The carnival-like feel of the third annual summer reading launch party and the distribution of more than 1,000 free books hyped students at the East Orange School District to read over the summer. “This number does not include books donated to students by Scholastic, AKJ Education, and the East Orange Fire department,” said Yukima Hughes, […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — East Orange Superintendent of Schools AbdulSaleem Hasan hosted his first ‘Administrators Luncheon on the Lawn.’ Special guests in attendance to welcome back the district’s administrative team were East Orange Board of Education President Terry S. Tucker, Kean University President Lamont O. Repollet and N.J. Department of Education acting Commissioner Angelica Allen-McMillan. […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — East Orange City Council and the East Orange Board of Education recognized every graduate of the Class of 2018 with a citywide graduation party in the Ampere Parkway section on Saturday, June 30. East Orange 5th Ward Councilman Mustafa Brent and his wife, Kareemah Williams-Brent, joined forces with his Councilwoman Alicia […]
NEWARK, NJ — The Essex County Board of Chosen Freeholders held its 2017 Public Safety Professionals Celebration on Wednesday, Oct. 18, at the Hall of Records in Newark to commemorate fire officials, police officers and first responders in Essex County for their selfless service. Freeholder President Britnee Timberlake began the program with welcoming remarks, celebrating […]