IRVINGTON, NJ — Essex County Board of Chosen Freeholders President Britnee Timberlake brought representatives from the Boston Community Capital, a nonprofit community finance and financial services organization, to Irvington on Monday, Dec. 5, to discuss how the bank’s Stabilizing Urban Neighborhoods initiative could help some township homeowners facing mortgage foreclosure stay in their homes. “We […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — Although Thanksgiving has passed, the East Orange Salvation Army is still in need of food donations. “We are one month away from our largest distribution of the year and our pantry is empty,” said Salvation Army Corps Officer Capt. Scott See on Monday, Nov. 21, the day after his agency teamed up […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — The Irvington NAACP was well-represented at the Institute of the Black World’s State of the Black World Conference at the Robert Treat Hotel in Newark from Wednesday, Nov. 16, through Sunday, Nov. 20. “An august crowd of African-American and Latino people attended the conference that was a tribute to the life and […]
ORANGE, NJ — Nassan’s Place, and autism awareness and family services nonprofit organization, will host its annual Holiday Celebration on Sunday, Dec. 11, at the Orange Elks Lodge 135 on Main Street in Orange. “We partnered with the Orange Elks Lodge 135 once again,” Nadine Wright-Arbubakrr, Nassan’s Place founder and president, said Tuesday, Dec. 6. […]
NEWARK, NJ — Stevenson Valentin, of Maplewood, the alleged gunman in the quadruple shooting on Cleveland Street in Orange Township on Thursday, Nov. 3, that killed 21-month-old Marcus Milien and his 21-year-old uncle, Morlens Milice, was arrested by Newark Police Department officers during a traffic stop Saturday, Dec. 3. Valentin was to be arraigned by […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — The East Orange Tree Lighting and Toy Giveaway, featuring the Cicely Tyson Elementary School Choir and the Children of Purpose of Messiah Baptist Church, will be Friday, Dec. 9, from 5 to 7 p.m. at East Orange City Hall, 44 City Hall Plaza, East Orange. “We welcome all families and all […]
NEWARK, NJ — The People’s Organization for Progress held its 45th consecutive “Justice Monday” rally in front of the Peter Rodino Federal Building on Broad Street in Newark on Monday, Dec. 5, as part of the ongoing effort to convince U.S. Attorney General for New Jersey Paul Fishman to open up federal civil rights investigations […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — East Orange Mayor Lester Taylor and his wife, Bibi, said they plan to raise more money than last year for deserving East Orange Campus High School graduates at the second LT3 Foundation Give the Gift of Education Scholarship Breakfast on Thursday, Dec. 8, from 8:30 to 10 a.m. at the Galloping […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — The Freemasons of the Garden State Grand Lodge of Irvington held a pre-Thanksgiving Farmers Market, giving away food at its building on Sanford Avenue on Tuesday, Nov. 22, in conjunction with the Essex County Department of Senior Services. “What we do is an annual partnership with the county, where we allow them […]
ORANGE, NJ — Mike Spence, of the Telling Real Inspiring Beliefs Everyday group, was a presenter on Saturday, Nov. 19, at the Orange public schools’ seventh annual Teen Summit at Lincoln Avenue Elementary School. At the event Spence invited students and their parents to share Thanksgiving dinner at Orange High School on Thursday, Nov. 24, […]