EAST ORANGE, NJ — East Orange Mayor Lester Taylor and Public Safety Director Sheilah Coley joined with the East Orange City Council to host a promotion ceremony for the 16 police officers and six firefighters from East Orange promoted to higher ranks in their respective organizations’ chains of command on Thursday, Sept. 22. The 2016 […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Mayor Tony Vauss and the Irvington Chamber of Commerce, along with FirsTeam Management and the Irvington Springfield Avenue Business Improvement District, unveiled the new Veterans Row memorial banners hanging along Springfield Avenue during a special ceremony Friday, Sept. 23, at Camptown Commons Park on Springfield Avenue, where the town’s war memorials are […]
ORANGE, NJ — Longtime Elks Lodge 135 member Matt Mulligan celebrated his 83rd birthday on Tuesday, Sept. 20, and then he and the other members of his Irish-American clan took a trip to Texas. “I feel good,” said Mulligan on Saturday, Sept. 17, during the Orange Elks annual picnic fundraiser at the lodge on Main […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — The Chris Gatling Recreation Center on Union Avenue is set to reopen to the public Friday, Sept. 30, after extensive refurbishment, and Mayor Tony Vauss is planning to turn this into a major event. He was at the center Friday, Sept. 23, touring the newly redesigned and upgraded gyms, locker rooms and […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — When Mayor Tony Vauss and Building Director Ted Green celebrated celebrated their common birthday with a little party on Tuesday, Sept. 20, the mayor was quick to redirect attention to his annual Black Tie Mayor’s Ball on Thursday, Sept. 29, at Nanina’s In the Park restaurant in Belleville. Doors open at 5:30 […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — East Orange was represented at the New Jersey Statehouse on Thursday, Sept. 22, when East Orange City Council President Ted Green and state Assemblyman Jamel Holley traveled to Trenton to discuss a bill pending before the Assembly’s Law and Public Safety Committee to ban the sale of realistic-looking toy guns to […]
ORANGE, NJ — The Orange Elks Lodge 135 members hosted their annual picnic fundraiser at the lodge‘s headquarters on Main Street on Saturday, Sept. 17. “Our main mission is on behalf of children with challenges, and veterans,” Susan Reinhardt, who serves as the chairperson for Children With Challenges at Elks Lodge 135, said Sept. 17. […]
ORANGE, NJ — Orange’s Italian American Organization hosted its 15th annual Italian American Festival on Saturday, Sept. 10, and Sunday, Sept. 11, at the intersection of Mechanic Street and Lincoln Avenue, in the heart of the Little Italy section. That the second day of the celebration fell on the 15th anniversary of 9/11 was not […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — East Orange’s own fashion triumvirate of Josie Payoute, Martine Pierre and Jessica Smith were at it again Sept. 2 and 3, showcasing local talent and small businesses at their “Press Play” event and the New Jersey Kids Fashion Week runway show at the Montclair Women’s Club in Montclair. Payoute is a […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — When the East Orange Schools reopened Thursday, Sept. 8, East Orange Recreation Department Director Osner Charles and a host of men from the community were at the front doors of schools across the city to greet the returning students. This effort by the men of the community was part of what […]