WEST ORANGE — Police are looking for a man who showed a gun while robbing another person during what was supposed to be the sale of some sneakers. Initial contact had been made on Facebook Marketplace where the sale was arranged and scheduled to take place on Sunday July 16, at 6:30 p.m. at the […]
Shawna Supel thought she’d be working in the municipal clerk’s office for about a year when she took a job as a “computer operator” in 2001. “When I started, there was a typewriter on my desk. I was used to using computers,” Supel said. “I was only going to be here for a year but […]
Sheila Y. Oliver, lieutenant governor of New Jersey and the first African-American woman in state history to serve as assembly speaker, died on Aug. 1. She was 71. No cause of death was given but Oliver had been admitted to Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston with an undisclosed medical condition, according to a statement […]
Irvington High School’s new principal doesn’t drink or smoke. “Coaching is my vice,” Principal Darnel Mangan said. “Coaching is the vehicle that drove me here.” Mangan is almost certainly the first person ever kicked out of an Irvington public school as a student to return and become principal of a school in the district. He […]
South Orange filmmaker April Merl recently received $5,000 from the New Jersey Council for the Humanities (NJCH), for a project within its Visualizing Democracy: Contemporary Conversations initiative. The commissions follow a request for proposals for digital projects that will explore, curate, and visualize a recently created conversation archive on the state of democracy within New […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection will host two community listening sessions to gather ideas from the public on the development of the Greenway. The Greenway is a nine-mile former rail corridor passing through Essex and Hudson counties that will be transformed into a recreational destination for the state. The […]
Township Police Chief Phyllis L. Bindi was one of 40 people from around the world to be awarded an honorary doctorate degree and a Humanitarian Platinum Leadership Award from the Institute of Public Policy and Diplomacy and the Humanitarian Focus Foundation. Bindi and the other winners, which included ambassadors, government ministers, a model and a […]
BLOOMFIELD — The train station in the township will be getting a major overhaul. The NJ Transit Board of Directors has approved a contract for the design and construction of a project that will transform the station into a modern accessible station with high level platforms, according to a press release from NJ Transit. The […]
SOUTH ORANGE — The president of Seton Hall University has announced that he is stepping down from his job. “I believe this is an appropriate time for new leadership to help write the next chapter of Seton Hall’s remarkable story,” said Joseph E. Nyre. “As such, I have informed the Board of Regents that I […]
Summertime celebrations in Bloomfield Center are not over yet, but one crowd-pleaser is. The Bloomfield Center Alliance, a non-profit community development organization, hosted its final 2023 Classic Car Shows at Broad Street and Bloomfield Avenue. The curbside exhibit is a popular opportunity for vintage car owners, from Bloomfield and beyond, to have their four-wheeled pride […]