EAST ORANGE, NJ — At the East Orange City Council’s annual reorganization meeting in Council Chambers on Tuesday, Jan. 1, incumbent council Chairman and 1st Ward Councilman Chris James was re-elected chairman, although not with a co-leader yet, said city clerk Cynthia Brown. “The vice chair was not elected,” said Brown on Tuesday, Jan. 2. […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — East Orange Mayor Ted Green’s has concluded his search to replace former Public Safety Department Director Sheila Coley, who resigned abruptly on Tuesday, May 29. At a press conference in East Orange Police Division Headquarters on South Munn Avenue on Monday, Dec, 17, Green announced the appointment of former Newark Police […]
EAST ORANGE — The East Orange City Council elected 1st Ward Councilman Chris James as its new chairman and Mayor Ted Green swore in new 2nd Ward Councilman Chris Awe at the council’s meeting on Monday, July 9. James is replacing Romal Bullock, the former chairman and 2nd Ward councilman, who resigned, effective Saturday, June […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — East Orange 2nd Ward Councilman Romal Bullock, the council chairman, has confirmed he will step down from both positions Sunday, July 1, in order to serve as the city’s new tax assessor. “I’m still the chairman,” said Bullock on Monday, June 4. “July 1 will be my last day on council. […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — East Orange City Council Chairman and 3rd Ward Councilman Ted Green and his Team Green in 2017 running mates swept to victory in the Democratic Party primary on Tuesday, June 6. According to Essex County Clerk Chris Durkin’s office and the county Board of Elections, Green beat his two opponents John […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — The East Orange City Council may be in the middle of reviewing Mayor Lester Taylor’s revised proposed Calendar Year 2017 City Budget, which he reintroduced at its meeting on Monday, March 27, but the governing body is still trying to find ways to help homeowners facing mortgage foreclosures. With this in […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — The deadline for prospective candidates for mayor or the five open ward seats to turn in nominating petitions is Friday, March 31, at 4 p.m. Petitions must be turned in at the office of East Orange city clerk Cynthia Brown in City Hall. Petitions have been available since Jan. 1. The […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — In East Orange Mayor Lester Taylor’s speech at the City Council’s annual reorganization meeting on Monday, Jan. 2, he invited attendees to Cicely Tyson High School on Tuesday, Jan. 24, for his fourth annual State of the City Address. Taylor will be running for re-election this year, along with five members […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — In addition to the change in committee assignments for East Orange 5th Ward Councilwoman Alicia Holman and 1st Ward Councilwoman Amy Lewis, the other 2017 City Council Committee assignments include: 2nd Ward Councilwoman Jacquelyn Johnson, 4th Ward Councilman Casim Gomez, 5th Ward Councilman Mustafa Brent and 1st Ward Councilman Chris James […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — Irvington Township was well-represented at the East Orange City Council’s annual reorganization meeting Monday, Jan. 2, inside Council Chambers in East Orange, where 3rd Ward Councilman Ted Green was once again chosen by his council colleagues to serve as chairman. The presence of so many Irvington elected officials and township employees […]