SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The village and the South Orange Village Center Alliance celebrated the grand opening of Pet Wants in South Orange, the first store of this national franchise to open in New Jersey, on Saturday, Sept. 10, with a “leash-cutting” ceremony. Activities at the event included face painting of dog and cat faces […]
LIVINGSTON, NJ — Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray and Livingston Police Chief Craig M. Handschuch announced today, Sept. 13, that the Livingston Police Department and the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office are investigating a non-specific threat, making reference to Livingston High School, posted on social media. At this point, the threat does not appear […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — The members of Camptown Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 1941 in Irvington served free breakfast to the public at their Chestnut Avenue headquarters Saturday, Sept. 3. And now, just in time for the start of the 2016-2017 school year, the new leadership at the post is offering local students the chance […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — A Newark Superior Court trial decision in June set the price Bloomfield must pay for the historic train station property on Lackawanna Place, but that price is increasing because of interest payments. The 5-1 jury verdict, by a six-member jury, determined that the township, which condemned the property and holds title to it, […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Brookdale Elementary School unveiled a new media center with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Friday, Sept. 9. The center is tucked away on the basement level. Last year it had been on the first floor but that area is now two first-grade classrooms. “This is not an isolation,” Principal Joseph Fleres said of the […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Independent Press is continuing its profiling of Bloomfield Board of Education candidates in the November elections. Profiled already were incumbents Shane Berger and Jill Fischman, and challengers Djanna Hill-Tall, Laura Izurieta and Lillian Mancheno. All are running for three, three-year seats. Not yet profiled are challengers Catherine Bumpus, Eileen Murray and Gladys […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Tuesday, Sept. 6, marked the start of the new school year in West Orange and the picture-perfect morning highlighted the excitement at all 11 West Orange public schools. Photos Courtesy of Cynthia Cumming, Sylvia Rowan, Buzz1441 and Keisha Griffith.
NEWARK, NJ — In response to quality of life complaints, Newark Police arrested four women and nine men for prostitution in the area of Clinton Avenue and 20th Street to Hawthorne Avenue and Birks Place on Friday, Sept. 9, according to a Sept. 10 press release from the Newark Police Department. The women arrested are […]
LIVINGSTON, NJ — This fall the Linda and Rudy Slucker NCJW/Essex Center for Women is celebrating its 35th anniversary, a milestone in its rich history of helping women to gain independence, self-esteem, life skills and career opportunities. The Center for Women was established in 1981 in response to a need for support for women within […]
ORANGE, NJ — State Senate President Stephen Sweeney came to St. Matthew African Methodist Episcopal Church in Orange on Thursday, Sept. 1, to discuss with several local elected officials his plan for public school funding, as an alternative to the new public school funding formula Gov. Chris Christie wants to implement. “We had some good, […]