WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Education Association, in partnership with the New Jersey Education Association, will present a unique and valuable opportunity to see what kind of driver West Orange teens and their parents are on March 23 at the “Save Your Teen Driver” event in the Library Media Center at West Orange […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The professional engineer hired by the International Federation of Chaplains to inspect the former St. Mark’s Episcopal Church building following its New Year’s Day fire has revised his design plans for shoring up the structure, adding a few minor details at the request of the township. Guy Lagomarsino, the principal of Optimized […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Township Councilwoman Michelle Casalino presents registered dietician LaChell Miller of Village Supermarkets ShopRite with a proclamation for National Nutrition Month March 2016 at the March 8 council meeting.
WEST ORANGE, NJ — West Orange has received a total of $440,000 from the Community Development Block Grant Program, an initiative funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and administered through the Essex County Division of Housing and Community Development that provides monies to projects benefiting low- and moderate-income populations. That total […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Members of a local conservancy group are expressing disappointment that the latest concept plan presented by Garden Homes Inc., which is proposing to build 104 single-family homes on the 120.5-acre parcel of land it owns behind the West Essex Highlands condominium complex, is not in compliance with an agreement Garden Homes […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Public Library is asking the Township Council for an additional $200,000 in its 2016 budget beyond the minimum allotment the state requires of municipalities for library funding, but this won’t be possible in light of this year’s severe economic constraints, according to the township administration. According to the […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Township Councilman Jerry Guarino, whose sister has multiple sclerosis, presents Arnold Levy of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society with a proclamation for MS Awareness Week, which runs March 7 through 13, at the March 8 council meeting.
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange High School cheerleading team capped off a winning season at the 2016 New Jersey Cheerleading and Dance Coaches Association State Championship at Sun National Bank Center in Trenton on March 6, taking first place in the Varsity Non-Tumbling Division. Facing tough competition from teams across New Jersey, the […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — A West Orange High School senior is donating her time and talents to the West Orange Fire Department — though her work has nothing to do with putting out fires. Siena Stanislaus is nearly finished painting a large WOFD patch on the floor of the recently converted Mount Pleasant Avenue Fire […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Jim Pond, owner of Jersey Mike’s Subs on Prospect Avenue, has chosen the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation as the recipient for Jersey Mike’s March “Month of Giving.” Sean Squires, 18, is a senior at West Orange High School and an employee at the popular sub store. He also has cystic fibrosis, which […]