EAST ORANGE, NJ — East Orange The East Orange Recreation Department is offering a full schedule of fall and winter activities for children and adults, spelled out in the Fall and Winter Activities brochure available in City Hall or one of the recreation sites throughout the city. Adults can enroll in Fellowship Fridays programs, while […]
ORANGE, NJ — The Bethel Baptist Church pastoral installation ceremony for the Rev. Darren Ferguson on Sunday, Oct. 14, was attended by A-list New York clergy members, including the Rev. Calvin O. Butts of Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, N.Y.; the Rev. Daryl G. Bloodsaw of the Baptist Church of Crown Heights, N.Y.; Bishop Roger […]
ORANGE, NJ — The Orange Citizens Action Group will host the second of its Candidates Night forums on Sunday, Oct. 28, at the Valley Arts building on South Jefferson Street in the Valley section of the city, for the six candidates running for the three seats available in the Orange Board of Education election on […]
BLOOMFIELD — The Oranges-Maplewood NAACP will host a community forum on marijuana legalization legislation pending in the state Legislature on Saturday, Oct. 27, from 1 to 4 p.m. at Bloomfield College, College Hall Classroom 016, 467 Franklin St., Bloomfield. The forum will be moderated by 25-time Emmy Award-winner Sandra King, of Rutgers University, the producer […]
CEDAR GROVE, NJ — The Essex County Department of Public Works invites Essex County residents to bring used and unwanted tires to the Essex County Used Tire Recycling Day on Saturday, Oct. 27, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the county DPW office, 99 West Bradford Ave. in Cedar Grove. “We are always looking […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — At a press conference in the Cicely Tyson School of the Performing and Fine Arts on Wednesday, Oct. 10, acting Essex County Prosecutor Ted Stephens and the other members of the East Orange Hall of Fame Selection Committee, along with Mayor Ted Green, East Orange Superintendent of Schools Kevin West and […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — CASA for Children of Essex County held its third annual Homeward Bound Walk on Oct. 14 at the Clipper Pavilion at the South Mountain Recreation Complex in West Orange. The walk serves as a way to raise both awareness and funding for the county’s court-appointed special advocates program. CASA for Children […]
ORANGE, NJ — Six candidates vying for the three available seats on the Orange Board of Education in the election on Tuesday, Nov. 6, will meet at 7 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 22, at a Candidate’s Night Forum at St. Matthew AME Church on Oakwood Avenue, hosted by Oranges-Maplewood branch of the National Association for […]
ORANGE, NJ — When the Rev. Al Sharpton, National Action Network founder and cable TV talk show host, appeared on Friday, Oct. 12, at Bethel Baptist Church in Orange as part of the church’s ongoing 101st anniversary celebration and the Rev. Darren Ferguson’s pastoral installation services, he had some fun with the audience, joking about […]
ORANGE, NJ — The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office took issue with a recent statement regarding the number of homicides in Orange this year by Orange Board of Education member Tyrone Tarver. “Since last summer, Orange has had 48 violent crimes happen within the city. This year, we’re up to six murders. Two just happened about […]