WO Fire Department receives Assistance to Firefighters Grant award

WO Fire Department receives Assistance to Firefighters Grant award

WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Fire Department has been awarded a FY2018 Assistance to Firefighters Grant through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in the amount of $293,274.54 for the replacement of 44 Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus, 88 carbon-wrapped air cylinders and 88 face pieces which have reached obsolescence, according to a recent press […]

West Orange man arrested in Orange fatal stabbing

ORANGE, NJ — Christopher Dudley, 34, of West Orange, has been arrested and charged with the murder of Katrina Perry, 34, of Orange, according to a Sept. 28 press release from acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore Stephens II and Orange Police Director Todd Warren.  Perry was fatally stabbed at her home in the 100 block […]

Rachel Coalition to host Women to Women luncheon

Rachel Coalition to host Women to Women luncheon

WEST ORANGE, NJ — Rachel Coalition will host its annual Women to Women luncheon on Thursday, Oct. 17, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at The Wilshire Grand Hotel, 350 Pleasant Valley Way in West Orange. The luncheon will feature Jan Edgar Langbein, CEO at Genesis Women’s Shelter & Support. Langbein will address how each […]

Essex County College to host career fair

NEWARK, NJ — Essex County College, in partnership with 12 area companies searching for candidates to fill both full-time and part-time positions, is hosting a career fair on Thursday, Oct. 17, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the college’s fourth-floor multipurpose room, 303 University Ave. in Newark. “As part of our continued commitment to […]

‘Mrs. Stern Wanders the Prussian State Library’ at Luna Stage

‘Mrs. Stern Wanders the Prussian State Library’ at Luna Stage

WEST ORANGE, NJ — Luna Stage will launch the 2019 MainStage season with the world premiere of Jenny Lyn Bader’s “Mrs. Stern Wanders the Prussian State Library,” directed by Ari Laura Kreith. Set in Nazi Germany, this suspenseful drama explores the relationship between Hannah Arendt and the young prison guard who arrests and interrogates her. […]

Become a literacy tutor in Essex County

Become a literacy tutor in Essex County

MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Literacy Volunteers of America is always seeking volunteer literacy tutors and will hold an 18-hour tutor training course at Maplewood Memorial Library’s Hilton Branch, 1688 Springfield Ave. in Maplewood, from 9 a.m. to noon on Tuesdays and Thursdays, Oct. 15, 17, 22, 25, 29 and 31. Life is limited when you can’t […]

Our Lady of Sorrows cross-country season begins

Our Lady of Sorrows cross-country season begins

SOUTH ORANGE, NJ – Our Lady of Sorrows opened the cross-country season at Loantaka Park in Morristown at the 22nd Annual Assumption School Invitational on Saturday with a dozen runners from the third to fourth grades. The results were mixed, but pointed to much better performances in the near future. Benjamin Bernard, in his first […]