EAST ORANGE — Tyrone Miles thinks his father first got involved with youth sports because he had three sons and he was looking to keep them busy. Lew Miles did keep his sons busy, and thousands of other East Orange children, too, creating and managing youth sports programs that lasted more than 30 years. Backing […]
A Community Violence Intervention Summit with U.S. Sen. Cory Booker and U.S. Rep. Donald Payne Jr. was held at the New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark. East Orange Mayor Ted R. Green and Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka, who is president of the New Jersey Urban Mayors Association, were among those at the meeting […]
The Screen Actors Guild has been on strike since July 14 and East Orange resident Jeremy Burnett has been out there picketing, but he’s also been using this time to grow and learn. “I love reading about the industry, or just a book about a positive mindset,” said Burnett. He also enjoys working out, sports, […]
NEWARK — Lt. Gov. Sheila Y. Oliver was laid to rest Saturday, Aug. 12, after a state funeral that included remarks from governors, congressional representatives, ministers, county and locally elected officials, a Grammy award winning singer and the late lieutenant governor herself. After lying in state for a day in Trenton at the state house […]
EAST ORANGE — East Orange Police Chief Phyllis L. Bindi was very young when she first got involved with public safety. Her grandmother and aunt both worked the Bingo games at St. Joseph’s School on Telford Street. Bindi would ride her Big Wheel tricycle to the games with her grandmother and they would come to […]
The body of Lt. Gov. Sheila Y. Oliver will lie in state in both the Rotunda of the capitol building in Trenton and the Essex County Historic Courthouse before her funeral and memorial service takes place on Saturday, Aug. 12, at the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark. The Rev. Al Sharpton, president […]
Township Police Chief Phyllis L. Bindi was one of 40 people from around the world to be awarded an honorary doctorate degree and a Humanitarian Platinum Leadership Award from the Institute of Public Policy and Diplomacy and the Humanitarian Focus Foundation. Bindi and the other winners, which included ambassadors, government ministers, a model and a […]
ORANGE — Construction work on The Mural Lofts on Freeman Street has been completed and people are expected to begin moving in this September. Reynolds Asset Management announced the completion of the new multi-family housing community in Orange’s Valley Art District. Located at 606 Freeman St., The Mural Lofts are situated on the site of […]
Three members of a neighborhood street gang were sentenced to prison for their respective roles in multiple gang-related murders, including the murder of a federal informant, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced on July 6. Thomas Zimmerman, 28, was sentenced to 37 years in prison, Tyquan Daniels, 27, was sentenced to 35 years in prison, […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — East Orange Mayor Ted Green hosted the first apprenticeship meeting for the Brick Church Station groundbreaking project on Monday, Jan. 30, at East Orange Public Library. More than 100 people, who had completed applications earlier, showed up for a construction job opportunity at the Brick Church Station. Everyone was provided an […]