ORANGE, NJ — Although Tuesday, Jan. 31, was the deadline for the Orange Board of Education to add a referendum to the special election ballot on Tuesday, March 14, asking city voters for permission to bond for the $2.5 million that Board of Education President Cristina Mateo said is needed to perform much-needed capital improvements […]
ORANGE, NJ — Orange city clerk Joyce Lanier held the drawing for ballot positions for the March 14 special election for two new Orange Board of Education seats in City Hall on Friday, Feb. 3. “There are two terms: an eight-month term and a one year and eight months term. Now that the ballot drawing […]
ORANGE, NJ — A groundbreaking ceremony for the Harvard Printing Project, 550 Central Ave., Orange, will be Monday, Feb. 13 at 11 a.m. Orange Mayor Dwayne D. Warren and Joseph Alpert, president of the Alpert Group, will be in attendance, as will other dignitaries and elected officials. The project will entail the adaptive re-use of […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — For the sixth year straight, the nation’s largest charity evaluator has awarded the Metropolitan YMCA of the Oranges its top rating in recognition of the organization’s sound fiscal management and commitment to accountability and transparency. “Only 5 percent of the charities we evaluate have received at least six consecutive four-star evaluations, […]
LIVINGSTON, NJ — With the threats to reproductive health care access becoming ever more real, according to a press release from NCJW/Essex, a program on Thursday, Jan. 26, “The Information Void: A Discussion of Reproductive Health Education,” drew a crowd of 200 people ready to take action. The program, sponsored by more than 20 organizations […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — The Mayors Council on Rahway River Watershed Flood Control will head to Washington, D.C., on Feb. 15 to urge the Congress to appropriate funds to begin the engineering and pre-construction work on the Rahway River Flood Mitigation plan in President Donald Trump’s first budget, according to a release from the Mayors […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — According to Essex County, 81,798 people visited the 10th annual Essex County Holiday Lights Spectacular at Turtle Back Zoo and more than 18 tons of non-perishable food, clothing and toys were collected for those in need. Both the attendance and amount of items collected were the second most in the event’s […]
ORANGE, NJ — Attempts to both change the Orange School District from a Type 1 appointed board to Type 2 elected board and then change it back to its original status have left residents questioning the priorities of the Orange Board of Education. In November 2016, according to the Essex County Clerk’s Office, 3,899 Orange […]
ORANGE, NJ — Although the Tuesday, Jan. 31, deadline has passed, there is still no word as to whether the Orange Board of Education has decided to add a referendum to the March 14 special election ballot that will ask voters for permission to bond for $2.5 million that BOE President Cristina Mateo has said […]
NEWARK, NJ — Fredricka Bey and the Women In Support of the Million Man March held an installment of the ongoing home mortgage foreclosure prevention and education forums at Essex County College on Wednesday, Jan. 25. Journalist Walter Fields moderated the forum and a number of area elected officials participated in the event, including Irvington […]