ORANGE, NJ — Orange City Clerk Joyce Lanier held a drawing on Tuesday, March 15, in Council Chambers to determine the ballot positions for candidates in the non-partisan municipal election scheduled for Tuesday, May 10. According to Lanier, the ballot positions for mayor are: incumbent Mayor Dwayne Warren, 1A; former Zoning Board member Janice Morrell, […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Board of Education accepted the resignation of Hazel Elementary School Principal Edwin Acevedo, effective May 9, allowing him to assume the K-eight superintendency in the Long Hill Township School District, located in Gillette. Acevedo has been an educator for 17 years and in the West Orange School District […]
NEWARK, NJ — Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray announced that an Essex County jury has convicted Angel Carlo, 30, of Newark of attempted murder, aggravated assault, unlawful possession of a handgun and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose following a trial before the Honorable John Zunic, Judge of the Superior Court. Carlo, who goes […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The professional engineer hired by the International Federation of Chaplains to inspect the former St. Mark’s Episcopal Church building following its New Year’s Day fire has revised his design plans for shoring up the structure, adding a few minor details at the request of the township. Guy Lagomarsino, the principal of Optimized […]
SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Maplewood and South Orange will likely again use Appraisal Systems Inc. of Whippany for the upcoming joint property reassessment. Maplewood and South Orange will be conducting the joint reassessment — though Maplewood Mayor Vic DeLuca said at the March 1 Maplewood Township Committee meeting that South Orange will be […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — West Orange has received a total of $440,000 from the Community Development Block Grant Program, an initiative funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and administered through the Essex County Division of Housing and Community Development that provides monies to projects benefiting low- and moderate-income populations. That total […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Members of a local conservancy group are expressing disappointment that the latest concept plan presented by Garden Homes Inc., which is proposing to build 104 single-family homes on the 120.5-acre parcel of land it owns behind the West Essex Highlands condominium complex, is not in compliance with an agreement Garden Homes […]
SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Following the Feb. 22 Board of Education meeting in which the business administrator announced proposed cuts to the school district and a tax increase, the public schools budget has remained a heated topic of discussion, bringing out a crowd to the March 2 Board of Education budget workshop. Superintendent […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — The funeral for Ronald Alston, founder of the My Father Knows Best nonprofit organization was Friday, March 4, at Christian Pentecostal Church on Clinton Avenue in Irvington. The charity has hosted annual back-to-school backpack and school supply giveaways in addition to other events to help needy families in Irvington, East Orange, Newark […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Public Library is asking the Township Council for an additional $200,000 in its 2016 budget beyond the minimum allotment the state requires of municipalities for library funding, but this won’t be possible in light of this year’s severe economic constraints, according to the township administration. According to the […]