ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo Jr. presented his 14th annual State of the County Address on Monday, Feb. 27, in the Essex County Hospital Center in Cedar Grove. The multimedia presentation outlined county achievements and improvement projects completed in 2016, highlighted the services and programs offered by Essex County and announced […]
ORANGE, NJ — Bishop Reginald Jackson, the former pastor of St. Matthew African Methodist Episcopal Church on Oakwood Avenue in Orange, returned Saturday, Feb. 25, to officiate at the funeral of former Orange City Council President William Lewis, who died Saturday, Feb. 18, at Beth Israel Hospital in Newark. “Today, we come to celebrate the […]
ORANGE, NJ — The Orange School District will host a Preschool Registration Fair on Saturday, March 4, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Orange Early Childhood Center, 397 Park Ave., Orange. The Orange Board of Education provides a full-day preschool education for all 3- and 4-year-old residents of Orange. There is no […]
ORANGE, NJ — The contested Orange Board of Education special election to elect two new members to the current seven-member board, increasing the total membership to nine, is still planned for March 14. Orange voters chose in the November 2016 election to shift from a Type 1 appointed school board to a Type 2 elected […]
ORANGE, NJ — Former Orange City Council President William “Bill” Lewis died of complications from congestive heart disease and related symptoms at Newark Beth Israel Hospital in Newark on Saturday, Feb 18. He was 84 years old. A wake for the former councilman will be held Friday, Feb. 24, from 3 to 6 p.m. at […]
ORANGE, NJ — The following Orange Police Department officers who died in the line of duty are to be honored Thursday, Feb. 23, in front of the Freddie Polhill Law and Justice Complex on Park Street: detective Kieran T. Shields, officer Joyce Carnegie, Lt. Hermann Peccarelli and patrolman Frank Guzzo. Shields died after being shot […]
EAST ORANGE, ORANGE, NJ — For the second year in a row, Bibi Taylor, the wife of East Orange Mayor Lester Taylor, and Dr. Karma B. Warren, the wife of Orange Mayor Dwayne Warren, will join members of the Montclair Chapter of Drifters Inc. in sponsoring a unique coat giveaway program, named “Coffee & Coats” […]
ORANGE, NJ — In an email to the Record-Transcript on Monday, Feb. 13, Orange City Council President Donna K. Williams confirmed the date of the special election for the two new Orange Board of Education members as Tuesday, March 14. Orange voted on Public Question No. 1 in November 2016 to change from an appointed […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Matthew J. Morahan III Health Assessment Center for Athletes at RWJBarnabas Health will provide free cardiac and concussion baseline screenings to young athletes on Saturday, March 4, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Codey Arena, 560 Northfield Ave. in West Orange. Available to the first 200 young athletes who […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — The Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Team recently held its annual dinner at Essex County Hospital, thanking 16 members of the community who went above and beyond to help ADAPT accomplish its goals and objectives this past year. ADAPT, managed by FAMILYConnections, is a community coalition dedicated to reducing underaged drinking […]