WEST ORANGE, NJ — Mayor Robert Parisi poses with Nick Macioci at the corner of Valley Road and Nutman Place in West Orange on March 5. The ceremonial renaming of Massi Way honors Macioci’s late father, a former West Orange resident who lived in this neighborhood. Massi was an original member of the Four Seasons, […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — The New Jersey Arts and Culture Recovery Fund has awarded $2.6 million in grants to more than 100 nonprofit organizations across the state in its initial round of grantmaking. Grants will provide critical financial support for organizations and individuals in the cultural sector hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. In the […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Golda Och Academy announced March 2 that the Jane and Daniel Och Family Foundation has agreed to make a $10 million challenge gift to support the school’s efforts to significantly invest in teaching excellence. The gift will establish the Dr. Michael Och Fund for Faculty Excellence, an endowment fund named in […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Township Council voted to move forward with a Payment in Lieu of Taxes, or PILOT, agreement for the redevelopment plan at Executive Drive, moving another step closer to building a new library at 10 Rooney Circle to replace the current one on Mount Pleasant Avenue. The ordinance to […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Police Department and the West Orange Fire Department, in partnership with the town’s Department of Senior Services and the West Orange Age-Friendly initiative, have announced a new program for the senior and medically disabled community. Operation Blue Angel is designed to provide additional peace of mind for the […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Because of the pandemic, trails in the South Mountain Reservation are being used now more than ever. With the increase in foot traffic, there is a lot more trash, too. In response, the South Mountain Conservancy and Sassquad Trail Running are asking residents to get involved in a plogging weekend, from […]
By Cynthia Cumming Special Correspondent WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange School District is moving forward in its commitment to diversity, equity and access. The district’s current demographic is: 36 percent black, 5 percent Asian, 33 percent Hispanic, 7 percent multiracial and 19 percent white. The demographic estimates for West Orange as of July […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Due to COVID-19, the West Orange Animal Welfare League’s usual pet adoption program has been suspended. Adoptable pets are being posted on the WOAWL’s Petfinder.com site, www.westorange.org/petfinder. Animals can now be seen by appointment only; call the West Orange Animal Control Division at 973-325-4121 for more information and to schedule an […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — On Feb. 24, Essex County prosecutors held their 10th annual Black History Month Program via Zoom. As in past years, the 2021 program was co-sponsored by the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Officers. Anthony Johnson, a veteran journalist from WABC–TV in New York, served as keynote speaker. Joining Johnson and […]
NEWARK, NJ — The Newark Museum of Art recently announced the artists whose works will be featured in the upcoming exhibition “2021 New Jersey Arts Annual: ReVision and Respond.” The annual juried exhibition is sponsored by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, a partner agency of the National Endowment of the Arts. The […]