EAST ORANGE — Artists took over some local streets last weekend to create murals in East Orange and Orange as part of an effort to enhance safety along Freeway Drive. Murals were painted in East Orange at South Harrison Street and Freeway Drive West and in Orange at South Essex Avenue and Tony Galento Plaza. The […]
MAPLEWOOD — Columbia High School celebrated the 40th anniversary of the creation of its Hall of Fame last week at two school assemblies that included an appearance by Andrew Shue, actor, entrepreneur, humanitarian and former student council president. Shue was credited with coming up with the idea of creating a hall of fame at the […]
IRVINGTON — Planning experts from East Orange, Irvington and Orange met last week for the annual Tri-Community Commercial and Residential Development Seminar to talk over upcoming projects in the municipalities.| The event was emceed by David Biagini of FirsTEAManagement representing Irvington’s Camptown Business Improvement District and it featured food from Chef Roscoe of RMT Catering. […]
SOUTH ORANGE — After a one day delay due to rain in the forecast, the Under Cover Music Fest took over the Sloan Street parking lot in South Orange Village on Sunday. The event ran from noon until about 8 p.m. and included multiple bands ranging from Flavor One with Cynthia Tucker, pictured top left, […]
WEST ORANGE — The Chamber of Commerce celebrated people who make a difference at their annual awards dinner on May 21 at the Rock Spring Golf Club. The event celebrates people at the core of the community, including police, fire, academic and business leaders, who stand out by virtue of their hard work, compassion and […]
The township had a Memorial Day Parade and ceremony on Monday, May 26. The parade was led by the Irvington High School Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps cadets, pictured left, and included the school’s marching band, cheerleading squads from several schools, Scouts and other organizations. The marchers started in front of Town Hall and marched […]
IRVINGTON — A meeting with candidates for the state Assembly was held Wednesday night in the basement of a township church but much of the attention was focused on actions by the Trump Administration in Washington. The New Point Missionary Baptist Church on Paine Avenue hosted the three Democratic Party candidates seeking the two open […]
MAPLEWOOD FUN — The MayFest Street Fair returned to Springfield Avenue in Maplewood on Sunday, May 18. The event included live music all afternoon plus ‘train rides’ on the avenue. Vendors sold a wide variety of wares from clothing to candles to empanadas, lemonade and funnel cake.
More than 350 people ran or walked in the Rage Run 5K for Reproductive Freedom organized by Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan New Jersey on May 18. The event, which raised more than $30,000, featured short speeches by South Orange Mayor Sheena Collum, U.S. Rep. Rob Menendez, D-8, Alexis McGill Johnson, who is the acting president […]
EAST ORANGE — The city held a ribbon cutting ceremony Monday to show off the newly renovated Firehouse No. 3 on Dodd Street. “It looks good, it really does and the men and women working here deserve it,” said Mayor Ted R. Green said. “I hope all the men and women working here will take […]