It was a big day for seventh graders at the Cicely L. Tyson Community School. “We did it! We won,” said 12-year-old Troy Jenkins as it was announced that his class had defeated the eighth graders in the “Get Lit With Reading” contest. The event, hosted and initiated by Literacy Arts Coach Fay Carr, commenced […]
“The Sopranos” was ranked the best television series of all time by TV Guide in 2013. The American crime drama television series was filmed all over Essex County, including in East Orange, Irvington, Bloomfield, Nutley, Glen Ridge, and West Orange. Mark Kamine, Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning executive producer of “The White Lotus,” worked on […]
NJ Transit is proposing a 15% system-wide fare hike to begin in July and subsequent 3% hikes annually starting in 2025. The agency will be holding 10 public hearings in 10 counties, including both morning and evening sessions, beginning Monday, March 4, through Friday, March 8, to allow the public the opportunity to learn more […]
Frequenting the same artistic circles, filmmaker Rico James of Brazen Boy Films and contemporary American artist Scott Patterson struck up a friendship. Their camaraderie deepened when Patterson, who is known as The Me Nobody Knows and TMNK, relocated to a studio closer to the filmmaker’s Miami home in 2014. “We ran in the same circles,” […]
James Pitchford is an East Orange resident and a 1977 graduate of East Orange High School. Two-and-a-half years ago, he had a vision. His idea was to have a boys and girls club in East Orange and the vision grew to an arts, athletics and education program called Alumni United USA, which was established in […]
EAST ORANGE — A room in the Essex County Economic Development Center was named after a long-time employee who helped individuals find jobs and careers and worked to help small businesses be successful. Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo Jr. recognized the public service contributions of the late Samuel Okparaeke by naming the “Essex County […]
Whitney Houston was honored in the most New Jersey way possible with the naming of a Garden State Parkway rest stop in her honor. The former Vauxhall Service area, just south of the parkway’s intersection with Route 78 and the closest stop to her native East Orange, has been officially renamed the Whitney Houston Garden […]
NJ State Police Sgt. Stephen Napoli shed light on what it’s truly like to be at the scene of a roadside incident By Sgt. Stephen Napoli, New Jersey State Police As a seasoned officer who has served 22 years with the New Jersey State Police, I’ve witnessed firsthand some perilous scenes that unfolded on […]
Hours of heavy rain led to flooding at Columbia High School in Maplewood, a power outage at a West Orange middle school and a nightmare commute Monday with roads flooded and NJ Transit experiencing hour long delays. A flood warning was issued for much of northern New Jersey and floods were reported in many areas, […]
EAST ORANGE — Oval Park hosted Negro League baseball and pre-NFL semi-pro football in its heyday and now a project is underway to restore it to its former glory. A Groundbreaking Renovation Ceremony was held for Oval Park on Dec. 6, hosted by Mayor Ted R. Green, the East Orange City Council, and the Departments […]