TC votes 4-1 for police to have access to doorbell footage shared on Ring app
WEST ORANGE, NJ — On Aug. 13, the West Orange Township Council approved a resolution allowing the Police Department to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding with Ring, a doorbell surveillance system owned by Amazon. The MOU allows the WOPD to access the Neighbors app, where citizens who own a Ring system can voluntarily share […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Close to 100 people attended the opening reception for Jim Horton’s “Artists of the Oranges” photo exhibit on Aug. 17 a the West Orange Arts Center. “This exhibit celebrates the artist next door and the vibrant art scene in the Oranges,” Horton said. “It was a pleasure to meet these talented […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Capt. Will Holder of the West Orange Fire Department, who was injured July 30 in an accident on I-280 in West Orange, was released Aug. 19 from University Hospital in Newark. He was transported by a WOFD ambulance to JFK Rehabilitation Institute in Edison, where he will continue with rehab for […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Downtown West Orange Alliance recently received a transformation grant from the Main Street New Jersey program, according to an Aug. 20 press release from the township. The DWOA will receive $20,250 of nearly $350,000 being distributed in MSNJ grants to only 17 downtown district organizations in the state. The grant […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Public Library and Turtle Back Zoo will present “Animal Habitats” on Sunday, Sept. 15, at 2 p.m. at the library, 46 Mt. Pleasant Ave. Learn about animals from all different habitats around the globe and how they survive. You might even get to meet one or two! Space […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Members of the Senior Garden Club gather for lunch at the Toby Katz Center at Degnan Park for the first Harvest Garden Festival Luncheon on Aug. 13. In addition to other food, attendees supped on vegetables and herbs grown on the premises in the community garden under the guidance of Rutgers […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — PSE&G is warning New Jersey residents that scammers have spoofed one of its phone numbers in attempts to obtain personal information. PSE&G recently received an escalating number of phone calls from people claiming to be returning missed calls that appear to have been made from a PSE&G phone number. “If you […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — West Orange police announced the evening of Aug. 6 that the 25-year-old West Orange woman and her two children reported missing the previous day had been found and were safe. The morning of Aug. 5, local police reached out to the community asking for information as to the whereabouts of Gabrielle […]
NEWARK, NJ — On Aug. 12, John Searles, 23, of Edison, was sentenced to 20 years in New Jersey State Prison by Superior Court Judge Verna Leath after an Essex County jury convicted him of first-degree attempted murder and weapons offenses, according to acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore Stephens II. Assistant Prosecutor Stephanie Faloyin, who […]
LIVINGSTON, NJ — Saint Barnabas Medical Center celebrated the grand opening of a human milk depot in partnership with Mothers’ Milk Bank Northeast. This is the first New Jersey milk bank for Mothers’ Milk Bank Northeast. Mothers who are nursing and producing more milk than they need can give other babies a chance to receive […]