ORANGE, NJ — The Radical Orange youth social and political advocacy group has organized an Orange Board of Education Special Election Forum at First Unitarian Church of Essex County on Sunday, March 12, from 4 to 6:30 p.m., for the 19 candidates vying for the two available board seats on the Orange Board of Education. […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — On the evening of Wednesday, March 8, the Community Coalition on Race gathered nearly 50 residents from South Orange-Maplewood and surrounding towns as far as Madison to discuss immigration and how it is impacting the two towns. The event was held at Beth El in South Orange. At the beginning of […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — West Orange High School students in Katie Gardner’s engineering and design solutions class had the opportunity to show off their skills on Feb. 27 as they instructed administrators, Board of Education members and community members how to construct solar circuits. In 2016 students first constructed the circuitry as part of the […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — On Saturday, Feb. 25, South Ward Councilwoman Sandy Jones and Lil Williams took a group of township children on a trip to New York City to visit the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture and the historic Apollo Theater in Harlem. “There’s so much living history in and around the area […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Indicted Bloomfield Councilman Elias Chalet has chosen a jury trial and possibly 10 years of imprisonment instead of accepting a plea deal for a possible four year-sentence. Chalet made his decision public Wednesday, March 1, in Newark Superior Court, before Judge Martin Cronin. Cronin said if convicted by a jury, sentencing would be […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Students in Kimya Jackson’s second-grade class at Redwood Elementary School hosted a unique “comic con” on Feb. 28 featuring famous black inventors and scientists as part of their Black History Month project. Students spent the month not only researching their chosen scientist or inventor, but also creating actual comic books chronicling […]
ORANGE, NJ — The injunction seeking to stop the Orange School District’s change from a Type 1 to Type 2 format was defeated Monday, Feb. 27. Residents voted on Public Question No. 1 to make the change from an appointed to elected school board by in the November 2016 election. Attorney Stephen Edelstein, hired by […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Planning Board unanimously voted to initiate the process for developing an updated township master plan at its March 1 meeting. The New Jersey legislature requires municipalities to re-examine their master plans every 10 years, which means West Orange’s revision is not due until 2020. But Chairman Robert Bagoff […]
SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — At the Feb. 27 South Orange-Maplewood Board of Education meeting, board members voted to affirm the South Orange-Maplewood School District’s commitment to educating all children. The board passed Resolution No. 3536, which states the district’s goal to education all children, regardless of ethnicity or immigration status. “The School District […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The South Mountain YMCA hits its fundraising goal of $115,000 during its friends and family phase of the 2017 annual support campaign. On March 6, the Y celebrated reaching $115,889 and stayed with the campaign’s theme of outer space. Now entering the next phase of its mission, the South Mountain Y hopes […]