EAST ORANGE, NJ — East Orange’s annual Independence Day concert and fireworks display in Paul Robeson Stadium on Park Avenue was the first one with new Mayor Ted Green, and local hero and hip-hop music legend Vinnie “Vin Rock” Brown of the group Naughty By Nature served as the master of ceremonies. Brown and his […]
EAST ORANGE — The East Orange City Council elected 1st Ward Councilman Chris James as its new chairman and Mayor Ted Green swore in new 2nd Ward Councilman Chris Awe at the council’s meeting on Monday, July 9. James is replacing Romal Bullock, the former chairman and 2nd Ward councilman, who resigned, effective Saturday, June […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — At large Councilwoman October Hudley represented the township well at East Orange’s Independence Day concert and fireworks display in Paul Robeson Stadium on Park Avenue on Wednesday, July 4. “All these areas — Newark, East Orange, Orange — they’re all my town. We’re all family,” said Hudley on Wednesday, July 4. […]
ORANGE, NJ — Orange North Ward Councilwoman Tency Eason is inviting everyone in the city to come out to her home church, St. Matthew AME Church on Oakwood Avenue, on Saturday, July 14, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., for the annual fish fry fundraiser. “We’re inviting people to come and fellowship with us at […]
ORANGE, NJ — Orange City Council President and East Ward Councilman Kerry Coley and at large Councilman Chris Jackson, the newly-elected council vice president, agree that dealing with the challenges presented by Mayor Dwayne Warren’s 2018 budget proposal will be their top priority, now that the governing body’s new leadership has been settled. “The department-focused […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — Superintendent of East Orange Public Schools Kevin West had a few choice words for the Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics Academy’s Class of 2018 at the school’s commencement exercises on Monday, June 25. “I always tell our students that you can be pitiful or you can be powerful,” said West on […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — East Orange STEM Academy valedictorian Frantzeska Barron is headed to Princeton University next year on a full academic scholarship, but she made a detour this year, on her way to the Ivy League, to serve as guest speaker at the Edward T. Bowser Elementary School’s fifth-grade graduation ceremony on Wednesday, June […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — The Cicely L. Tyson Community School of Performing and Fine Arts held commencement exercises for the Class of 2018 on Friday, June 22, inside the school’s theater on Winans Street. The guest speakers at the ceremony were Assistant U.S. Attorney Dara A. Govan and actor Brandon V. Dixon, who plays a […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — Mayor Ted Green spoke at East Orange Campus High School’s 16th annual commencement exercises at Paul Robeson Stadium on Park Avenue in East Orange on Monday, June 25, urging the Class of 2018 to strive to shine as brightly as they can in whatever they choose to do with their lives. […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Graduation inspired the members of the Orange High School Class of 2018 to use their caps as canvasses at their commencement ceremony at the Richard Codey Arena in West Orange on Wednesday, June 20. For instance, Jenny Rodriguez who had the words, “Nevertheless, she persisted” written on her cap. “It means […]