WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Classic Film Festival is back, screening movies through February at AMC Dine-in Theatres in Essex Green on Sundays at 2 p.m. Tickets are available at www.amctheatres.com; West Orange Arts Council members may receive discounted tickets. The festival kicked off Jan. 6 by screening 1950’s “All About Eve.” The […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Essex County has released the plans for the 2019 Essex County Deer Management Program in South Mountain and Hilltop reservations. This is the 12th year of the program, which is geared toward revitalizing the forest ecology by reducing the number of deer. “Controlling the population by removing deer from South Mountain […]
NEWARK, NJ — Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo Jr., Essex County Sheriff Armando Fontoura and Essex County Surrogate Alturrick Kenney were sworn into office during an afternoon inauguration ceremony at Donald M. Payne Sr. School of Technology on Wednesday, Jan. 2. DiVincenzo was sworn into his fifth term as executive, Fontoura his 10th term as […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Community activist Roz Moskovitz Bielski and the Pleasant Valley Civic Association in West Orange successfully advocated for the creation of a handicapped parking space in front of a group home on Pleasant Valley Way. The home is operated by Cerebral Palsy of North Jersey and serves six adults with developmental disabilities. […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Kristin Gogerty, the West Orange School District’s Director of Special Services, detailed updates to the district’s special services department at the West Orange Board of Education meeting on Dec. 11. The changes stem from the results of a special education audit presented in January; Gogerty and staff in the department have […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Zoning Board of Adjustment heard testimony about the revised site plan for the redevelopment of the Essex Green Shopping Center at its Dec. 20 meeting, but ultimately did not vote after deciding there would not be enough time to consider the plan at the meeting. Residents questioned the […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — West Orange School District highlights and accomplishments were celebrated in second Parade of Honors Board of Education meeting on Dec. 17. The event was hosted by WOHS Council President Selam Woldai and Vice President Mike Petros. At the meeting, Outstanding Citizenship Awards were given to ChitChat Diner owner Gus Katsanos and […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Adler Aphasia Center, a nonprofit organization based in Maywood and West Orange that offers post-rehabilitative therapeutic programming to address the long-term needs of people with aphasia and their families, will hold monthly caregiver support groups for those whose loved ones are affected by aphasia. Aphasia is a language disorder caused […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Congratulations to Elizabeth Monge, Hirsch Pavilion charge nurse at Daughters of Israel, who was a recipient of the LeadingAge NJ “Excellence in Care” award. Monge was presented with the award at a Dec. 5 breakfast ceremony at the Boathouse at Mercer Lake.
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Following the international Conference of Parties Climate Summit in Katowice, Poland, from Dec. 3 through 14, students at Liberty Middle School held a simulated summit of their own on Dec. 17. The summit, which grew out of the Paris Climate Agreement, is organized by the United Nations. The results of this […]