EAST ORANGE, NJ — East Orange experienced its own “Coming to America” moment straight out of the hit movie from 1988 starring Eddie Murphy on Friday, July 27, when Mayor Ted Green, Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver, Assemblywoman Britnee Timberlake and members of City Council welcomed Nigerian monarch Imperial Majesty Oba Adeyeye Enitan Babatunde Ogunwusi Ojaja […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — The New Jersey State Council on the Arts recently awarded more than $15.7 million in grant funding to support 700 arts organizations, projects and artists throughout the state. The awards were announced at the Arts Council’s 52nd annual meeting, held at the New Jersey State Museum in Trenton. “The New Jersey […]
ORANGE, NJ — The Abatenjwa Alliance women’s group, composed of the wives and widows of ministers from all religions, celebrated families and patriarchs by handing out gift bags filled with various products outside Orange City Hall on North Day Street on Saturday, June 16, in celebration of Father’s Day, which was observed the following day. […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — East Orange City Council and the East Orange Board of Education recognized every graduate of the Class of 2018 with a citywide graduation party in the Ampere Parkway section on Saturday, June 30. East Orange 5th Ward Councilman Mustafa Brent and his wife, Kareemah Williams-Brent, joined forces with his Councilwoman Alicia […]
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ — On Thursday, July 19, a wake was held for former East Orange Police Chief Michael J. Cleary Sr., at the McCriskin-Gustafson Home for Funerals in South Plainfield. According to his obituary, Cleary died on Saturday, July 14, at age 67. His wake was Wednesday, July 18, and Thursday, July 19, followed […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — East Orange Mayor Ted Green introduced former police Director Jose Cordero as the city’s new public safety consultant at a press conference inside East Orange Police Headquarters on Thursday, July 19. “I’m very pleased to make this announcement that Joseph Cordero, who is very familiar with our community, has agreed to […]
ORANGE, NJ — The Orange City Council hosted a work session in Council Chambers on Thursday, July 12, to review Mayor Dwayne Warren’s proposed Calendar Year 2018 city budget. City Council President Kerry Coley led the council through the budget page by page, proposing cuts or revisions to the funding requests from some city departments, […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — East Orange Mayor Ted Green was the featured speaker at the kickoff for the city’s Summer Work Employment Program for eligible teens at Cicely Tyson School on Friday, July 6. “Here’s a young man who is standing here as your mayor, as the 14th mayor of the city of East Orange, […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — East Orange City Council 5th Ward members Alicia Holman and Mustafa Brent joined forces with the owners of the Urban Cyclery Shop bicycle store on Central Avenue, East Orange and the Historical Society of East Orange to organize the All Ward Tour on Saturday, June 30. The All Ward Tour began […]
NEWARK, NJ — Acting Essex Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino and Essex County Bar Association President Raj Gadhok announced July 19 that the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office and the Essex County Bar Foundation, the related charitable arm of the ECBA, are co-sponsoring a one-day gun buyback program this fall. The initiative is the first time in […]