ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Local residents were fuming as Gov. Chris Christie announced May 23 that the Morris & Essex Midtown Direct trains to Penn Station will be diverted to Hoboken for approximately eight weeks this summer while Penn Station is upgraded to repair tracks and switches, which have been deteriorating for many years. In […]
ORANGE, NJ — The Orange Recreation Department Youth Baseball League hosted its opening day at Metcalf Park on Saturday, May 20. Members of the Johnson family said they were more than happy to participate. “We’re out here supporting our local youth T-ball game; he plays for the youth team and we’re out here having fun […]
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EAST ORANGE, NJ — PBA Local 16 of the East Orange Police Department hosted its Mayoral Candidates Night Forum on Wednesday, May 17, at Peaceful Zion Baptist Church for the three candidates running for mayor of East Orange in the Democratic Party primary election Tuesday, June 6. But 3rd Ward Councilman, City Council Chairman and […]
ORANGE, NJ — Essex Rising Film Club will host “Refugee Stories,” a film screening and discussion with local filmmakers of two films portraying life as a refugee in America, on Friday, June 2, from 7 to 9:30 p.m. at the ValleyArts Community Gallery, 400 S. Jefferson St. in Orange. Parking is available on Tompkins, Forest, […]
ORANGE, NJ — According to Orange Recreation Department Director Greg Tynes and City Council President Donna K. Williams, Orange will going to celebrate national Red Nose Day on Thursday, May 25, at 2 p.m. with a group picture outside City Hall on North Day Street. Red Nose Day is a fundraising campaign run by the […]
ORANGE, NJ — Orange High School alumni Reggie Miller and Dwight Holmes have been busy recently. Miller is the coordinator of the Rutgers Male Student Support Program at Orange Preparatory Academy, which works with district elementary- and middle school-age boys. Holmes is an Orange High School teacher and a former Orange City Council candidate who […]
ORANGE, NJ — ArtBender 2017, a 24-hour series of creative events including an art marathon and silent auction from noon on May 6 to noon on May 7, raised more than $9,300 for Arts Unbound, an organization that promotes art in the community for everyone.
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Junior League of the Oranges and Short Hills partnered with Our Lady of Sorrows Food Pantry in South Orange on April 21 and 22 to pack and distribute groceries to pantry participants. Leveraging donated bread from several area stores, including Whole Foods, JLOSH was able to help distribute bags of […]
ORANGE, NJ — New Orange Recreation Department Director Greg Tynes was among the Orange Township department heads who made a presentation to the South Ward residents who came out to Councilwoman Jamie Summers-Johnson’s community meeting at Heywood Avenue School on Wednesday, April 26. Tynes discussed plans to keep city kids active, interested, off the streets […]
MILLBURN, NJ — Proving that little hands can make a big difference, more than 150 children and their parents, along with 50 members of the Junior League of the Oranges and Short Hills took part in the fifth annual “Kids for Kids,” which is a children’s volunteer event organized by JLOSH in partnership with 10 […]