With lawsuit filed against CHS coaches, many express their support of, anger at baseball teachers
SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — All four of Columbia High School’s baseball coaches were rehired by the South Orange-Maplewood Board of Education for the upcoming 2016 season during the Feb. 22 board meeting, days after a former player filed a lawsuit in Essex County Civil Court alleging that he was repeatedly bullied by the […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — A graduate class of civil engineering students from Rutgers University’s Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy advised the township to narrow the driving lanes, mark crosswalks and add sidewalks to make Northfield Avenue, Pleasant Valley Way and Main Street safer and more enjoyable for pedestrians and drivers during […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Relay for Life, the annual American Cancer Society event at which people raise money and awareness for cancer treatment by walking around a track all night, officially launched in West Orange with a kick-off ceremony at the Codey Arena on Feb. 25, roughly two months before the actual fundraiser takes place. […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Regina Carter grew up in Detroit and now lives in New Jersey but her roots, at least in part, run through the South. The acclaimed violinist’s grandfather was an Alabama coal miner who died before she was born. And while Carter never had the chance to meet him, she did know […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The owner of 23 Laurel Ave. demolished the single-family home located on the property in preparation for construction of a Hindu house of worship, but could be penalized for failing to do so within the 90-day timeframe specified by a Zoning Board resolution adopted Oct. 15, 2015. Sun King Private Limited is […]
U.S. representative pledges his support — though not financial — to the historic church's restoration
WEST ORANGE, NJ — U.S. Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen toured the remains of the fire-damaged St. Mark’s Episcopal Church and discussed avenues to pursue in restoring the structure with church representatives and township officials during a visit to West Orange on Feb. 17. Frelinghuysen represents Congressional District 11, which includes parts of West Orange, in the […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Pedestrian Safety Advisory Board met at the Turtle Back Zoo Education Center on Feb. 18 to discuss 35 ideas to make township roads safer and decide which of these should be included in an action plan that will eventually be put before the West Orange Township Council. The […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The professional engineer hired by the International Federation of Chaplains to assess the remains of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church following its New Year’s Day fire recommends that the church walls should first be shored from the outside using a system of braces and wooden beams or rakers. Optimized Engineering Associates principal Guy […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Township Council approved a bond ordinance appropriating $375,000 to cover the cost of traffic and parking improvements at Gregory Elementary School on its second and final reading during the council’s Feb. 9 meeting. The ordinance — which was passed by a 4-1 vote, with Councilman Joe Krakoviak voting against […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — More than a year after animal rights advocates first appeared en masse before the West Orange Township Council requesting that a Trap-Neuter-Vaccinate-Return program be implemented, the council approved an ordinance officially endorsing the concept and legally exempting resident caretakers from the township’s wild animal feeding ban during its Feb. 9 meeting. TNVR […]