ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Essex County dog owners are invited to display their creativity and participate in “Strut Your Mutt,” the county’s annual canine Halloween costume parade and contest. This year, four parades have been scheduled, with the newly-opened Branch Brook Dog Park hosting its first event. Participation is free. Parade No. 1 will be […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — The 30 honorees in the 2019 class of the East Orange Hall of Fame were announced on Friday, Oct. 4, in the Jean L. James Auditorium at Cicely Tyson School and Performing Arts Center, 35 Winans St., East Orange. The gala induction ceremony, scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 30, at 6 p.m., […]
BELLEVILLE, NJ — Irvington Mayor Tony Vauss and his wife, April, kicked off the fifth annual Mayor’s Ball at Nanina’s In the Park in Belleville on Thursday, Oct. 3. The star-studded event, hosted by multiplatinum selling rhythm and blues entertainer Ginuwine, saw guests dressed to the nines for the black-tie affair. “My ball brings together […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Oranges and Maplewood Unit of the NAACP will host a workshop on community policing on Tuesday, Oct. 15, AT 7:30 p.m. in Room 1 at Codey Arena, 560 Northfield Ave. in West Orange. The event, “Police Stops with Safety for All,” is intended to discuss effective behaviors and approaches to […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — The Junior League of the Oranges & Short Hills, together with MEND and other volunteer organizations, came together at America’s Grow-a-Row in Pittstown to harvest fresh produce. Together, volunteers picked more than 4,000 pounds of tomatoes, which will provide more than 16,000 servings of farm fresh produce for so many individuals […]
ORANGE, NJ — Orange City Council President Tency A. Eason hosted a North Ward community meeting at the Crown and Cross Christian Church that was attended by local city and Board of Education officials, as well as about 40 residents, Thursday, Sept. 26. “A change is coming to the North Ward,” Eason told the audience […]
TRENTON, NJ — The Division of Highway Traffic Safety is calling on drivers, pedestrians, motorcyclists and bicyclists in New Jersey to join in a one-day national safety campaign on Thursday, Oct. 10, to raise awareness of the more than 35,000 lives lost each year in motor vehicle-related crashes nationwide. “Put the Brakes on Fatalities Day,” […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — East Orange partnered with Habitat for Humanity of Greater Newark for a press conference outside City Hall in East Orange on Wednesday, Sept. 25, to launch the Critical Repair and Healthy Homes Initiative, which was funded by a $450,000 Community Development Block Grant to the city from the U.S. Department of […]
CEDAR GROVE, NJ — The Essex County Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day will be Saturday, Oct. 5, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Essex County Fleet Maintenance Facility, 99 West Bradford Ave. in Cedar Grove. “There are some materials that should be removed from our regular waste stream because of their hazardous nature. […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — Mayor Ted Green joined the city of East Orange for a ceremony renaming the corner of Monroe and Roosevelt avenues in honor of longtime resident and trailblazing civic leader Goldie T. Burbage on Thursday, Sept. 19. Burbage, 94, was the first black woman in the history of East Orange to serve […]