NEWARK, NJ — Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo Jr. hosted the 12th annual Essex County Veterans Day Observance in Veterans Memorial Park in Newark on Tuesday, Nov. 9. During the ceremony, DiVincenzo presented Essex County Community Star Awards to nine Essex County employees who have served or continue to serve in the U.S. Armed […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — After decades of local advocacy and outreach and more than three years of direct negotiations, the Essex–Hudson Greenway Coalition announced Nov. 12 that the state of New Jersey will secure purchase rights to nearly 9 miles of former railway, spanning two counties and eight municipalities in one of the most highly […]
NEWARK, NJ — Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka announced Nov. 12 the investment of $19 million for violence reduction initiatives over the next three years. The city of Newark will soon issue a request for proposals inviting community-based organizations that serve youths and adults in Newark to participate. The proposals must detail the organization’s plans […]
NEWARK, NJ — Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig and acting N.J. Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck announced Nov. 10 the creation of a joint federal-state Civil Rights Criminal Enforcement Initiative to enhance coordination in the investigation and prosecution of federal, state and local cases involving civil rights violations by law enforcement officers and others […]
NEWARK / MONTCLAIR, NJ — The Oratorio Society of New Jersey will be performing its first live, in-person concerts since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic. The concerts will take place on Saturday, Nov. 20, at 8 p.m. at Union Congregational Church, 176 Cooper Ave. in Montclair, and Sunday, Nov. 21, at 3 p.m. at […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — The Provident Bank Foundation named its major grant recipients for its second cycle of 2021 in a Nov. 4 press release. The foundation awarded nearly $450,000 of total funding to 27 nonprofit organizations within the foundation’s three priority areas of community enrichment; education; and health, youth and families. In Essex County, […]
NEWARK, NJ — NJ Transit has completed the installation of 558 new, modernized ticket-vending machines throughout its system, offering faster transaction times and contactless payment options, according to a recent press release. “These new customer-friendly TVMs — now installed systemwide — represent just one aspect of a complete modernization of NJ Transit’s entire fare collection […]
NEWARK, NJ — Mayor Ras J. Baraka has announced a two-month, zero-interest, amnesty program for Newark residents who owe the city money for property taxes, water and sewer charges, or to pay municipal tax liens. According to Baraka, the municipal ordinance passed by the Newark City Council in October is designed to ease the financial […]
NEWARK, NJ — Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, an RWJBarnabas Health facility, has named Dr. David Seth Feldman the new section chief of advanced heart failure treatment and transplantation. Newark Beth Israel’s heart failure treatment and transplant program is one of the top 15 centers in the nation and one of only 6 percent of […]
NEWARK, NJ — Augustine A. Boakye has been selected as the ninth president of Essex County College by the college’s board of trustees following a national search. Boakye assumed the office Nov. 1, after serving as interim president since July 2020. “We look forward to a long and productive relationship with our new president, one […]