ORANGE, NJ — At a special meeting of the Orange City Council on Thursday, May 24, business administrator Chris Hartwyck introduced Mayor Dwayne Warren’s Calendar Year 2018 budget proposal, which council accepted. The proposal not include specific numbers, tax increases or tax decreases. The council approved the resolution introducing and approving the budget by a […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Joseph Saintil, owner of Jacob’s Taxi company on Central Avenue in East Orange, was honored for his dedication to the Haitian-American community in New Jersey on Saturday, May 26, at Irvington’s Haitian flag-raising celebration, organized and sponsored by at large Councilwoman Charnette Frederic’s Civic Association and the Ring the Bell for the […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — East Orange Mayor Ted Green is inviting the entire city community to City Hall on Thursday, June 7, at 7 p.m., as he and other observant Muslims break their Ramadan fast. This evening meal is called the “iftar.” “Muslims have been fasting from sunup to sundown for the last month and […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — Irvington Township was well-represented at East Orange’s annual Memorial Day Parade on Monday, May 28. U.S. Army veteran Ed Kaiser, a member of the Irvington NAACP and the People’s Organization for Progress, he joined P.O.P. Chairman Larry Hamm on Monday, May 28, and the rest of his group to participate in […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — East Orange celebrated Memorial Day on Monday, May 28, with the annual parade down Main Street and the first one with Mayor Ted Green presiding. “I hope everybody’s enjoying their Memorial Day,” said Chris Coke, the East Orange Department of Public Works director, Monday, May 28. “This year definitely is special […]
ORANGE, NJ — Orange interim Superintendent of Schools Ron Lee, is inviting residents to the English Language Arts Story Con at Lincoln Avenue School on Friday, June 1, from 4:30 to 7 p.m. “Come out … to find out who won the title ‘Most Well Read’ in each of the categories! Find out which schools […]
ORANGE, NJ — Reggie Miller, coordinator of the Rutgers University Male Student Support Program at Orange Preparatory Academy, will host a National Gun Violence Awareness Day rally outside the school on Central Avenue on Friday, June 1, at 2:45 p.m. Last year, Miller and other Orange Preparatory Academy faculty members joined forces with students to […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Seton Hall University welcomed its baccalaureate class as the newest group of alumni on May 21, including eight scholars from the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Leadership Program. “We create an environment where students can deliver quality programming on campus, as well as design programs for elementary and middle school populations […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — Matt Stevens, a former East Orange Recreation Department director and current member of the Eta Pi Chapter of the Omega Psi Phi fraternity, on Thursday, May 10, hosted a book-signing for his new book, “Welcome 2 Work,” and a scholarship giveaway at the Burger King restaurant on Central Avenue. “One of […]