ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Kidde Fire Safety has issued a recall on Kidde hard-wired combination smoke/carbon monoxide alarms. The alarm can fail to continue to chirp when it reaches its seven-year end of life — even if the batteries are replaced — leading consumers to believe it is still working. This poses a risk of […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Bloomfield Mayor Michael Venezia met with his municipal department directors on Wednesday, Nov. 9, following his victory in the elections. Venezia won 72 percent of the vote and his council running mates, incumbent Councilwoman Wartyna Davis, challenger Ted Gamble and incumbent Councilman Carlos Pomares, won 70 percent of the total votes for council […]
Community comes together at 11th hour on 11th day of 11th month to honor servicepersons
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The United States may be more divided than ever following the presidential election earlier this month, but on Veterans Day the West Orange community came together for a cause everyone agrees is important — honoring the roughly 22 million living Americans who have risked their lives in service to their country. […]
Community Coalition on Race examines two towns’ racial diversity and factors that affect it
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — A community forum to discuss the changing demographics of South Orange and Maplewood and the trends that affect these changes was presented by the South Orange-Maplewood Community Coalition on Race on Nov. 9 at the Maplewood Memorial Library. The report had been presented before both the Maplewood Township Committee and the South […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — The Salvation Army kicked off its annual Red Kettle Holiday Fundraising Drive at a special ceremony inside East Orange’s City Hall rotunda on Monday, Nov. 14. The event featured a performance by the Cicely Tyson School seventh- and eighth-grade chorus, directed by Troy Bell. “I’m just so proud, honored and privileged […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Police Department’s Community Services Unit is collecting leftover Halloween candy for the West Orange Elks Club, which will distribute it to soldiers serving overseas as well as local veterans hospitals. Residents interested in donating can bring candy to the Police Officer Timothy Groves Community Substation at 90 Washington […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield High School Thespian Society will present “A Servant of Two Masters,” at the Westminster Art Center’s Van Fossen Theater, on the Bloomfield College campus. The three performances are at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Nov. 17 to 19. An admission fee will be charged. The play was written by […]
ORANGE, NJ — Orange residents answering Public Question No. 1 at the polls last week left no doubt in anyone’s mind as to their choice; almost 77 percent voted to change from an appointed to an elected Board of Education. According to the Essex County Clerk’s Office, 3,899 Orange voters voted to change from an […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The 17th annual Ashenfelter 8K Classic race will be run on Thanksgiving Day. Last year, 3,101 runners competed in the event, which measures 4.97 miles, according to race director Councilman Daniel Murphy. The race will start at 9 a.m. Preceding it at 8:15 a.m. will be the Tom Fleming Mile. Almost 500 […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — West Orange recently held a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the small “pocket park” at Thomas Edison National Historical Park on Main Street. The Orange/West Orange Chapter of UNICO supported this community and park initiative with a grant to the Friends of Thomas Edison NHP, which managed the project. Scalora Landscape Services of […]