By Chris Sykes on EAST ORANGE, HEADLINE NEWS, ORANGE
ORANGE, NJ — At a special meeting of the Orange City Council on Thursday, May 24, business administrator Chris Hartwyck introduced Mayor Dwayne Warren’s Calendar Year 2018 budget proposal, which council accepted. The proposal not include specific numbers, tax increases or tax decreases. The council approved the resolution introducing and approving the budget by a […]
By Chris Sykes on EAST ORANGE, HEADLINE NEWS, ORANGE
ORANGE, NJ — Orange incumbent East Ward Councilman and City Council President Kerry Coley was elected to a second term in office on Tuesday, May 8, but he appeared more excited about the Rev. Darren Ferguson becoming the pastor of his church, Bethel Baptist Church on Wallace Street, and for Ferguson’s sermon Sunday, May 27. […]
By Chris Sykes on EAST ORANGE, HEADLINE NEWS, ORANGE
ORANGE, NJ — The incumbents carried the day, according to the unofficial results of the Tuesday, May 8, Orange City Council election, posted on Essex County Clerk Chris Durkin’s official website; re-elected were East Ward Councilman and council President Kerry Coley, West Ward Councilman Harold Johnson, South Ward Councilwoman Jamie Summers-Johnson and North Ward Councilwoman […]
By David Jablonski on EAST ORANGE, HEADLINE NEWS, ORANGE
ORANGE, NJ — election has come and gone and, according to the unofficial results, the four incumbents up for re-election on Orange City Council won, although it was much closer than many had expected. According to the unofficial results, as of 10 p.m. on Tuesday, May 8, an hour after the polls closed, with 98.33 percent […]
By Chris Sykes on EAST ORANGE, HEADLINE NEWS, ORANGE
ORANGE, NJ — When voters go to the polls Tuesday, May 8, for the Orange City Council election, they will decide between the four incumbents or the challengers seeking to unseat them. The ballot positions are as follows: in the West Ward, challenger Mike Scott is on line 1-A; Councilman Harold Johnson is on line […]
By Chris Sykes on EAST ORANGE, HEADLINE NEWS
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 […]
By Chris Sykes on EAST ORANGE, HEADLINE NEWS, ORANGE
ORANGE, NJ — Orange Mayor Dwayne Warren and his brother, police Director Todd Warren, closed out 2017 by swearing in 13 new members of the Orange Police Department on Friday, Dec. 15, in a ceremony in the Orange Municipal Court. “I am honored and proud to have the privilege to welcome you all to the […]
By Chris Sykes on EAST ORANGE, HEADLINE NEWS, ORANGE
ORANGE, NJ — The nominating petitions for the four available ward seats on Orange City Council in the nonpartisan municipal election set for Tuesday, May 8, are now available in the City Clerk’s Office inside City Hall. “The election will be on May 8 for the ward seats. The nominating petitions are available and they’ve […]
By Chris Sykes on EAST ORANGE, HEADLINE NEWS, ORANGE
ORANGE, NJ — Reaction to the news of the alleged use of excessive force by an Orange Police officer against twin sisters, who are Orange High School seniors, and Orange High School Assistant Principal Mohammed Abdel Aziz on Thursday, Oct. 12 has been swift. The incident occurred outside a pizza parlor and corner store at […]
By Chris Sykes on HEADLINE NEWS, ORANGE
ORANGE, NJ — The special election to select two new members for the Orange Board of Education was delayed by a snowstorm on Tuesday, March 14, but the new election date, Tuesday, March 28, provides voters with a little more time to get to know the 19 candidates. A candidates forum is scheduled for Saturday, […]