ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Essex County will hold a Fall Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, Oct. 26. Twenty-one police departments in Essex County have free and anonymous collection sites where residents can drop off old and unwanted prescription medications. The event is co-sponsored by the Essex County Division of Community Health, the Federal Drug […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — On Monday, Oct. 7, Cicely L. Tyson Elementary School of Performing and Fine Arts in East Orange kicked off its anti-bullying campaign during the “Week of Respect” with a pep rally about HIBs and WIGs, which refer to harassment, intimidation and bullying and wildly important goals, respectively. Principal Passion Moss-Hasan shared […]
ORANGE, NJ — In honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month, Mayor Dwayne D. Warren and members of the local Hispanic community came together for a flag-raising ceremony for 21 nations outside Orange City Hall on Thursday, Oct. 10. A good time had by all, as the nations of Ecuador, El Salvador, Paraguay, Cuba, Bolivia, Columbia, […]
CEDAR GROVE, NJ — The Essex County Computer and Electronics Recycling Day, sponsored by the county and the Essex County Utilities Authority, will be Saturday, Oct. 19, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Essex County Fleet Maintenance Facility, 99 West Bradford Ave. in Cedar Grove. “Recycling computer hardware and electronic devices helps remove […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Essex County dog owners are invited to display their creativity and participate in “Strut Your Mutt,” the county’s annual canine Halloween costume parade and contest. This year, four parades have been scheduled, with the newly-opened Branch Brook Dog Park hosting its first event. Participation is free. Parade No. 1 will be […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — The 30 honorees in the 2019 class of the East Orange Hall of Fame were announced on Friday, Oct. 4, in the Jean L. James Auditorium at Cicely Tyson School and Performing Arts Center, 35 Winans St., East Orange. The gala induction ceremony, scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 30, at 6 p.m., […]
BELLEVILLE, NJ — Irvington Mayor Tony Vauss and his wife, April, kicked off the fifth annual Mayor’s Ball at Nanina’s In the Park in Belleville on Thursday, Oct. 3. The star-studded event, hosted by multiplatinum selling rhythm and blues entertainer Ginuwine, saw guests dressed to the nines for the black-tie affair. “My ball brings together […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Oranges and Maplewood Unit of the NAACP will host a workshop on community policing on Tuesday, Oct. 15, AT 7:30 p.m. in Room 1 at Codey Arena, 560 Northfield Ave. in West Orange. The event, “Police Stops with Safety for All,” is intended to discuss effective behaviors and approaches to […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — The Junior League of the Oranges & Short Hills, together with MEND and other volunteer organizations, came together at America’s Grow-a-Row in Pittstown to harvest fresh produce. Together, volunteers picked more than 4,000 pounds of tomatoes, which will provide more than 16,000 servings of farm fresh produce for so many individuals […]
ORANGE, NJ — Orange City Council President Tency A. Eason hosted a North Ward community meeting at the Crown and Cross Christian Church that was attended by local city and Board of Education officials, as well as about 40 residents, Thursday, Sept. 26. “A change is coming to the North Ward,” Eason told the audience […]