Crime hits close to home in Orange

ORANGE, NJ — December began in an unpleasant way for Orange Township, with a taxi cab driver being shot and killed on Snyder Street late on Wednesday, Nov. 30, followed by an unidentified dead woman being discovered inside a vacant building in in the 300 block of Highland Avenue on Monday, Dec. 5. “Shortly after […]

Orange resident named curator of SOPAC gallery

SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The South Orange Performing Arts Center recently announced the appointment of Jeremy Moss of Orange as curator for the Herb & Milly Iris Gallery in the arts center. He will be overseeing the strategic direction of the gallery, as well as bringing new exhibits to the South Orange landmark that reflect […]

Nassan’s Place to host annual Holiday Party at Orange Elks Lodge 135

ORANGE, NJ — Nassan’s Place, and autism awareness and family services nonprofit organization, will host its annual Holiday Celebration on Sunday, Dec. 11, at the Orange Elks Lodge 135 on Main Street in Orange. “We partnered with the Orange Elks Lodge 135 once again,” Nadine Wright-Arbubakrr, Nassan’s Place founder and president, said Tuesday, Dec. 6. […]

Newark police nab suspect wanted for quadruple shooting, double homicide

Newark police nab suspect wanted for quadruple shooting, double homicide

NEWARK, NJ — Stevenson Valentin, of Maplewood, the alleged gunman in the quadruple shooting on Cleveland Street in Orange Township on Thursday, Nov. 3, that killed 21-month-old Marcus Milien and his 21-year-old uncle, Morlens Milice, was arrested by Newark Police Department officers during a traffic stop Saturday, Dec. 3. Valentin was to be arraigned by […]

ECPO to host information session on procedures for officer-involved fatal shootings

WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office will hold an information session on Tuesday, Dec. 13, at 7 p.m. to provide an overview of what happens in Essex County when an officer is involved in a fatal shooting. The 40-minute presentation will provide statistical data and other information and allow members of the […]

UNICO offers scholarships

ORANGE / WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Orange/West Orange Chapter of UNICO offers several scholarships to those pursuing higher education. For more information on the following scholarship opportunities, contact O/WO UNICO scholarship director Frank V. Gonnella at [email protected]. Sgt. John Basilone Memorial Graduate Scholarship: UNICO will grant up to a maximum of $6,000, paid out […]

Mayors Council to head to D.C. to push flood mitigation plan along

ESSEX / UNION COUNTIES, NJ — The Mayors Council on Rahway River Watershed Flood Control will head to Trenton this week to meet with Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Robert Martin on Dec. 9 to urge the state to move ahead on the state funding of the Rahway River Flood Mitigation plan, including getting to […]

Students come out for Orange’s seventh annual Teen Summit

Students come out for Orange’s seventh annual Teen Summit

ORANGE, NJ — When Orange’s public schools hosted its seventh annual Teen Summit at Lincoln Avenue Elementary School on Saturday, Nov. 19, it was different from those that had preceded it for a number of reasons. “We didn’t do Friday; we just did Saturday, one day,” said Teen Summit founder Laura Sacks, who is also […]