ORANGE, NJ — Derrick Henry, founder of the Protect the Orange Water Supply organization, said he finds it interesting that the Pennoni water management company was included in the subpoena the Federal Bureau of Investigation served Orange City Hall with on Friday, July 22. Henry’s organization galvanized the Orange community to oppose Mayor Dwayne Warren’s […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — While students slept in late and played Pokemon GO, work continued at West Orange High School. Even as sports teams practiced, summer enrichment classes filled the halls with future high school students and teachers prepared for September, custodial services cleaned, polished and waxed the school. This week marks the return of […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Bloomfield has filed a notice of appeal contesting the June 3 jury verdict awarding $2.9 million to the former owner of the land containing the historic train station and tunnel on Lackawanna Place. The .6 acres of land is a slope that rises 13 feet from street level to abut the NJ Transit […]
WOSD puts health first while working to keep costs low
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange School District has taken corrective action after testing found that water from 27 of the 304 district taps analyzed last April contained lead amounts exceeding the Environmental Protection Agency’s action level of 15 parts per billion. According to the district’s lead report, actions taken to address the situation […]
Watchung Ave. residents fed up with trash, town working to alleviate issue
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Residents of Watchung Avenue are lambasting the township for not providing basic street services on a regular basis during the past year, which residents say has made the area look increasingly derelict. Mike Taylor and Walter McCoy said West Orange’s street sweepers have often gone weeks at a time without cleaning […]
Village promises to complete Lenox Avenue work, no timeframe yet available
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Members of the South Orange Board of Trustees’ Public Works and Infrastructure Committee told the News-Record that they hope next year to completely repave and install new curbing on the section of Lenox Avenue that New Jersey American Water dug up to lay its water supply line. Trustees Walter Clarke, chairman […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Anyone traveling through Irvington recently could not have overlooked the sidewalk construction here; the demolition of the old unused Madison Avenue School building to make way for a new state-of-the-art replacement; the ongoing development of the old Irvington General Hospital site on Chancellor Avenue; and the continuing demolition of old, abandoned houses […]
CAMBRIDGE, MD — The Orange-West Orange Chapter of UNICO National has just returned from the 94th.National Convention at the Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay in Cambridge, Md. The Orange-West Orange chapter is extremely active with the national organization and donates monies to their major causes, such as scholarships, mental health, Cooley’s anemia, cancer research and more. […]
ORANGE, NJ — Orange public schools are gearing up for the new school year by hosting a series of early childhood education registration events leading up to opening day in September. Preschool registration will be Tuesday, Sept. 6, from 1 to 6 p.m.; Wednesday, Sept. 7, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.; and Friday, Sept. […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — An oral health clinic for children and at-risk pregnant women will open in Bloomfield on Monday, Aug. 29. The clinic is the KinderSmile Oral Health Center. It will be located at 10 Broad Street, on the ground floor of the Leo Building, at the corner of Bloomfield Avenue. The center will provide dental services […]