EAST ORANGE, NJ — Members of East Orange City Council complimented Department of Public Works Director Chris Coke at the committee meeting on Monday, Nov. 19, for his handling of the first big snowfall of the holiday season that blanketed the city Thursday, Nov. 15. “I just want to commend the Public Works Department,” said […]
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 celebrated Memorial Day on Monday, May 28, with the annual parade down Main Street and the first one with Mayor Ted Green presiding. “I hope everybody’s enjoying their Memorial Day,” said Chris Coke, the East Orange Department of Public Works director, Monday, May 28. “This year definitely is special […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — When former East Orange Mayor Lester Taylor was sworn into office in January 2013, he took over a city whose water commission and water utility in general were in disrepair, due to what he and others later cited as mismanagement by Executive Director Harry Mansmann and his deputy director, William […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — Mayor Lester Taylor and Mayor-elect Ted Green were both in Elmwood Park on Wednesday, Nov. 8, for the ribbon-cutting ceremony and grand opening of the new free public fitness area that had been under construction since the summer. Assemblyman Tom Giblin, former Councilman William Holt, professional boxer Chris Concepcion and many […]