NUTLEY, NJ — On Saturday, Jan. 23, a group of local wedding and event professionals from the International Live Events Association–New Jersey Chapter volunteered at the Nutley Family Service Bureau and collected approximately 90 bags of gently used clothing for its thrift shop and approximately 30 bags of nonperishable items for its food pantry. Photos […]
ORANGE, NJ — On Jan. 18, in celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, residents in various spots throughout Orange lit up their home walkways with luminaries, showing neighborhood solidarity. Photos Courtesy of Orange
TRENTON, NJ — Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal announced the appointment of a longtime public servant and victim advocate, Mary Ellen Bonsper, as the director of the Victims of Crime Compensation Office, according to a Jan. 25 press release. Bonsper has served victims in New Jersey for 35 years, joining VCCO in 1986 as an […]
NEWARK, NJ — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has extended the public comment period to Feb. 19 on its proposed cleanup plan for the Riverside Industrial Park superfund site on the bank of the Passaic River in Newark. The proposed plan includes a combination of technologies and methods to address the cleanup of contaminated soil, […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — On Jan. 25, Glen Ridge Superintendent of Schools Dirk Phillips sent a letter to the school community discussing a recent increase in the number of COVID-19 cases within the region and an increase in the number of students and staff quarantining. According to Phillips, during the week of Jan. 18, Central […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Bloomfield High School legend John “Johnny” Gibson, for whom the track at Foley Field is named, was inducted posthumously into the USATF New York Officials Hall of Fame on Jan. 24. Gibson, who died in 2006 at age 101, was inducted along with Margaret Cornelius, Neal Johnson, Tracy Sundlun and Gary Westerfield; […]
SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — During the week of the Jan. 18, the South Orange–Maplewood School District reopened its school buildings for in-person learning for a subset of the district’s student population. “It was great to see students back in our buildings, and our district’s senior leadership staff was able to visit all of […]
TRENTON, NJ — The New Jersey Attorney General’s Office released a recording from a security camera that captured a portion of a police encounter that occurred just after midnight on Jan. 1, during which Detective Rod Simpkins of the Newark Police Department fired his service weapon at Carl Dorsey III, 39, of South Orange, fatally […]
NEWARK, NJ — The city of Newark has petitioned the Supreme Court of the United States to review last summer’s decision by the New Jersey State Supreme Court that refused to grant subpoena powers to Newark’s Civilian Complaint Review Board, according to a Jan. 22 press release from the city. The city filed a Writ […]
BELLEVILLE, NJ — Two ceremonies scheduled for February will celebrate the Chinese New Year and recall a time when Belleville opened its arms to a group of wayfaring Chinese immigrants, according to a press release from the town. The township will host a virtual fireworks celebration and video message from Mayor Michael Melham and other […]