EAST ORANGE, NJ — Each January, it is customary for schools to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Together with East Orange City Council, the Department of Recreation and Cultural Affairs, the Division of Senior Services and the East Orange School District, Cicely L. Tyson Community School of Performing & Fine Arts remembered Martin Luther King […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — With the leadership of the East Orange Office of Employment and Training, the city hosted a ceremony Tuesday, Oct. 29, to launch the 2019-2020 East Orange General Hospital Externship Program at East Orange General Hospital, highlighting its partnership with the hospital and the school district. Through the externship program, 11 college-bound […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — At a press conference outside City Hall on Wednesday, Oct. 24, East Orange officials unveiled five new street sweepers and two other vehicles that will allow the city to start cleaning its own streets again. According to East Orange Mayor Ted Green and Department of Public Works Director Chris Coke, the […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — East Orange is gearing up for the 3rd and 4th Ward 10th annual Summer Jam and House Music Festival in Elmwood Park on Saturday, Aug. 25, from noon to 10 p.m. This year’s installment of the city’s official end-of-summer event, dubbed “Music for the Soul,” features DJ Teeramz, DJ Fuquan, Eric […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — The city of East Orange was well-represented at Irvington Mayor Tony Vauss’ fourth annual State of the Township Address on Friday, Feb. 23, at Christian Pentecostal Church on Clinton Avenue in Irvington. With Mayor Ted Green at the event were Leroy Jones, chairman of the East Orange and Essex County Democratic committees […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — East Orange Mayor Lester Taylor and City Council joined forces with Miryam Torres of the Hispanics for Progress of Essex County for a Pan American flag-raising ceremony in front of City Hall in City Hall Plaza on Friday, Sept. 22, in honor of national Hispanic Heritage Month. Taylor was unable to […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — East Orange 4th Ward Councilman Casim Gomez held an anti-gun and anti-violence rally Saturday, Aug. 12. “It was amazing all the support East Orange received today for the March for Peace,” said Gomez on Aug. 12. “The plague of gun violence is not quarantined to a single city or community and […]
ORANGE, NJ — The city of Orange Township was well represented at the 50th annual African-American Heritage Parade in downtown Newark on Sunday, May 28, as well as the third annual East Orange Music, Arts and Culture Festival, or “MACFest,” in City Hall Plaza on Saturday, June 17. The Orange-based Flamingo Precision Drill Team Color […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — Father’s Day came early for singer Eric Roberson’s father, James Roberson Jr., who celebrated his 70th birthday Saturday, June 17, the same day East Orange’s third annual Music, Arts and Culture Festival, or MACFest, took place in City Hall Plaza. Eric Roberson, a Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter, headlined the event, which also included […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — Football players at all levels of the game have a saying — “Next man up” — to describe the mindset for players waiting in the wings to “step up,” when called, on any given day. Young Professionals of East Orange have embraced a similar motto — “Next gen up” — when […]