IRVINGTON, NJ — Irvington’s annual Holiday Tree-Lighting Spectacular is scheduled for Wednesday, Dec. 7, at 5 p.m. at the Municipal Building in Civic Square. The event will feature an appearance by Santa Claus and Santa’s helpers, as well as the usual cast of characters from children’s books, movies and videos, such as Elmo from “Sesame […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — The Irvington Neighborhood Improvement Corporation held a free pre-Thanksgiving community dinner at its headquarters on 16th Avenue.for senior citizens and residents of the neighborhood in and around 16th Avenue on Wednesday, Nov. 23. Several attendees had only good things to say about the event and the people behind it. “I like this […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — English writer Sir Francis Bacon coined the phrase: “If the mountain won’t come to Muhammad, then Muhammad must go to the mountain.” And though that was written hundreds of years ago, Jennifer Myers, the public affairs officer for the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs Newark Regional Office, said it still applies today. […]
Symposium aims to keep children safe from trafficking
LIVINGSTON, NJ — Most people think of slavery as a terrible institution from our past and look to the outcome of the Civil War as the beacon that ended it. But they are wrong. The United Nations’ International Labor Organization estimates that there are more slaves worldwide now than there have been at any other […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Local businessman Destin Nicholas partnered with the newly founded nonprofit Sisters Helping Sister for a Better Life to host a pre-Thanksgiving Community Food Giveaway outside his business on Stuyvesant Avenue, on the border between Irvington and Union Township. “We are here to help the community and the people in Haiti as well,” […]
NEWARK, NJ — Minister Louis Farrakhan of the Chicago-based Nation of Islam and Maulana Karenga, the creator of the holiday Kwanzaa, headlined the fourth and final day of the Institute of the Black World’s fourth State of the Black World Conference, which ran from Nov. 16 to 20 at the Robert Treat Hotel in downtown […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Soroptimist International of Suburban Essex has been serving the communities of Essex County and surrounding counties since 1949. For the sixth year, SISE members assembled HUGS tote bags with essential items for women arriving at a local shelter after fleeing domestic violence. HUGS reflects Healing, Understanding and the Great Strength of […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Public Safety Director Tracy Bowers and Mayor Tony Vauss are crediting reforms within the Irvington Police Division for the township’s recent crime rate decrease. “The mayor and the Police Department are committed to ridding our township of those individuals who engage in drug dealing as sellers and buyers,” said Bowers on Tuesday, […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — The members of Camptown Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1941 haven’t served breakfast to their fellow vets and members of the Irvington community since September because the post, located on Chestnut Avenue, was being renovated thanks to the local Home Depot store on Springfield Avenue. But the renovation of the post’s kitchen […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Kidde Fire Safety has issued a recall on Kidde hard-wired combination smoke/carbon monoxide alarms. The alarm can fail to continue to chirp when it reaches its seven-year end of life — even if the batteries are replaced — leading consumers to believe it is still working. This poses a risk of […]