IRVINGTON, NJ — Fathiyyah Salaam is a guidance counselor at East Orange Campus High School who believes historically black colleges and universities still have a vital role to play to in helping black high school graduates fulfill their higher education dreams. One former student she mentored, Eleise Richards, is an Irvington native and the founder […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — People’s Organization for Progress Chairman Larry Hamm often refers to the members of his grassroots social and economic justice activist group as being his “comrades in arms.” When a member dies, it is like losing a friend or family member. Hamm and the People’s Organization for Progress will be honoring Douglas Tucker, […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Several students and parents raved about the annual Experience the Legacy of Historically Black Colleges and Universities College Fair, held in the Irvington High School Auditorium on Saturday, Sept. 30. This was music to the ears of Eliese Richards, the Irvington native who founded the annual college fair. Richards, who graduated Howard […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — In the wake of the recent hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico that have wreaked havoc in Texas, Florida and the Caribbean, as well as earthquakes in Mexico, some local nonprofit organizations are mobilizing to help out wherever they are able to do so. According to the website www.earthquaketrack.com, as of Tuesday, […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Irvington residents Destin Nicholas and FamiCare founder Thecy Faustin are pitching in to help the survivors of the recent hurricanes that impacted Haiti, Puerto Rico and other parts of the Caribbean and southern United States. “I know that, on Saturday, Oct. 14, there is going to be a fundraiser at Sacred Heart […]
ORANGE, NJ — Irvington Mayor Tony Vauss recently quit his new full-time job with the Hillside Department of Public Works on Wednesday, Sept. 20. Several current or former members of Orange’s administration have been connected to the administrations of both Vauss or Hillside Mayor Angela Garretson. Orange Mayor Dwayne Warren previously worked part-time as an […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Mayor Tony Vauss officially resigned from his new job working for the Hillside Department of Public Works on Wednesday, Sept. 20, and unofficially touched off a war of words between two of the four political campaigns competing to succeed Mayor Angela Garretson in the November Hillside municipal election. “It is with great […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — The Berkeley Terrace Apartments complex on Grove Street has a new owner who held a special meeting Thursday, July 27, with his tenants inside Council Chambers in the Municipal Building to inform them about the upgrades he intends to implement. On Wednesday, Aug. 2, Josh Levy of Candlebrook Properties, the real estate […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — West Ward Councilman Vern Cox is on a mission to clean up the city’s nightlife and social scene by closing down some of the strip bars and clubs that seem to have become magnets for crime, drugs, violence, and he’s using the Alcoholic Beverage Control bureau to do it. According to township […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Omar Bilal and the Friends of Irvington Park joined forces with Imam Wahy-ud Deen Shareef of the Warith-uhd Deen mosque in Newark, the Embrace Relief nonprofit organization and volunteers from the Edep Academy Home School and After School Program to host a food giveaway at the D. Bilal Community Center in Irvington […]