Hours of heavy rain led to flooding at Columbia High School in Maplewood, a power outage at a West Orange middle school and a nightmare commute Monday with roads flooded and NJ Transit experiencing hour long delays. A flood warning was issued for much of northern New Jersey and floods were reported in many areas, […]
WEST ORANGE — Luna Stage will host the regional premiere of “Trich,” a play about an obsessive compulsive disorder. The show was written and will be performed by United Solo Best Actress Winner Becca Schneider. Jenn Haltman and Casey Pfeifer will direct the show, which will have a two-week run from Dec. 1 to Dec. […]
ORANGE — The township has a new water company and has changed its billing system. On Aug. 2, the City Council approved a new water operator and management company for the water, sewer and stormwater systems. The previous operations agreement was expiring and the then operator, Veolia, was not interested in submitting a new bid, […]
Keely Freeman grew up poor in Newark. She changed that by receiving a bachelor’s degree in economics from Rutgers University and working in investment banking on Wall Street. Yet, something always told her to volunteer. “I fell in love volunteering at a homeless shelter in Newark,” said the West Orange resident. “It absolutely changed my […]
The two candidates for Essex County Commissioner participated in a League of Women Voters debate on Oct. 4 in Livingston. Incumbent Democrat Leonard Luciano and Republican Adam Kraemer spoke in front of a small group at Livingston Community Center, discussing issues and offering why they were the right person to represent the 4th District on […]
MAPLEWOOD — A woman has been charged with assault for allegedly pepper spraying a Brown Street resident while claiming she was from the state Division of Child Protection and Permanency. On Sept. 30, police responded to a Brown Street residence on a report of an aggravated assault. Officers spoke with the resident who reported that […]
ORANGE — Nearly 100 Orange residents gathered at Sandwiches Unlimited to view design concepts and learn about the Main Street Redesign Project. The project that promises to make the area safer for pedestrians, more aesthetically pleasing and easier to get around both in cars and via mass transit is moving towards the final development stages […]
The governor’s office, NJ Transit and the mayor of East Orange are among those expressing concern about Coach USA’s plans to discontinue its O.N.E. bus service through East Orange and surrounding communities. As of Sunday, Oct. 8, the 24, 31 and 44 routes that travel through East Orange, Orange, South Orange, Newark and Elizabeth will […]
Coach USA will stop running its bus routes from Orange, East Orange and South Orange to Newark on Oct. 8. “We attempted to find a solution that would allow service to continue but none prevailed,” said Dan Rodriguez, vice president of public affairs at Coach USA. “Routes managed by operators such as O.N.E Bus, DeCamp […]
Gov. Phil Murphy signed into law last week a bill requiring school districts to provide menstrual products free of charge in every public school teaching students in grades six through 12. A study from 2021 found that nearly one in four teenagers throughout the United States struggle to afford menstrual products, especially students of color […]