ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — On Tuesday, Jan. 12, Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo Jr. presented a 2021 budget of $770 million that addresses the challenges due to the ongoing national economic conditions, according to a press release from the county. Layoffs have been avoided since 2004 and budgets have been unveiled before the state’s statutory […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Township Council held its first meeting of the new year on Jan. 5, swearing in two new council members and a new council president. Cindy Matute-Brown, in the third year of her first term on the council, was elected council president, while Bill Rutherford and Tammy Williams were […]
NEWARK, NJ — Approximately 150 men in ICE custody are on a hunger strike inside the Essex County Correctional Facility and the Hudson County Correctional Center in an effort to be released from custody so they can be reunited with their families, away from the rising number of COVID-19 cases in the detention centers. As […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Jan. 6, 2021, is a day that will live in infamy. Thousands of individuals, some armed, from across the country stormed the U.S. Capitol looking to halt the certification of the results of the November 2020 presidential election based on unfounded claims of election fraud. These individuals — who have alternatively […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — To kick off 2021, and in recognition of the current challenges that 2020 leaves behind, the Llewellyn Park Ladies Association was able to donate a $1,000 check to the Holy Trinity–West Orange Food Pantry to help offset the pantry’s growing demand. The LPLA also runs a monthly donation series to the […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Gov. Phil Murphy toured the Essex County vaccination center at the former Kmart building in West Orange on Jan. 8. ‘Essex County has been hit hard by this pandemic, but with this vaccination center, a strong recovery and brighter days lie ahead,’ Murphy said. Photos Courtesy of Phil Murphy
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Terry Trigg-Scales was voted in as president and Jennifer Tunnicliffe as vice president at the annual West Orange Board of Education reorganization meeting on Jan. 7. Melinda Huerta, who defeated incumbent Ken Alper in the November election, was sworn in as the newest board member. Huerta thanked the community for their […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Joel Castillo has been named the new principal of Kelly Elementary School in West Orange following the retirement of longtime Principal Joanne Pollara. Castillo arrives in West Orange with 15 years of experience in the educational field and boundless enthusiasm for the task ahead. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Daughters of Israel kicked off the new year with a celebration as residents and staff at the nursing home in West Orange received the first round of the COVID-19 vaccine on Jan. 1, a step in the right direction toward ending the pandemic that kept the home’s residents from seeing their […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — West Orange High School sophomore Daniel Aguilera will be attending the W.E.B. DuBois Accelerated Learning Academy at Princeton University for the first workshop of the program from Jan. 8 to 10. The academy is named for W.E.B. DuBois, world-renowned historian, civil rights activist, sociologist, author and editor. He was the first […]