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 […]
ORANGE, NJ — Orange incumbent East Ward Councilman and City Council President Kerry Coley was elected to a second term in office on Tuesday, May 8, but he appeared more excited about the Rev. Darren Ferguson becoming the pastor of his church, Bethel Baptist Church on Wallace Street, and for Ferguson’s sermon Sunday, May 27. […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — According to attorney R. Armen McComber of the McComber & McComber P.C. law firm of Red Bank, at least 10 police officers currently on the job in the East Orange Police Department have filed lawsuits against the city, public safety Director Sheilah Coley, police Chief Phyllis Bindi, the East Orange Police […]
NEWARK, NJ — Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino announced May 19 that the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Narcotics Task Force, which includes detectives from the Newark Police Department, along with local, state and federal agencies, executed seven search warrants during the week of May 13 in Newark, East Orange and Irvington and recovered […]
VOORHEES, NJ — Beginning June 15, New Jersey American Water is implementing provisional rates for water and wastewater service while the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities reviews the company’s rate change request. New Jersey American Water’s rate request, which was filed Sept. 15, 2017, was driven by more than $868 million in needed investment […]
ORANGE, NJ — The Orange School District will be participating in “Jeans for Troops Day” on Thursday, May 24. Then, on Friday, June 1, from 4:30 to 7 p.m., Orange’s School District and Board of Education invite education stakeholders to participate in the English Language Arts Story Con at Lincoln Avenue Elementary School to find […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Sheriff Armando Fontoura advised motorists in a recent press release that the Essex County Sheriff’s Office will join with municipal police from around New Jersey in cracking down on unbuckled motorists and passengers as part of the national “Click it or Ticket” campaign. Beginning May 21 and running through June 3, […]
ORANGE, NJ — Orange at large Councilwoman Donna K. Williams will be hosting a special panel discussion for “Minority-Owned Business Contracts and the Set Aside Program” on Tuesday, May 22, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Ambrose-Ward Mansion, 132 South Harrison St., East Orange. Panelists include state Assemblywoman Britnee Timberlake; Ernest Williams of […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — Members of the Eta Pi Chapter of the Omega Psi Phi fraternity, also known as the “Community Q’s,” will be hosting a Welcome 2 Work youth mentoring event at the Ambrose Ward Mansion, 132 South Harrison St., East Orange, on Saturday, May 19, from noon to 2 p.m. “Welcome 2 Work” […]
ORANGE, NJ — The incumbents carried the day, according to the unofficial results of the Tuesday, May 8, Orange City Council election, posted on Essex County Clerk Chris Durkin’s official website; re-elected were East Ward Councilman and council President Kerry Coley, West Ward Councilman Harold Johnson, South Ward Councilwoman Jamie Summers-Johnson and North Ward Councilwoman […]