ORANGE, NJ — Orange Board of Education’s reorganization meeting will be Monday, Jan. 7, at 7 p.m., at the Orange School District’s headquarters at 451 Lincoln Ave., according to Essex County clerk Chris Durkin and Orange Board of Education secretary and business administrator Adekunle James. This meeting will also serve as the official swearing-in ceremony […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — At the East Orange City Council’s annual reorganization meeting in Council Chambers on Tuesday, Jan. 1, incumbent council Chairman and 1st Ward Councilman Chris James was re-elected chairman, although not with a co-leader yet, said city clerk Cynthia Brown. “The vice chair was not elected,” said Brown on Tuesday, Jan. 2. […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — East Orange 3rd Ward Councilwoman Quilla Talmadge and her council partner, 3rd Ward Councilman Bergson Leneus, hosted the fourth annual Toy Drive at Mrs. G Lounge on Central Avenue on Sunday, Dec. 16. “I partnered with him to do this for the community,” said Talmadge on Monday, Dec. 17, of Leneus. […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — Reaching across township lines, Public Safety Director Tracy Bowers recently assisted East Orange Mayor Ted Green in finding a new director to replace Sheila Coley, who resigned abruptly on Tuesday, May 29 from the department. At a press conference in East Orange Police Division Headquarters on South Munn Avenue on Monday, […]
ORANGE, NJ — Taking advantage of the turnout for its annual Tackle Breast Cancer Football Sunday fundraiser at Southern Comfort Cafe on Sunday, Dec. 16, AAngelsNJ, a nonprofit cancer awareness and support organization also hosted a Toy Drive to coincide with the event. “This is actually our end-of-the-year fundraiser, which is why we combined it […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — East Orange Mayor Ted Green’s has concluded his search to replace former Public Safety Department Director Sheila Coley, who resigned abruptly on Tuesday, May 29. At a press conference in East Orange Police Division Headquarters on South Munn Avenue on Monday, Dec, 17, Green announced the appointment of former Newark Police […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo Jr. and the Essex County Division of Senior Services invite Essex seniors ages 60 and older to submit an original story focusing on a special person, life-changing experience or significant period in their life to the 2019 Essex County Legacies Writing Contest. The deadline is Friday, March […]
ORANGE, NJ — The Orange City Council unanimously re-approved three new ordinances related to the redevelopment of the old YWCA site on Main Street, at its regular meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 4. Ordinances Nos. 49-2018, 50-2018 and 51-2018 had been approved on Wednesday, Nov. 4, but the council had to re-approve them because an email […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ – The East Orange High School boys’ varsity basketball team fell to Columbia, 48-44, in the season opener Friday, Dec. 14, at Columbia in Maplewood. The Jaguars then fell at Roselle Catholic, 67-34, Sunday, Dec. 16 to move to 0-2.
ORANGE, NJ — At Orange City Council’s regular meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 7, South Ward Councilwoman Jamie Summers-Johnson noted the number of “Welcome to East Orange” signs posted along the borders the city shares with its neighbor had recently increased dramatically. She observed that, since Orange and East Orange are “sister cities,” Orange needs to […]