EAST ORANGE, NJ — According to the Essex County Clerk’s Office official website, as of 10:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 7, City Council Chairman and 3rd Ward Councilman Ted Green won the race for mayor by getting 9,336 votes or 99.88 percent of the total votes cast on Election Day. The mayor-elect’s Team Green in […]
ORANGE, NJ — According to the Essex County Clerk’s Office, the unofficial results for Public Question No. 1 for Orange on the statewide general election ballot on Tuesday, Nov. 5, show that 1,766 voters or 85.98 percent voted overwhelmingly in favor of changing the Orange public schools from a Type 1 district with a Board […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — The Irvington NAACP has been championing the rights of homeowners to stay in their homes, despite the threat of home mortgage foreclosure and the reality of dropping property values, since the Great Recession began in 2007. Irvington NAACP Vice President Kathleen Witcher was the local civil rights organization’s president when the home […]
ORANGE, NJ — The Committee for an Elected Orange School Board is scheduled to meet on Thursday, Nov. 2, at 7 p.m. at the Church of the Oranges Seventh Day Adventist on Reynolds Terrace, ahead of the general election Tuesday, Nov. 7, that could decide once and for all whether or not Orange voters will […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Imam W. Deen Shareef of Masjid Waarith ud Deen in Newark operated the Waris Cultural Center out of the building at 62 Howard St. in the South Ward for years, thanks to support from D. Bilal Beasley, a fellow Muslim and former Irvington Municipal Council president. Beasley also served as an Essex […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — The race to fill the soon-to-be-vacant East Orange 3rd Ward City Council seat currently occupied by City Council Chairman Ted Green — who is running for the post of mayor next week — has heated up in the final days before the general election on Tuesday, Nov. 7. On Thursday, […]
ORANGE, NJ — In collaboration with 28 Days Project and local dentists, Junior League of the Oranges and Short Hills restocked the nurses’ pantries in the Orange School District with non-medical wellness essentials. According to JLOSH, many children in the area attend school lacking adequate clothing and other basic needs. The lack of access to […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — The Irvington NAACP is speaking out about the incident that occurred Thursday, Oct. 12, at the intersection of Central and Lincoln avenues in Orange that involved Orange police officer Hanifah Davis, twin sisters from Orange High School and Orange High School Vice Principal Mohammed Abdel Aziz, who is also the school’s athletic […]
NEWARK, NJ — The Essex County Board of Chosen Freeholders held its 2017 Public Safety Professionals Celebration on Wednesday, Oct. 18, at the Hall of Records in Newark to commemorate fire officials, police officers and first responders in Essex County for their selfless service. Freeholder President Britnee Timberlake began the program with welcoming remarks, celebrating […]
ORANGE, NJ — On Friday, Oct. 20, Superior Court Judge Thomas R. Vena ruled Orange’s on-again, off-again effort to allow voters to directly elect chosen representatives to serve on the Orange Board of Education. This involves switching from a Type 1 district, in which the mayor appoints board members, to a Type 2 district, in […]