ORANGE, NJ — Reaction around Orange and East Orange was swift, in the wake of the quadruple shooting on the front porch of a Cleveland Street residence in Orange on Thursday, Nov. 3, that left 21-month-old Marcus Milien and his uncle, Morlens Milien, 21, dead. “It’s bad, because I know it’s a lot of problems […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — East Orange marked Halloween on Monday, Oct. 31, with a citywide celebration for children and adults of all ages in most of the city’s five wards. “In the city of East Orange, we’re setting the standard for urban excellence and we’re being that destination city,” said East Orange Recreation Department Director […]
NEWARK, NJ — The Essex County Vocational Technical School District invites seventh- and eighth-grade students from Essex County and their parents to attend the “Essex County Seventh & Eighth-Grade Annual School Fair.” The fair will be Saturday, Nov. 19, from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Essex County Newark Tech, 91 W. Market St. in […]
TRENTON, NJ — Legislation sponsored by state Sen. Richard Codey and Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee Chairman Joseph Vitale that would establish law enforcement-assisted addiction and recovery programs was signed into law on Oct. 26, according to a press release. Under the law, the director of the Division of Mental Health and […]
NEWARK, NJ — The NJ Transit board of directors recently adopted a Fiscal Year 2017 operating budget and capital program that supports continued investments in infrastructure and equipment to maintain the system in a state of good repair and enhance the overall customer experience, according to a recent press release from NJ Transit. “The operating […]
ORANGE, EAST ORANGE, NJ — The city of Orange Township is celebrating Halloween early this year by having a Trunk or Treat event in the City Hall Parking Lot, 29 North Day St., on Monday, Oct. 31, from 3 to 6 p.m., instead of Thursday, Oct. 27, delayed because of weather; the Nassan’s Place nonprofit […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — Sierra House in East Orange is known for providing housing, social services and educational opportunities for women and children in need, and now the organization’s founder, Keeley Freeman, is expanding her efforts. Freeman is joining forces with development consultant Bill Hunter to create an economic development arm to her nonprofit social […]
VOORHEES, NJ — The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection has issued a drought warning for the following 14 counties: Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex, Union and Warren. The drought warning designation is an exercise of the DEP’s non-emergency authority and aims to reduce the likelihood or severity […]
TRENTON, NJ — The N.J. Assembly on Oct. 20 voted 71-0 to launch an investigation into the safety and financial practices of NJ Transit, giving the Assembly Judiciary Committee subpoena power to conduct an inquiry, according to a press release. The Judiciary panel is working on the inquiry with the Senate Legislative Oversight Committee; this […]
Don’t normalize domestic violence; help to end it instead
EAST ORANGE, NJ — October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month and much has been done to bring awareness to the disease so far. But this is also National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and more should be done to combat this insidious killer lurking in our society. FAMILYConnections, a nonprofit organization based in East Orange […]