WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Board of Education voted unanimously at its June 18 meeting on a resolution to join the Fair Funding Action Committee, a school-funding activist organization, in an effort to bring more funding to the students of West Orange. Joining the committee will allow the West Orange School District to connect with […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Students at West Orange High School knew that they wanted to do more than hold a memorial service for the students killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., on Feb. 14. That service was held on March 14, one month after the shootings. Students then held a multimedia […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — A family’s fight to build wheelchair ramps at their house on Conforti Avenue finally came to a close June 21, when the West Orange Zoning Board of Adjustment voted to approve a variance that will allow Stephanie Roman and Abenimbola Laniyan to install ramps in the front and back of their […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — What do a magician, a baseball coach and a microbiologist have in common? They, along with several other parents and community members, stopped by to share about the work they do at the Mt. Pleasant Career Day on June 8. Students were excited to hear about different careers from a wide […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Adler Aphasia Center, located in West Orange and Maywood, recently accepted a formal resolution in Trenton as the state of New Jersey formally declared June as National Aphasia Awareness Month. Each year, the state passes a joint statewide resolution, which is introduced on the floor of the State Senate; this awareness […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The seats of the Richard J. Codey Arena were packed with family and friends of the 2018 graduating class of West Orange High School on Thursday, June 21. Their cheers and applause echoed throughout the arena as the seniors walked onto the transformed hockey rink, united with their blue caps and […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Police Community Services Unit will be conducting a two-session summer program. Sessions are expected to begin July 9. The first session, for rising fifth- and sixth-graders, will run from 10 a.m. to noon, and the second session, for rising seventh-graders, will run from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. Activities […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — The Essex County Division of Mosquito Control/Environmental Services conducts mosquito control measures throughout the year, but property owners can help control the mosquito population by eliminating any standing water from their properties in which mosquitoes could lay eggs. The following are some easy tips provided by the American Mosquito Control Association […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division, Elias and Katia LLC — the owner of an Exxon gas station in West Orange — has paid $132,735 in back wages to 13 attendants to resolve violations of the minimum wage, overtime and recordkeeping provisions of the […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — West Orange High School nurse Denise Makri-Werzen has received the 2018 New Jersey State School Nurses Association Award for Essex County. Werzen was nominated for the award by Daria Napolitano, co-president of the Essex County School Nurses Association. With a student population of more than 2,000 students, Makri-Werzen serves a large […]