EAST ORANGE, NJ — Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray and East Orange Public Safety Director Sheilah Coley announced April 22 that the East Orange police and the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office are investigating the fatal shooting of Isaiah T. Peterson, 27, of South Orange. Peterson was shot at approximately 7:19 p.m. on April […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — East Orange Mayor Lester Taylor introduced his $134 million Calendar Year 2016 City Budget with a 1.9-percent tax increase at the City Council’s regular meeting Monday, March 28, despite the fact that contract negotiations are ongoing with the Police and Fire department unions. But 3rd Ward Councilwoman Quilla Talmadge, chairwoman of the […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — Several members of the East Orange Police Department’s Fraternal Order of Police Local 188 and Policemen’s Benevolent Association Local 16 were at the City Council’s regularly scheduled meeting Monday, March 14, to let the governing body know of their dissatisfaction regarding ongoing contract negotiations with Mayor Lester Taylor’s administration. This time, […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — Members of the East Orange Police Department are considering coming to the next City Council meeting Monday, March 14, to let the governing body know how upset they are about ongoing contract negotiations with Mayor Lester Taylor’s administration, said Capt. Mike Allman, a member of the EOPD Fraternal Order of Police […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — Dozens of members of the East Orange Police Department appeared to have contracted a case of the blue flu, causing them to call out sick from work Friday, Feb. 19. According to sources in the East Orange Police Department that preferred to remain anonymous due to the fact the department’s unions […]