Avoid the common mistakes in estate, long-term care planning

Avoid the common mistakes in estate, long-term care planning

WEST ORANGE, NJ — Yale S. Hauptman, founding partner of Hauptman & Hauptman, will host “Estate and Long-Term Care Planning Blunders: Don’t Make the Same Mistakes” on Monday, Sept. 9, at 12:30 p.m. at the JCC MetroWest, 760 Northfield Ave. in West Orange. This forum will discuss and answer questions about the legal issues families […]

County dedicates section of highway to honor slain patrolman

County dedicates section of highway to honor slain patrolman

NEWARK, NJ — Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo Jr., NJ State Sen. Teresa Ruiz and Sheriff Armando Fontoura announced the dedication of the “Patrolman Daniel ‘Danny’ J. Smith Memorial” on Wednesday, Aug. 28. A native of Bloomfield and a member of the old Essex County Police Department, Smith was fatally shot on Sept. 17, 1984, […]

Old Timer’s Day returns Sept. 7 to WO

Old Timer’s Day returns Sept. 7 to WO

WEST ORANGE, NJ — West Orange will hold its 43rd annual Old Timer’s Day on Saturday, Sept. 7, at noon at Colgate Park. Ben’s Lunch softball team will receive the Team Recognition Award, and the following people will be individually honored: Jackie Cassidy, Pat Cassidy, Vinny Delort, Gary Fittin, Herman Shauger, Buzzy Thatcher, Rich Strowe, […]

NJAW to customers: Our water is safe to drink

NJAW to customers: Our water is safe to drink

ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — In light of the ongoing issues related to elevated lead levels in Newark, New Jersey American Water is reassuring its customers that their water is safe to drink. “New Jersey American Water routinely tests and monitors the drinking water leaving the treatment facilities and at different distribution points through the system […]

WOHS athletic bubble behind schedule

Architect says delay is due to contractor and manufacturer disagreement

WOHS athletic bubble behind schedule

WEST ORANGE, NJ — The air structure known as the “bubble” at West Orange High School that houses locker rooms, a weight room and a practice facility is in the midst of its rebuild after a snowstorm collapsed the structure in February 2018. The West Orange Board of Education received an update on the progress […]

Ninth annual 5K Run/3K Walk for Nikhil set for Sept. 15

Ninth annual 5K Run/3K Walk for Nikhil set for Sept. 15

WEST ORANGE, NJ — Registration is now open for the ninth annual Stop For Nikhil 5K Run/Walk to remember those who died and to honor those who have been seriously injured in traffic crashes. The event will be Sunday, Sept. 15, at West Orange High School, 51 Conforti Ave. On race day, registration begins at […]

WOHS Student Council members attend Jeter’s ‘Re2pect Our Voice’ conference

WOHS Student Council members attend Jeter’s ‘Re2pect Our Voice’ conference

WEST ORANGE, NJ — Four West Orange Student Council members had the opportunity to attend Derek Jeter’s 2019 Leaders Leadership Conference in Philadelphia from Aug. 4 through 8. The event was presented by Goldman Sachs. Jeter’s Leaders is part of the former Yankee’s Turn2 Foundation. According to the website, “Jeter’s Leaders is a leadership development […]