Officer pulls boy from freezing waters

Officer pulls boy from freezing waters

By chance, a tragedy that would have reverberated through the township for years instead ended with the prospects of a 10-year-old boy explaining to his mother how he managed to come home, after an afternoon with friends, jacketless, swaddled in a blanket and soaked to the bone. “Dispatch got a call from a neighbor with […]

Housing authority goes beyond homes

Housing authority goes beyond homes

The Orange Housing Authority hosted an Information Expo on Thursday, March 6, in the community room of the Walter G. Alexander Village complex on Wilson Place. “We invited a number of different community organizations to speak to people so they can find jobs, get health care, counseling, talk to PSE&G and other agencies that provide […]

Man charged in assault spree

Man charged in assault spree

A 23-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a string of home invasion burglaries and sexual assaults in Irvington, according to a statement from Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II and Irvington Public Safety Director Tracey Bowers. On Feb, 19, Kedwens Auguste was arrested following a joint investigation by the Essex County Prosecutor’s […]

Historian and author discusses book on First Lady Edith Wilson

Historian and author discusses book on First Lady Edith Wilson

The United States has yet to elect a female president but just over a century ago, Edith Bolling Galt Wilson became the nation’s first acting president when her husband Woodrow Wilson became incapacitated after a stroke. Historian and author Rebecca Boggs Roberts tells the story in her new book “Untold Power: The Fascinating Rise and […]

WO mayor tells Chamber of Commerce that town is ready to face challenges

WO mayor tells Chamber of Commerce that town is ready to face challenges

West Orange Chamber of Commerce recently held its Annual Breakfast at the Rock Springs Golf Course. Event Chair Paul Petrigrow offered opening remarks, expressing that this was a networking event to meet and greet others in the community. He thanked the sponsors and the club for hosting the breakfast. Pastor Doug Adams led the flag […]

Gottheimer offers ‘Lower Costs Plan’

Gottheimer offers ‘Lower Costs Plan’

WEST ORANGE — Mayor Susan McCartney hosted U.S. Congressman and Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate Josh Gottheimer last week at her daycare center where he rolled out his “Lower Costs Plan.” “We are here at a child care center because, in my opinion, there is nothing more important,” Gottheimer said. “And child care is just too expensive.” […]

BHS thespians take on ‘Alice by Heart’

BHS thespians take on ‘Alice by Heart’

The recently concluded Bloomfield High School Thespian Society production of “Alice By Heart” is a story about conflicting territories. One territory is the subterranean shelter for English children fleeing their city streets during the Nazi bombardment blitz of London during World War II. The second territory is in the mind of Alice Spenser, a child […]

Rabbi helps with Holocaust Remembrance Day at St. Dominic

Rabbi helps with Holocaust Remembrance Day at St. Dominic

Rabbi Marc Katz, who leads the Temple Ner Tamid congregation in Bloomfield, recently spoke to students at Mount St. Dominic Academy on Holocaust Remembrance Day. Katz, a published author of two books on the Jewish faith, addressed critical topics, including antisemitism, stereotypes, and violence against Jewish people. He spoke about how, as a rabbi, he […]

RMS opens Diversity Art Gallery

RMS opens Diversity Art Gallery

WEST ORANGE – Excitement filled the air at Roosevelt Middle School on Feb. 20 as students and staff hosted the opening of the Diversity Art Gallery. The process began about a year ago when art teacher Janis Oliver approached Principal Lionel Hush and Vice Principal Olivia Betances about restoring the gallery area. “The actual restoration […]

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