WEST ORANGE, NJ — West Orange author Jennifer Walkup chose to follow the old adage “Write what you know” for her second young adult novel, “This Ordinary Life,” currently on sale in bookstores and online. But in her case, this was more than an attempt to simplify the writing process; it was a chance to tell […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The New Jersey Supreme Court unanimously upheld the superior and appellate courts’ dismissals of the lawsuit filed by five West Orange residents against the township regarding the issuance of $6.3 million in municipal bonds to Edison Village redeveloper Prism Capital Partners in a decision on Dec. 21, 2015. In the decision written […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The former executive director of the Newark Watershed Conservation and Development Corp. admitted Dec. 21 to accepting approximately $999,000 in kickback payments in exchange for her assistance in awarding work to various vendors and contractors of the agency, according to a Dec. 21 press release from the United State Attorney’s Office […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Arson Task Force has yet to determine the cause or origin of the three-alarm fire that severely damaged the nearly 200-year old St. Mark’s Episcopal Church early New Year’s Day, though a spokeswoman did say that nothing at this stage of the investigation indicates that the blaze […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Owens family from Plainfield was recognized on Sunday, Dec. 13, 2015, for being the 700,000th visitors to Essex County Turtle Back Zoo during 2015. This is the first time attendance has exceeded the 700,000 mark and the 11th consecutive year that a new annual attendance record has been set at […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange High School Cheerleading Team is holding its second Mountaineer Cheerleading Competition on Saturday, Jan. 9, beginning at 9 a.m. in the West Orange High School Tarnoff Gymnasium, 51 Conforti Ave. The event will feature local recreation, high school and all-star teams performing in various divisions. Professional judges will score the […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The fifth annual Gregory Neighborhood Food Drive collected a record number of donations for the local food pantry and provided nearly 80 bags of toiletry and goods from Gregory Elementary School, according to a release. The food drive, coordinated this year by West Orange residents and Gregory parents Amy Hains and […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The spoken word will again be highlighted at the 10th annual Poetry Out Loud finals on Wednesday, Jan. 6, at 7 p.m. in the West Orange High School auditorium. The Poetry Out Loud website describes the vision of the competition as “a contest that encourages the nation’s youth to learn about great poetry […]
By Rebekah Pedo, Correspondent WEST ORANGE, NJ — What is life like in the combat boots of a United States soldier in Afghanistan? Any student at West Orange High School knows it is different from life here in West Orange. It is hard to understand if we cannot put names to the faces of those who […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Millions of people across the United States and abroad have celebrated Kwanzaa since it was created in 1966 by activist and Africana studies professor Maulana Karenga. But for all the people who choose to participate in the annual tradition honoring African heritage held the week after Christmas, there are many more who […]