ORANGE, NJ — The legal policy set by former Orange City attorney Eric Pennington that prohibits all correspondence and public inquiries about the ongoing Federal Bureau of Investigation probe into allegations of wire fraud, misuse of federal funds and other alleged crimes by members of Mayor Dwayne Warren’s administration appears to still be in effect. […]
ORANGE, NJ — Orange city attorney Eric Pennington resigned last week, township officials from the City Clerk’s Office confirmed, following revelations he had withheld a copy of the most recent Federal Bureau of Investigation subpoena related to the ongoing probe into allegations of wire fraud, misuse of federal funds and other alleged crimes by members […]
ORANGE, NJ — The Federal Bureau of Investigation served the city and Mayor Dwayne Warren’s administration a subpoena in April, according to Orange City Council members, bringing the total number of subpoenas to four. FBI subpoenas were previously served on City Hall on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017; the Orange Public Library on Thursday, July 21, […]
ORANGE, NJ — Orange Board of Education member Kyleesha Wingfield-Hill has formally withdrawn from the race for the East Ward City Council seat, according to Orange officials and her campaign manager, Akeem Cunningham. Wingfield-Hill had filed nominating petitions to run against incumbent East Ward Councilman and City Council President Kerry Coley in the East Ward […]
ORANGE, NJ — According to Lillian Moore, Orange West Ward City Council candidate Michael Scott’s campaign manager, Scott answered all the residency questions City Clerk Joyce Lanier raised when she originally decided he was ineligible to run in the nonpartisan municipal election on Tuesday, May 8, and he is now officially on the ballot. In […]
ORANGE, NJ — Despite legal complaints filed by two prospective candidates who Orange City Clerk Joyce Lanier had disqualified from running, she was still scheduled to have a drawing on Wednesday, March 14, at 3 p.m., to determine ballot positions for nine remaining candidates running for four City Council seats on the municipal election on […]
ORANGE, NJ — Orange Board of Education member and city employee Kyleesha Wingfield Hill didn’t wait until the filing deadline of Monday March 5, when she hosted her official East Ward council seat campaign at the intersection of Wilson and Oakwood places on Saturday, Feb. 10, unveiling her “Bridging the Gap” slogan. “We had a […]
ORANGE, NJ — Orange city clerk Joyce Lanier held the drawing for ballot positions for the March 14 special election for two new Orange Board of Education seats in City Hall on Friday, Feb. 3. “There are two terms: an eight-month term and a one year and eight months term. Now that the ballot drawing […]
ORANGE, NJ — Despite Superior Court Judge Christine Farrington’s ruling Thursday, Feb. 18, that former Orange business administrator Willis Edwards III must repay the city $268,750 he was paid while working illegally as a city employee with that title, Edwards has failed to pay anything, according to Robert Tarver, attorney for the Orange City Council. […]
ORANGE, NJ — While the warrant executed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation to seize materials and information from the Orange Public Library related to an ongoing investigation on Thursday, July 21, surprised many, a similar warrant served to City Hall on North Day Street on the same day is even more surprising. According to […]