TRENTON, NJ — On Nov. 18, Gov. Phil Murphy announced $161.25 million in municipal aid grants, with 543 cities and towns across the state receiving funds to advance road, bridge, safety and quality-of-life improvements, demonstrating the Department of Transportation’s commitment to communities. The competitive municipal aid grant program attracted 635 applications from 549 different municipalities […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation has awarded CARES Act arts organization relief grants to 79 arts organizations, including six N.J. organizations. Receiving $10,000 each are Vanguard Theater Company in Montclair, Luna Stage in West Orange, Gallery Aferro in Newark and Sharron Miller’s Academy for Performing Arts in Montclair. Receiving $5,000 each are […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Essex County will receive $26.4 million in federal grants from the North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority to make safety improvements at 39 intersections throughout Essex County. The projects include extending curbs and installing refuge islands, where feasible, to shorten crossing distances for pedestrians; and the installation of leading pedestrian interval signals, […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Essex County is allocating $2 million for a grant program to help residential property owners from Essex County who have been negatively impacted by the coronavirus and are behind on their mortgage payments. Applications for the Essex County Coronavirus Mortgage Assistance Program are now available at https://portal.neighborlysoftware.com/essexcountynj/Participant. Grants will be awarded […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Laurie Waite-Fellner, a Montclair resident for more than 25 years, is currently displaying her art in West Orange through the month of November. A new group of paintings, the “Sylvia Series,” is on display at Essex Green shopping center, next to Jerry’s Artist Outlet, in West Orange. The series’ pieces are […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — The New Jersey Department of Community Affairs announced Nov. 10 the award of $1.6 million in Main Street New Jersey COVID-19 relief grants to 11 business district management organizations to assist them in their continued recovery and revitalization from the COVID-19 pandemic and economic crisis. The grant funding will be used […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Essex County is allocating $9 million to create the Essex County Small Business Lease Emergency Assistance Grant. This grant funding is designed to help small businesses and nonprofit agencies in Essex County that have been negatively impacted by the coronavirus pandemic pay their rents. Essex County businesses and nonprofit agencies can […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo Jr. has announced that the 2020 Essex County Holiday Lights Spectacular at Turtle Back Zoo has been canceled because of the coronavirus. “Because of the pandemic, we have made the difficult decision to cancel this year’s Holiday Lights Spectacular,” DiVincenzo said. “The lights show has become […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo Jr. welcomed dog owners and their pets to the annual Essex County Strut Your Mutt canine costume parades and contests at Brookdale Dog Park in Bloomfield/Montclair and Branch Brook Dog Park in Newark on Saturday, Oct, 24, and at Grover Cleveland Park in Caldwell/Essex Fells on […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Nat Adderley Jr. spent 25 years as the music director for rhythm and blues singer Luther Vandross, but after Vandross died in 2005, Adderley returned to his jazz roots. Those roots will be on display Sunday, Nov. 15, when Adderley and some special guests headline the New Jersey Jazz Society Virtual […]