WEST ORANGE, NJ — West Orange Superintendent of Schools Scott Cascone said during a public health update at the Feb. 28 Board of Education meeting that the West Orange School District chose to allow for mask wearing to be optional as of March 7, when Gov. Phil Murphy lifted the statewide mandate for everyone to […]
NEWARK, NJ — Mayor Ras J. Baraka announced that effective Wednesday, March 2, under a new executive order, the city of Newark has lifted the proof-of-vaccination mandate, and will no longer require persons to wear face masks while indoors in public places. Businesses have the discretion to require patrons and employees to wear face masks while in their establishment. […]
NUTLEY, NJ — Nick Pascarella took the helm as president of the Nutley Little Theatre on July 1, 2019 — less than a year before the pandemic made its unexpected entrance. “I had a few months pre-COVID and (then the theater’s programming) came crashing to an end,” he recently told the Nutley Journal. Although the […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — On Feb. 7, Gov. Phil Murphy announced that, as of March 7, face masks will no longer be mandated in public schools, but that each school district may still enforce its own mask policy if it so chooses. West Orange Superintendent of Schools Scott Cascone announced Feb. 28 that — after […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — East Orange Superintendent of Schools AbdulSaleem Hasan sent a letter to the community on Feb. 23 to discuss the district’s plans in regard to Gov. Phil Murphy announcing Feb. 7 that, as of March 7, face masks will no longer be mandated for students, staff and visitors at schools and childcare […]
SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — On Feb. 7, Gov. Phil Murphy announced that the school mask mandate will no longer be in effect statewide as of March 7. In that same announcement, the governor also noted that local school districts can make determinations as to whether they should continue with mask mandates. On Feb. […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — Back with another virtual town hall meeting on Feb. 16, East Orange Mayor Ted R. Green was joined by PSE&G regional public affairs manager Joseph McQueen to discuss free assistance to help East Orange residents pay their utility bills. During the COVID-19 pandemic, there have been many people who have been […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — West Orange High School nurse Denise Makri-Werzen has received her doctorate in public health, specifically community health. Makri-Werzen has worked in the West Orange School District for the past 14 years and has served as a nurse at WOHS for the past 11 years. After receiving a Bachelor of Science in […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — West Orange Superintendent of Schools Scott Cascone discussed the end of the state mask mandate in schools at the West Orange Board of Education meeting on Monday, Feb. 7, saying that the district will not make knee-jerk decisions and will use corresponding local health guidelines to decide whether or not to […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — COVID-19 has inflicted financial hardship on many of PSE&G’s customers and left them struggling to pay bills. Today, twice as many customers are seriously behind on their bills than before the pandemic, according to the utilities company. New Jersey’s grace period on utility disconnections ended Dec. 31, 2021. Customers at risk […]