BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The People’s Climate March attracted tens of thousands of people to Washington, D.C., on Saturday, April 29, and Bloomfield was part of the event. According to Jane Califf, a township resident who marched, a bus carrying 50 people, from the intersection of Watchung Avenue and Broad Street to the capital, had about 20 […]
Schwarzbaum votes against budget in board minority
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Board of Education voted 4-1 to approve the 2017-18 school year’s final budget, which uses all of the school district’s banked cap on top of raising taxes to the state-mandated 2-percent cap — making for a 4.09-percent overall increase. The final budget, which only Vice President Irv Schwarzbaum […]
Clarke, Hilton, Saeed and Schnall vie for three open seats on South Orange’s governing body
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — South Orange residents are not lacking qualified candidates to choose from in the 2017 Board of Trustees election, which sees two incumbents and two challengers running for three open seats. Incumbent running mates Walter Clarke and Stephen Schnall are both coming off successful first terms on the board, respectively distinguishing themselves […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The bridge on Hoover Avenue reopened Thursday, April 27 after being closed since May 3, 2016. A lack of state funds shut down construction between July 8, 2016, and Oct. 31, 2016. Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo Jr. cut the ceremonial ribbon for the reopening. In attendance were Bloomfield Mayor Michael Venezia, Councilmen […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — “Put me in, coach” was the battle cry at Memorial Field on Saturday, April 29, as Maplewood hosted the annual Softball Baseball Parade from Columbia High School down Valley Street toward the town’s home fields. The Columbia High School marching band set the pace as the parade commenced. Teams lined up with […]
West Orange TC commits to putting up $3 million for 40 affordable units at Harvard Press site
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Township Council unanimously approved two resolutions endorsing amendments to the township’s affordable housing spending plan and Fair Share Housing Center plan at its April 25 meeting, allowing West Orange to put up $3 million toward subsidizing 40 affordable housing units in the 100-unit residential building that will be […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Most activists dedicate their lives to a particular cause. But longtime West Orange resident Ruth Bardach never was like most activists. Bardach — who died April 11, just a few weeks before her 97th birthday — never passed up an opportunity to fight for a cause in which she believed. Whether […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — South Orange’s River Day, the annual community gathering for cleanup of the Rahway River and increasing community awareness about environmental issues, is set for Sunday, May 7, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the duck pond off Mead Street, near the intersection of N. Ridgewood Road and Meadowbrook Lane, in […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — interACT Theatre Productions presents the big comedy “Sister Act: The Musical” this month. The show runs for three weekends, opening this Friday, May 5, and closing Saturday, May 20, at the Baird Theatre on Three. Special guest E. Clayton Cornelious, who played a lead role in the U.S. tour in 2012, […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Liberty Middle School production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Cinderella” is sure to provide a great family-friendly evening of entertainment as some of West Orange’s rising stars sing and dance their way into the audience’s hearts. A cast and crew of more than 25 students has been working for months with […]