IRVINGTON, NJ — The township recorded its second homicide of 2016 on Sunday, Oct. 9, at the Crescent Lane section of the Irvington Housing Authority complex on Union Avenue. “We have a homicide on Crescent Lane inside an apartment by someone we believe to be a friend of the victims,” said Mayor Tony Vauss on […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — East Orange Mayor Lester Taylor officially announced his own run for re-election on Friday, Oct. 7, just after he and the other members of the city’s Democratic Committee joined with Essex County Democrats to endorse Phil Murphy, a former Goldman Sachs executive and U.S. Ambassador to Germany, in his bid for […]
NEWARK, NJ — Mayor Tony Vauss and Irvington Democratic Committee Chairwoman Baseemah Beasley joined Essex County Democratic Committee Chairman Leroy Jones and the rest of the ECDC leadership on the steps of the Essex County Courthouse in Newark on Friday, Oct. 7, to formally endorse Phil Murphy for governor in 2017. Murphy is a retired […]
ORANGE, NJ — It was recently revealed that the FBI warrant and subpoena served on the Orange Public Library and City Hall respectively are tied to a $48,000 federal Housing and Urban Development Department grant received through Essex County and then repaid to the county after questions about its origin and use arose. How did […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — In keeping with the spirit of renewal, Mayor Tony Vauss and Department of Recreation and Cultural Affairs Director Donald Malloy hosted the grand reopening of the refurbished Chris Gatling Recreation Center on Union Avenue on Friday, Sept. 30. “It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood,” said Malloy, who also sang the national […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — East Orange 4th Ward Councilman Casim Gomez’s personal history of home mortgage foreclosure led to him invite Essex County Freeholder President Britnee Timberlake to the City Council’s regularly scheduled meeting Monday, Sept. 26, to discuss finance and banking reform. Timberlake brought along Jessica Brooks, the senior vice president of Development and […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Now that the old Pathmark store in the shopping plaza on Lyons Avenue has been replaced by the new SuperFresh supermarket, only the old Valley Fair mall site on Chancellor Avenue remains to be reopened to serve the needs of shoppers. But Mayor Tony Vauss said the newly rebuilt and renovated old […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — The new SuperFresh supermarket, which took over the old Pathmark store site on Lyons Avenue, hosted a grand opening ceremony Friday, Sept. 30. “We’ve owned this property for nearly 20 years and, when Pathmark closed, we really wanted another supermarket that would provide good service and good product to the community, and SuperFresh […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — Darron Lee, the New York Jets first-round draft pick rookie linebacker from Ohio State University and former Jets fullback Tony Richardson came to S.T.E.M. Academy in East Orange on Tuesday, Oct. 4, to help the United Way of Essex and West Hudson County, Verizon and the NFL kickoff their new Character […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Although his annual Black Tie Mayor’s Ball at Nanina’s In the Park restaurant in Belleville on Thursday, Sept. 29, was attended by a long list of local elected officials and dignitaries, Mayor Tony Vauss was clear as to the true purpose of the event. “It’s a time for people who probably normally […]