FAIR LAWN, NJ — Columbia Bank Foundation, Boys & Girls Clubs in New Jersey, and Blankets of Hope, have once again teamed up to make a difference in the lives of the homeless and other New Jerseyans in need, by wrapping the less fortunate in the comfort of warm blankets. In total, 1,536 Blankets of […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — The nation was again plunged into despair on May 24 when a gunman killed 19 students and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, injuring many others. This was the third-deadliest school shooting in a U.S. school, after the Virginia Tech shooting in 2007 and the Sandy Hook Elementary […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Scholarship Fund for Inner-City Children raised more than $450,000 — meeting and exceeding its target goal — to fund partial tuition assistance scholarships for underprivileged students attending Archdiocese of Newark Catholic schools at its annual gala in West Orange’s Pleasantdale Chateau on May 11. This year’s gala honored three leaders […]
NEWARK, NJ — Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II announced May 22 that the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office has acquired a van to better serve the more than 9,000 crime victims who receive services each year from the ECPO. “Serving victims is the top priority of the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office and essential […]
TRENTON, NJ — The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced $177 million in grants to New Jersey for community planning and development activities, ranging from the development of affordable housing to expanding economic opportunities for people with low and moderate incomes, according to a May 25 press release. These grants are part of […]
TRENTON, NJ — The N.J. Department of Environmental Protection is enhancing statewide efforts to remove litter, beautify neighborhoods and improve water quality across New Jersey by distributing $21.4 million in Clean Communities grants this year, an approximate $700,000 increase from 2021’s disbursement, NJDEP Commissioner Shawn M. LaTourette announced May 26. In total, NJDEP is awarding […]
TRENTON, NJ — On May 26, Makayla C. Rivera, a 10th-grade student at West Orange High School and a student-member of the NAACP Oranges and Maplewood Branch’s ACT-SO Program, received the 2022 Governor’s Award in the Arts Education in the written poetry category. The awards ceremony was held in Trenton and Rivera was nominated by […]
CEDAR GROVE, NJ — Essex County residents are encouraged to participate in the Essex County Paper Shredding and Used Tire Recycling Day on Saturday, June 4, from 8 a.m. to noon at the Essex County Public Works Department, 99 W. Bradford Ave. in Cedar Grove. “Along with our Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day and Computer […]
CEDAR GROVE, NJ — Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo Jr. and the Division of Senior Services announced the four winners and four honorable mention recipients of the 2022 Essex County Senior Citizen Legacies Writing Contest during an awards luncheon at the Robert O’Toole Community Center in Cedar Grove Park. The Legacies Writing Contest encourages […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo Jr. dedicated the animal hospital at Turtle Back Zoo as the Essex County Barry H. Ostrowsky Animal Wellness Center on Monday, May 23. Opened in 2005, the building was renamed in honor of Barry Ostrowsky, retiring president and CEO of RWJBarnabas Health. “Barry Ostrowsky has […]