NEWARK, NJ — The news of Muhammad Ali’s death broke just after midnight on Saturday, June 4. Ali’s funeral is scheduled to take place on Friday, June 10. The six-day delay between his death and his burial is unusual for Muslims such as Ali, as Islam calls for a speedy interment, later followed by a […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Adenah Bayoh, owner of the International House of Pancakes in Irvington, was a featured guest speaker on Thursday, May 26, at the second annual Women’s Symposium organized by My Sister’s Keeper at the New Jersey Institute of Technology campus in downtown Newark. “That was exciting,” said Bayoh on Tuesday, May 31. “I […]
NEWARK, NJ — When minister Louis Farrakhan of the Nation of Islam came to Newark on Monday, May 23, to speak at Metropolitan Baptist Church on Springfield Avenue, Rasheed Williams made sure to be in the audience. A resident of Irvington and a practicing Muslim, Williams is also a grassroots organizer representing the former Team […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Late last month, the New Jersey State Police released the official 2014 Uniform Crime Report for the state of New Jersey. This annual report is based on crime statistics submitted to the state Uniform Crime Reporting System by every New Jersey law enforcement agency. The report, which is released later and later […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Pamela Nwaoko, who grew up in Irvington and currently attends Harvard Law School, is among 12 law students chosen by the Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics to participate in a two-week program in Europe this summer, which uses the conduct of lawyers and judges in Nazi Germany as […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Although Caleb Bryant, the Service Employees International Union Local 617 shop steward and 12 other Irvington Housing Authority maintenance workers may have received an “indefinite postponement” of their scheduled layoff on Thursday, May 5, the price may have been their own health. Health care, that is. “Presently, our union will present IHA with […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Seasons change and clothing comes in and out of fashion, but David Lyons has consistently found his place on the Irvington Municipal Council; he was elected a sixth time as councilman on Tuesday, May 10, winning the North Ward with 435 votes to challenger Cathy Southerland’s 150 votes. However, there was one […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Three gunshots and the sound of two automobiles screeching away from the front of a Wyndmoor Avenue house in Hillside broke the early morning hours on Tuesday, May 17, at a residence where members of the Irvington Police Department’s Special Enforcement Response Team and other law enforcement agencies had executed a raid […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Earlier this year, when Mayor Tony Vauss unveiled the Public Safety Department Police Division’s new Special Enforcement Response Team and announced the partnership with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, he said it was to send a message to criminals and lawbreakers everywhere. “I want to make it clear to everyone that we […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Several local residents participated in the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure held at the South Mountain Recreation Complex on May 1. Of the nine USATF Timed 5K Race medal winners, five were local, including Ben Guerin, 19, of Irvington, who won second-place in men’s with a time of 27:26; […]