ORANGE, NJ — People’s Organization for Progress members recently rallied to support U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, who is vying with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination. “We might be in Orange for Bernie Sanders on Saturday,” said People’s Organization for Progress Chairman Larry Hamm on Tuesday, May 24. “We […]
ORANGE, NJ — Since Orange Mayor Dwayne Warren took office in 2012, the city has put some his family members and friends to work in the city payroll at the taxpayers’ expense. The mayor’s brother Todd Warren serves as police director, and his cousin, Raymond Wingfield, was promoted to deputy director of the Public Works […]
MILLBURN, NJ — The Junior League of the Oranges and Short Hills hosted its annual dinner on Wednesday, May 18, at the Racquets Club of Short Hills. During the dinner, Christina Connant, a resident of Short Hills and current JLOSH president, thanked former JLOSH President Kelly Sandler, who ended her term in March of this […]
EAST ORANGE / ORANGE, NJ — Late last month, the New Jersey State Police released the official 2014 Uniform Crime Report for the state of New Jersey. This annual report is based on crime statistics submitted to the state Uniform Crime Reporting System by every New Jersey law enforcement agency. The report, which is released […]
NEWARK, NJ — When Minister Louis Farrakhan of the Nation of Islam came to Newark on Monday, May 23, and spoke at Metropolitan Baptist Church on Springfield Avenue, elected officials from East Orange and Orange made sure they were in the audience. “(Orange Mayor) Dwayne Warren was there; (Newark Mayor) Ras Baraka was there; and […]
ORANGE, NJ — For years, police departments have been saying “crime has no borders,” emphasizing that crime is no longer limited to known, fixed locations and the usual suspects. Irvington Mayor Tony Vauss and his public safety director, Tracey Bowers, have taken that approach to combating crime to heart, with the help of Aide to […]
ORANGE, NJ — Orange Mayor Dwayne Warren left little doubt of his popularity, garnering 50 percent of the 3,917 votes cast in the municipal election on Tuesday, May 10. Warren won his second term with 1,960 votes, easily besting his two challengers, East Ward Councilman Kerry Coley and former Zoning Board member Janice Morrell, who […]
ORANGE, NJ — While the groundbreaking for the new Senior and Youth Recreation Center inside the old YWCA building on Main Street went smoothly for Orange Mayor Dwayne Warren on Saturday, May 7, not everyone at a recent debate was convinced all the $2.5 million in grant money was available to make the project happen. […]
ORANGE, NJ — The Record-Transcript filed an Open Public Records Act request on Monday, March 7, for a complete list of all the city of Orange Township employees that have been hired since Orange Mayor Dwayne Warren took office in 2012, as well as their corresponding job titles and salaries. Since Warren became mayor of […]
TRENTON, NJ — Comcast NBCUniversal awarded $92,000 in scholarships for the 2016-17 school year to 83 New Jersey high school seniors as part of its annual Leaders and Achievers Scholarship Program. The program, funded by the Comcast Foundation, is a one-time, $1,000 scholarship awarded to the best and brightest high school seniors for their community […]