Arts Accessible Festival returns to Essex County

FAIRFIELD, NJ — Arts Unbound will hold its second Arts Accessible Festival on Friday, Oct. 6, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Essex Regional Educational Services Commission, 369 Passaic Ave. in Fairfield. This event is for children, teens and adults with disabilities, as well as seniors. The feature of the festival is all […]

Fourth annual House Music Festival is a big hit in Monte Irving Orange Park

ORANGE, NJ — The city of Orange Township hosted the fourth annual House Music Festival in Monte Irvin Orange Park on Saturday, Aug. 19, thanks to Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo and the members of Treehouse Entertainment that organized the event. “We’re out here in Orange Park today for the fourth annual Soulful House Music […]

FAMILYConnections kicks off backpack collection

ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — FAMILYConnections, a local counseling and family services agency, has announced the start of a “Got Your Back” backpack drive to benefit students in the agency’s Outreach to At-Risk Youth and School-Based Youth Services programs. Donations of individual school items and full backpacks will be accepted through Sept. 1 and can be […]

Orange’s forced to rehire wrongfully terminated city attorney

ORANGE, NJ — Residents were swift to comment when news broke that the New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division recently ordered Orange Mayor Dwayne Warren to rehire a former assistant city attorney who said he was wrongly terminated because he blew the whistle on Willis Edwards, the former acting business administrator, deputy business administrator and […]

Appeals court rules in favor of former city attorney

ORANGE, NJ — The New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division recently ruled in the case of John P. McGovern v. city of Orange Township and Mayor Dwayne Warren that the mayor and the city must rehire McGovern. The former assistant city attorney was fired in 2013 for acting as a whistle blower against Willis Edwards, […]

Big grins and high fives at B2SS

WEST ORANGE, NJ — “I got the coolest stuff!” said one young boy running up to greet his father after attending the ninth annual NCJW/Essex Back 2 School Store on Sunday, July 30. “My new backpack makes me feel smart and important!” said another child. With walls completely lined with coats, rows of new sneakers, […]