ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Accompanied by elected officials and community leaders from across the state, Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo Jr., at microphone, kicked off his re-election campaign for Essex County executive in Veterans Memorial Park in Newark on Monday, Dec. 11. Among those endorsing DiVincenzo at the event were U.S. Senators Robert Menendez and […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — East Orange Mayor-elect Ted Green hosted a press conference at the 3rd Ward Community Information Center on Thursday, Nov. 9, to announce the formation of his official transition team and to discuss his incoming administration’s plans and priorities after he is sworn into office Monday, Jan. 1. “When we were campaigning, […]
NEWARK, NJ — On Dec. 14, the county announced the opening of the new Sheriff’s Patrol Headquarters on Market Street in Newark. Patrol operations will be relocated from the Parks Administration Building across from Branch Brook Park to the modern facility that took just seven months to complete. “Our officers have been working from the […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Although Mayor Tony Vauss and the other organizers of the annual Tree-lighting Spectacular in Civic Square on Wednesday, Dec. 6, had nothing but praise for the event, some in attendance had more mixed reviews. “It was fun because it had a lot music and food and it had gifts,” said Terion Robinson, […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — After two meetings of testimony and discussion, the West Orange Planning Board passed a proposal saying that the 70-acre Essex Green property is an area in need of redevelopment. The recommendation will now go to the West Orange Township Council, which will consider whether the area should be designated as a […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — East Orange Mayor Lester Taylor presided over his fourth and final annual Tree-lighting and Toy Giveaway at City Hall Plaza on Tuesday, Dec. 5, at 5 p.m. “Everybody say, ‘Thank you, Mayor Taylor,’ for all the things that he has done for this city and this community, including this annual Tree […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — At its Dec. 11 meeting, the South Orange Board of Health unanimously approved an ordinance that amends the village code to authorize residents to own chickens. The amended ordinance, which allows residents in single-family homes to own up to five chickens at a time, begins in March 2018 as part of […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Keeping up with current events, Demarest Elementary School fifth- and sixth-graders were given a lesson in net neutrality by media instructor Rosemary Vetrano on Friday, Dec. 8. The policy of net neutrality is the ability for an individual to have equal access to all websites regardless of the data it may contain. The […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Letter deliveries are not peaking during the holiday season anymore, according to Bloomfield post office Officer-in-Charge Jason Kagle, but package deliveries more than make up for it. “I’ll go to the dock and you look at the back of a 2-ton truck with at least 200 parcels and you cannot believe one man […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — A logistical problem with overhead electrical lines has been resolved, allowing for the construction of a multi-purpose building at Foley Field in the near future. According to Mike Napolitano, president of the Foley Field Foundation, the delay for a $300,000 building at the south end of the field was a PSE&G power line […]