EAST ORANGE, NJ — Matt Stevens, a former East Orange Recreation Department director and current member of the Eta Pi Chapter of the Omega Psi Phi fraternity, on Thursday, May 10, hosted a book-signing for his new book, “Welcome 2 Work,” and a scholarship giveaway at the Burger King restaurant on Central Avenue. “One of […]
NEWARK, NJ — Seton Hall University celebrated its 161st baccalaureate commencement on Monday, May 21, at the Prudential Center in Newark. The university graduated 1,320 students with baccalaureate degrees, 588 graduating with honors. In addition, 1,084 graduate students will receive master’s and doctorate degrees this spring, making the total number of graduates this year 2,404 […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — According to the Rev. H. William Rutherford Sr. of Greater New Point Baptist Church, the Irvington Chapter of the Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network’s sixth annual Mother’s Day Breakfast on Saturday, May 12, in Christian Pentecostal Church on Clinton Avenue, was a success, although it did not take place at his […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The award-winning West Orange High School Music Department once again proved that it is the best of the best with the May 10 spring chorus concert. The Treble Choir, Concert Choir, Chamber Choir, Jubilee Choir and Glee Club came together for an enjoyable and inspiring evening of contemporary, classical, Broadway and […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield Township Council unanimously approved Monday evening, May 21, an agreement with FMBA Local 19, the union representing the majority of Bloomfield Fire Department personnel. The agreement will prevent a lawsuit by the local against the township. According to Township Attorney Michael Parlavecchio in an email, the agreement “will finally and completely […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Board of Education unanimously passed the 2018-2019 preliminary budget at its May 7 meeting at Liberty Middle School. The preliminary operating budget totals $149,186,427. Salaries make up 63 percent of the district’s operating costs at $94,315,752. Benefits and special education services combined take up approximately 24 percent of […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — South Orange-Maplewood Board of Education member Stephanie Lawson-Muhammad is facing backlash after an altercation became public in which she argued with a South Orange police officer after being pulled over for speeding April 27. According to video footage of the incident, which the News-Record obtained along with a police report after […]
ORANGE, NJ — Orange incumbent East Ward Councilman and City Council President Kerry Coley was elected to a second term in office on Tuesday, May 8, but he appeared more excited about the Rev. Darren Ferguson becoming the pastor of his church, Bethel Baptist Church on Wallace Street, and for Ferguson’s sermon Sunday, May 27. […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — In 2009, West Orange resident Mark Meyerowitz was cleaning out his late mother’s office when he came across a collection of poems among some paperwork. The poems were written in a variety of languages by unknown authors about the Holocaust during or right after World War II, and Meyerowitz doesn’t know […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Members of the Hilton Neighborhood Association received firsthand knowledge about the current zoning codes being enforced in Maplewood thanks to a visit from Maplewood code enforcement supervisor John Singleton at their monthly meeting on May 17 at the DeHart Center on Burnett Avenue in Maplewood. Coding enforcement is handled through the Maplewood […]