SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Leslie Pogany, owner of Bunny’s Sports Bar in South Orange, was removed from the South Orange Village Center Alliance’s board of directors on June 12 following a vote via Zoom meeting. The vote was 10-2 — the nay votes were from Maurice Blackwell, who represents residents on the board, and Pogany […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — More than 100 people joined a Zoom call hosted by Bloomfield Councilwoman Wartyna Davis and Mayor Michael Venezia on June 10 to discuss police and race in the wake of the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer and the Black Lives Matter protests across the country. With input from […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Jordan Baris, a fixture in West Orange, died June 1 at age 93. Baris, a real estate agent who founded Jordan Baris Inc. in 1952, was a longtime member and former president of the West Orange Chamber of Commerce. “My father was active over the decades in many organizations and for […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The South Orange Board of Trustees passed the 2020 municipal budget at its June 8 meeting, setting into motion plans to apply to civil service for furloughs and layoffs in the South Orange Fire and Police departments after three of the unions did not accept a proposed 2-percent pay freeze over […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — Spurred by phone calls received from teachers and counselors about family members of students getting sick with COVID-19, Cicely L. Tyson Middle School/High School Assistant Principal Ameenah Poole wanted to make a difference. During an instructional leadership team meeting, along with Principal John English, she suggested the staff make care packages […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Last year, Deanna Taylor-Heacock began a mission to cut back on waste in her Maplewood home. In an attempt to eliminate buying plastic shampoo bottles, laundry detergent containers, paper towels and other single-use recyclables, she began looking for a refill shop — a place to bring her own containers and just buy […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The Glen Ridge Public Library remains closed to the public because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but the staff is still finding ways to show off the closed building. A virtual art tour on June 4 highlighted several pieces of the library’s collection in a Zoom presentation. Reference librarian Helen Beckert gave […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Bloomfield hasn’t been an exception to the COVID-19 pandemic over the last few months, losing more than 60 residents to the coronavirus. The community has rallied around the family of one of those victims, setting up a meal train that is running through June so the family doesn’t have to worry about […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — East Orange Mayor Ted Green addressed the city with another virtual town hall meeting on June 4. This time, rather than focusing wholly on COVID-19, the forum addressed the other crisis America is facing; the frank conversation was titled “Peace, but Not Patience: A Discussion on Social Justice, Civil Rights and […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — “Black Lives Matter!” “Queer Lives Matter!” These words were shouted June 7 by more than a thousand protesters, who marched from Ivy Hill Park in Newark to Spiotta Park in South Orange. The Black Queer Lives Matter protest surged down South Orange Avenue, with cries for peace and an end to […]