IRVINGTON, NJ — Irvington seemed in danger of suffering its fifth homicide of the year on Friday, Aug. 17, but thanks to good police work by the Public Safety Department, that was not the case. On Friday, Aug. 17, acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino and Irvington Police Public Safety Director Tracy Bowers announced […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — East Orange is gearing up for the 3rd and 4th Ward 10th annual Summer Jam and House Music Festival in Elmwood Park on Saturday, Aug. 25, from noon to 10 p.m. This year’s installment of the city’s official end-of-summer event, dubbed “Music for the Soul,” features DJ Teeramz, DJ Fuquan, Eric […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — East Orange Campus High School alumnus and Super Bowl Champion Rasul Douglas, of the Philadelphia Eagles, is scheduled to host a Back to School Community Giveback on Friday, Aug. 24, from 4 to 6 p.m. at the East Orange Fire Department’s Firehouse 2 at 60 Main St. The event has been […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo Jr. renewed his request to Gov. Phil Murphy, Senate President Steve Sweeney and Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin to reenact the 2-percent cap on interest-arbitration increases for police and fire employees Tuesday, Aug. 14. The measure was first introduced in 2011 and renewed in 2014, before it was […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Valley Arts district of West Orange and Orange has been going through a resurgence in recent years, continuing Wednesday Aug. 8, with the groundbreaking of the Valley Residential project on Central Avenue. The empty lot will soon be turned into residential development, built by New Jersey Housing, Mortgage Finance Agency […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo Jr. announced Aug. 8 that Essex County is withdrawing all its accounts from Wells Fargo because of “predatory lending schemes and aggressive foreclosure practices by the banking giant,” according to a release from the county. Under DiVincenzo’s directive, Essex County began removing its accounts from Wells Fargo […]
LIVINGSTON, NJ — The 10th annual NCJW/Essex Back 2 School Store brought grins all around on Sunday, July 29, as hundreds of children went shopping at a one-day pop-up store designed to help economically disadvantaged children in Essex County. “I love my new backpack and I got to pick it out myself!” exclaimed one little […]
ORANGE, NJ — Once upon a time, “Putting on the Hits” was a hit television show featuring talented people from all walks of life and different parts of the country singing, dancing and performing their favorite music. On Saturday, Aug. 4, local promoter and talent agent Charles Barner put on his own version of “Putting […]
ORANGE, NJ — Irvington Township was represented by Lionel Leach at this year’s annual Orange Caribbean Festival, organized by Nikki Amos and Campanella Godfrey, in Monte Irving Park on Central Avenue in Orange on Saturday, Aug. 4. A former Communications Workers of America Union official, as well as part of former Mayor Wayne Smith’s unsuccessful […]
ORANGE, NJ — Every year, Nikki Amos and Campanella Godfrey organize Orange’s Caribbean Festival in Monte Irvin Orange Park on Central Avenue, with the support of the local mayor, Orange City Council and a host of public and private supporters. On Saturday, Aug. 4, this year’s efforts attracted the attention of Carol Thomas and her […]