ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — On Tuesday, Jan. 12, Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo Jr. presented a 2021 budget of $770 million that addresses the challenges due to the ongoing national economic conditions, according to a press release from the county. Layoffs have been avoided since 2004 and budgets have been unveiled before the state’s statutory […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Jan. 6, 2021, is a day that will live in infamy. Thousands of individuals, some armed, from across the country stormed the U.S. Capitol looking to halt the certification of the results of the November 2020 presidential election based on unfounded claims of election fraud. These individuals — who have alternatively […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — District 2 Commissioner Wayne Richardson, of Newark, was unanimously elected president of the Essex County Board of County Commissioners — formerly called the Essex County Board of Chosen Freeholders — and District 5 Commissioner Carlos Pomares, of Bloomfield, was unanimously elected vice president, during the board’s annual reorganization meeting on Jan. […]
LIVINGSTON, NJ — On Dec. 28, Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo Jr. announced a partnership with Saint Barnabas Medical Center to be the health care partner at the Essex County vaccination site in the former Sears building at the Livingston Mall. SBMC, an RWJBarnabas Health facility, will be the exclusive health care provider responsible for […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo Jr. announced that Essex County has received its first shipment of the Moderna vaccine for COVID-19 and that the first vaccinations were given on Saturday, Dec. 26. Receiving the first vaccinations were Dr. Lionel Anicette, medical director at the Essex County Correctional Facility; Dr. Naipaul Rambaran, […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — This year, hundreds of sea turtles failed to migrate before water temperatures became too cold. The past several months have been brutal for sea turtle rehabilitation hospitals trying to make room for the critically ill and injured patients while handling the COVID-19 pandemic. Sea Turtle Recovery, located on grounds at the […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo Jr. announced a comprehensive plan to open five COVID-19 vaccination centers in Essex County when the vaccines become available. Residents from each of Essex County’s 22 municipalities will be assigned to a specific site, except residents from Newark, who will be able to get vaccinated at […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo Jr. and the Essex County Board of Chosen Freeholders will present two special emergency food distribution events to help families negatively impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. The events are meant to benefit families who have been forced out of work and are not able to afford […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Essex County is asking residents to donate nonperishable food items, gently used winter coats and unwrapped new toys in exchange for free admission to Turtle Back Zoo. The drive to benefit less fortunate families will be held from Tuesday, Dec. 8, through Thursday, Dec. 31. Because of the pandemic, zoo visitors […]
NEWARK, NJ — On Dec. 2, Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo Jr. announced the start of a project to develop a new senior and community center building in Weequahic Park in Newark. The current Feldman “Mootsie” Middleton Jr. Community Center is outdated and can no longer accommodate the number of events and activities being organized […]