type 2 District with an elected board, according to Orange […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Irvington suffered its first homicide of 2017 on Saturday, Feb. 25. On Monday, Feb. 27, acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn Murray and township Public Safety Director Tracy Bowers announced and investigation into the murder of Tajmiah Philips, 31, of Newark by the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide-Major Crimes Task Force and the […]
ORANGE, NJ — Bishop Reginald Jackson, the former pastor of St. Matthew African Methodist Episcopal Church on Oakwood Avenue in Orange, returned Saturday, Feb. 25, to officiate at the funeral of former Orange City Council President William Lewis, who died Saturday, Feb. 18, at Beth Israel Hospital in Newark. “Today, we come to celebrate the […]