WEST ORANGE, NJ — Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray and West Orange Police Chief James Abbott announced May 26 that the West Orange Police Department and the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force are investigating a fatal pedestrian incident. At approximately 9:31 a.m. on May 26, Dilma Khan, 82, of West […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Late last month the New Jersey State Police released the official 2014 Uniform Crime Report for New Jersey. This annual report is based on crime statistics submitted to the state Uniform Crime Reporting System by every New Jersey law enforcement agency. The report is compiled and then approved by the Federal […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The annual Memorial Day Duck Race will take on some new features this year as the Maplewood Kiwanis Club hands the reins of the annual post-parade event in Memorial Park over to the South Mountain YMCA. The Duck Race, now in its 18th year, has been a staple event during local Memorial […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield High School Thespian Society gave its last performances for the school year on May 21 and 22. As has been customary the last four years, it is not a stage play or musical, but a theater project. According to the director of the production, Brandon Doemling, a theater project is “an […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Regal Bank was honored as the Business of the Year at the West Orange Chamber of Commerce’s annual awards dinner at the Crestmont Country Club on May 18. Capping off an evening of delicious food, excellent networking and heartfelt tributes to the various award recipients, Tina Parsons, the bank’s branch manager, […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Maplewood police officers Munoz and Dolias observed two vehicles driving erratically on Boyden Avenue at approximately 1 a.m. on May 25. One vehicle was a dark-colored SUV and the other was a light-colored sedan. Officers were able to check the plate of the sedan and discovered that the vehicle, a 2015 Toyota […]
EAST ORANGE / ORANGE, NJ — Late last month, the New Jersey State Police released the official 2014 Uniform Crime Report for the state of New Jersey. This annual report is based on crime statistics submitted to the state Uniform Crime Reporting System by every New Jersey law enforcement agency. The report, which is released […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Late last month, the New Jersey State Police released the official 2014 Uniform Crime Report for the state of New Jersey. This annual report is based on crime statistics submitted to the state Uniform Crime Reporting System by every New Jersey law enforcement agency. The report, which is released later and later […]
NEWARK, NJ — When Minister Louis Farrakhan of the Nation of Islam came to Newark on Monday, May 23, and spoke at Metropolitan Baptist Church on Springfield Avenue, elected officials from East Orange and Orange made sure they were in the audience. “(Orange Mayor) Dwayne Warren was there; (Newark Mayor) Ras Baraka was there; and […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Pamela Nwaoko, who grew up in Irvington and currently attends Harvard Law School, is among 12 law students chosen by the Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics to participate in a two-week program in Europe this summer, which uses the conduct of lawyers and judges in Nazi Germany as […]