WEST ORANGE, NJ — The township’s annual Independence Day celebration drew residents from all around town to the fields behind West Orange High School. There were activities for the whole family, including a Kids Zone with games and rides for children, followed at dusk by a spectacular fireworks show. Throughout the festivities, residents were able […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Svanfridur Mura spent four days between March and June protesting in front of West Orange’s Town Hall to ask the local and national governments to take action on climate change. The catch is that she skipped school to do it. Mura, who will be in eighth grade at Roosevelt Middle School […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Township Council approved a $328,680 contract between the township and Mobility Coach, which will provide drivers for the town’s jitneys for the next year, at its June 25 meeting. While the resolution was approved unanimously, council members discussed possibly charging for the currently free service in the future […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — On June 30, Gov. Phil Murphy signed the Fiscal Year 2020 Appropriations Act into law. The budget lacked the governor’s long-supported millionaire’s tax, which had been vehemently opposed by N.J. Senate President Stephen Sweeney. While Murphy seemingly lost the fight for a millionaire’s tax, he hit back with Executive Order No. […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Arts Center will present Rosario D’Rivera’s “Introspection,” a show examining one’s own consciousness, thoughts and feelings. The process relies exclusively on observation of one’s mental state, while in a spiritual context, it may refer to the examination of one’s soul. The exhibit will run from April 1 to […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Seton Hall University professor Lauren Snowdon and adjunct faculty member Maggie McNiece, both of whom also work at the Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation, were presented with the opportunity to work on “The Upside,” a major motion picture, after giving a tour of Kessler to the movie’s producers and actor Bryan Cranston. […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The International Concrete Repair Institute has awarded its “Repair Project of the Year” honor to Prism Construction Management for its work on Residences at Edison Lofts in Edison Village. The industrial-to-residential redevelopment of the Thomas Edison Invention Factory and Commerce Center in West Orange included the reconstruction of a 100-year-old, cast-in-place […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — West Orange High School’s annual Business Forum, held on Feb. 15, featured local business professionals who discussed their career paths and encouraged students with practical advice. The event was sponsored by the Future Business Leaders of America Club, the New Jersey Future Educators of America Club and WOHS Business Department. Presenters […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Ab-Salute, the West Orange High School boys’ step team, and Nu Theta Omega, the WOHS girls’ step team, took first and second place at the Youth Step USA competition held Feb. 16. Both teams will advance to the National competition, to be held in May at Newark Symphony Hall. “The boys […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Board of Education discussed making the start time of the school day at West Orange High School later at its Feb. 11 meeting, after student representatives to the board presented research in support of the change. The district has discussed the topic in past years and will now consider giving […]