Orange leads residents to ‘Fall Into Fitness’

ORANGE, NJ — Orange Mayor Dwayne Warren and City Council organized the Fall Into Fitness health and wellness event on Saturday, Sept. 30, in the Community Room of the Orange Housing Authority’s new Walter G. Alexander Village, a public housing complex, on Wilson Place. Close to 100 residents attended the event, and Orange Human Resources […]

Benitez appointed as Bloomfield’s top judge

BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Newly appointed Chief Municipal Court Judge Wilfredo Benitez is a little embarrassed by the attention he has been getting. He understands that he will be the first Hispanic appointed to the Bloomfield Municipal Court, but he just wants to get to work. He sees himself as a public servant, but one who has […]

Maplewood TC candidates debate issues at HNA forum

MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The police department and residential development took center stage at the Hilton Neighborhood Association’s Maplewood Township Committee Candidates Forum on Thursday, Sept. 28, at the DeHart Community Center. Incumbent Mayor Vic DeLuca, and challengers Dean Dafis and Mike Summersgill answered prepared questions about the community, then the public had an opportunity to […]

FamiCare founder tries to address loss of grant funding

IRVINGTON, NJ — FamiCare founder Thecy Faustin is upset she did not receive the Community Development Block Grant funding from the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development through the township of Irvington that she was accustomed to receiving during former Mayor Wayne Smith’s administration, but she is still determined to provide the organization’s services […]

Carteret takes a new approach to building character

BLOOMFIELD, NJ — A handful of Carteret Elementary School students who act in ways supportive of their classmates will be receiving free tickets to New York Jets home games this season. The ticket-giveaway is a part of an anti-bullying program called “Upstarter of the Week.” It is presented by Municipal Credit Union of NYC, through the […]

Resident creates unique floral arrangements

GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Tova Narrett lives on Hillside Avenue, a real gardening street she says, and that’s good thing. This way she does not have far to go to pick flowers from her neighbors’ gardens. From what she gathers, she creates imaginative floral arrangements, a pastime that now occupies much of her free time. “I […]

Cimino, Maplewood reach settlement

MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The Maplewood Township Committee announced Sept. 27 that it had finally reached a settlement with beleaguered police Chief Robert Cimino, just two days before the township released a copy of independent investigator Hillard Heintze’s incident report on the Maplewood Police Department’s actions on July 5, 2016, in which Maplewood police are accused […]

EO cookout endorses Green and his Green Team

EAST ORANGE, NJ — Local businessman Kevin Taylor opened his home on North Arlington Avenue in the city’s 5th Ward to the public on Sunday, Sept. 24, to host the Unity in the Community End of Season Cookout, featuring East Orange City Council Chairman and 3rd Ward Councilman Ted Green and members of his Green […]