NEWARK, NJ — Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo Jr., Essex County Sheriff Armando Fontoura and Essex County Surrogate Alturrick Kenney were sworn into office during an afternoon inauguration ceremony at Donald M. Payne Sr. School of Technology on Wednesday, Jan. 2. DiVincenzo was sworn into his fifth term as executive, Fontoura his 10th term as […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — State veterans affairs officials recently recognized 10 area veterans for their service during a ceremony at Jewish Vocational Service of MetroWest, based in East Orange, which provides job-training programs and services for people with disabilities, veterans, immigrants and refugees. Joseph Bucco, the state supervisor of Veterans Services in the state Department […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — U.S. Sen. Cory Booker and Congressional candidate Mikie Sherrill joined 211 West Orange residents and canvassers at the home of Amy Simon on Saturday, Sept. 22, to launch the “Sherrill Get Out The Vote West Orange” canvass.
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Students from West Orange High School seeking gun control reform held a videochat with Sen. Cory Booker on April 20 following their gun violence rally in the hopes of furthering the conversation. Following the school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., on Feb. 14, students in the […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — West Orange resident Stephen Van Cauwenberge, a junior double major in political science and history at Caldwell University, interned this fall semester in U.S. Sen. Cory Booker’s Newark office. During the summer of 2017, Van Cauwenberge also interned with the West Orange Township Council researching upcoming legislation, including the newly approved […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Accompanied by elected officials and community leaders from across the state, Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo Jr., at microphone, kicked off his re-election campaign for Essex County executive in Veterans Memorial Park in Newark on Monday, Dec. 11. Among those endorsing DiVincenzo at the event were U.S. Senators Robert Menendez and […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — Mayor-elect Ted Green hasn’t missed a beat since winning the municipal election on Tuesday, Nov. 7, with an overwhelming 97 percent of the votes cast. On Thursday, Nov. 9, he hosted a press conference at the 3rd Ward Community Information Center to announce the formation of his official transition team. Green […]
Community gathers at Eagle Rock to honor victims of 9/11, thank first responders
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Essex County residents gathered at Eagle Rock Reservation in West Orange early on Monday, Sept. 11, to commemorate the lives lost 16 years ago in the terror attacks of 2001. While overlooking the New York City skyline, the Essex Remembers ceremony honored the nearly 3,000 people who were killed, 57 of […]
ECS brings community together in musical unity event
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Lifting their voices in songs of hope and solidarity, residents of Maplewood and South Orange joined together as part of the “United We Sing” event hosted Saturday, Feb. 18, by the Social Action Committee of the Ethical Culture Society of Essex County on Prospect Street in Maplewood. The event featured a community […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — The Mayors Council on Rahway River Watershed Flood Control will head to Washington, D.C., on Feb. 15 to urge the Congress to appropriate funds to begin the engineering and pre-construction work on the Rahway River Flood Mitigation plan in President Donald Trump’s first budget, according to a release from the Mayors […]