EAST ORANGE, NJ — East Orange native and Philadelphia Eagles NFL player Rasul Douglas will host a football camp in conjunction with the Ted R. Green and the Akeem Cares nonprofit foundations at Paul Robeson Stadium on Park Avenue from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, July 20. “This year Rasul reached out to […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — Despite the fact that East Orange is located in the heart of Giants country in Northern New Jersey, residents temporarily transformed into Philadelphia Eagles fans on Friday Aug. 24, when East Orange Campus High School alumnus and Super Bowl Champion Rasul Douglas came back home to host a Back to School […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — East Orange Campus High School alumnus and Super Bowl Champion Rasul Douglas, of the Philadelphia Eagles, is scheduled to host a Back to School Community Giveback on Friday, Aug. 24, from 4 to 6 p.m. at the East Orange Fire Department’s Firehouse 2 at 60 Main St. The event has been […]
Photo by Chris Sykes East Orange Mayor Ted Green, second from right, stands with, from left, fire Chief Andre Williams, an unidentified man, former East Orange Campus High School football star and current Philadelphia Eagles player Rasul Douglas and firefighter and Young Professionals of East Orange member Akeem Cunningham, right, on Thursday, April 12, during the party at Taste restaurant in Newark.EAST ORANGE, NJ — According […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — Akeem Cunningham may be best known as both a former captain of the East Orange Campus High School’s last football team to win a state championship and as the founder of Akeem Cares, a non-profit organization that hosts annual parties for single mothers in East Orange and helps find jobs for […]
ORANGE, NJ — Orange Board of Education member Kyleesha Wingfield-Hill has formally withdrawn from the race for the East Ward City Council seat, according to Orange officials and her campaign manager, Akeem Cunningham. Wingfield-Hill had filed nominating petitions to run against incumbent East Ward Councilman and City Council President Kerry Coley in the East Ward […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — The Young Professionals of East Orange are on the move in East Orange, as was evident on Saturday, March 17, at Mayor Ted Green’s first Black Tie Affair in the Parsippany Hilton Hotel. “We’re having our annual gala here tonight and we had a great turnout. We had people from every […]
ORANGE, NJ — Orange Board of Education member and city employee Kyleesha Wingfield Hill didn’t wait until the filing deadline of Monday March 5, when she hosted her official East Ward council seat campaign at the intersection of Wilson and Oakwood places on Saturday, Feb. 10, unveiling her “Bridging the Gap” slogan. “We had a […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — East Orange Mayor-elect Ted Green stopped by Fresh Start Academy Middle School on Wednesday, Nov. 22, to help Akeem Cunningham and Casim Gomez Jr. of the Young Professionals of East Orange group hand out Thanksgiving gift bags to a select number of students on the eve of the holiday. The gift […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — The Pop Warner youth football season is officially under way throughout New Jersey and, in East Orange, the Pop Warner Hurricanes team, based in the city’s 5th Ward, is ready for another winning season. The team is part of the East Orange Police Athletic League, where Officer Edward Giles works as […]