By Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti, NJDOT Commissioner The start of a new school year is just a few weeks away and with that we will see an increased number of motorists on New Jersey’s roadways. Between hurried school runs, residents returning from vacations, and buses trying to stay on schedule, the pace of activity on our highways, […]
NEWARK — Lt. Gov. Sheila Y. Oliver was laid to rest Saturday, Aug. 12, after a state funeral that included remarks from governors, congressional representatives, ministers, county and locally elected officials, a Grammy award winning singer and the late lieutenant governor herself. After lying in state for a day in Trenton at the state house […]
EAST ORANGE — East Orange Police Chief Phyllis L. Bindi was very young when she first got involved with public safety. Her grandmother and aunt both worked the Bingo games at St. Joseph’s School on Telford Street. Bindi would ride her Big Wheel tricycle to the games with her grandmother and they would come to […]
The body of Lt. Gov. Sheila Y. Oliver will lie in state in both the Rotunda of the capitol building in Trenton and the Essex County Historic Courthouse before her funeral and memorial service takes place on Saturday, Aug. 12, at the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark. The Rev. Al Sharpton, president […]
Sheila Y. Oliver, lieutenant governor of New Jersey and the first African-American woman in state history to serve as assembly speaker, died on Aug. 1. She was 71. No cause of death was given but Oliver had been admitted to Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston with an undisclosed medical condition, according to a statement […]
Township Police Chief Phyllis L. Bindi was one of 40 people from around the world to be awarded an honorary doctorate degree and a Humanitarian Platinum Leadership Award from the Institute of Public Policy and Diplomacy and the Humanitarian Focus Foundation. Bindi and the other winners, which included ambassadors, government ministers, a model and a […]
The carnival-like feel of the third annual summer reading launch party and the distribution of more than 1,000 free books hyped students at the East Orange School District to read over the summer. “This number does not include books donated to students by Scholastic, AKJ Education, and the East Orange Fire department,” said Yukima Hughes, […]
ORANGE — Construction work on The Mural Lofts on Freeman Street has been completed and people are expected to begin moving in this September. Reynolds Asset Management announced the completion of the new multi-family housing community in Orange’s Valley Art District. Located at 606 Freeman St., The Mural Lofts are situated on the site of […]
Three members of a neighborhood street gang were sentenced to prison for their respective roles in multiple gang-related murders, including the murder of a federal informant, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced on July 6. Thomas Zimmerman, 28, was sentenced to 37 years in prison, Tyquan Daniels, 27, was sentenced to 35 years in prison, […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — Dana Rone feels she is going to be The Queen of Cannabis. Come 2024, Rone will be opening a one-of-a-kind retail cannabis dispensary at 381 Martin Luther King Blvd. at the intersection of Main Street. The multi-use building has four stories and Rone has a vision for each level. The first […]