NEWARK, NJ — Minister Louis Farrakhan of the Chicago-based Nation of Islam and Maulana Karenga, the creator of the holiday Kwanzaa, headlined the fourth and final day of the Institute of the Black World’s fourth State of the Black World Conference, which ran from Nov. 16 to 20 at the Robert Treat Hotel in downtown […]
EAST ORANGE, ORANGE, NJ — On Friday, Nov. 11, East Orange and Orange observed Veterans Day in very different ways. East Orange Mayor Lester Taylor and the City Council observed Veterans Day with the annual memorial wreath-laying ceremony at the War Memorial in City Hall Plaza on Friday, Nov. 11, while Orange honored veterans old […]
ORANGE, NJ — Essex County Sheriff Armando Fontoura and the Crime Stoppers program are offering up to $10,000 for any information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the quadruple shooting that resulted into two homicides at a residence on Cleveland Street in Orange on Thursday, Nov. 3. “Yesterday afternoon, shortly after […]
ORANGE, NJ — Orange Township and Mayor Dwayne Warren hosted a Halloween Trunk or Treat event in the parking lot behind City Hall on North Day Street on Monday, Oct. 31, much to the chagrin of at least one person in town, but the gratitude and appreciation of others. South Ward resident and Orange Historical […]
ORANGE, NJ — The Orange City Council voted unanimously to approve Resolution No. 327-2016 to accept grant funds from the U.S. Department of Justice for the 216 COPS Officer Hiring Program at its regular meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 18. East Ward Councilman Kerry Coley, a retired Orange police officer, praised the hiring of six new […]
ORANGE, EAST ORANGE, NJ — The city of Orange Township is celebrating Halloween early this year by having a Trunk or Treat event in the City Hall Parking Lot, 29 North Day St., on Monday, Oct. 31, from 3 to 6 p.m., instead of Thursday, Oct. 27, delayed because of weather; the Nassan’s Place nonprofit […]
NEWARK, NJ — East Orange Mayor Lester Taylor, Orange Mayor Dwayne Warren and the members of the East Orange and Orange city councils joined Essex County Democratic Committee Chairman Leroy Jones and the rest of the ECDC leadership on the steps of the Essex County Courthouse in Newark on Friday, Oct. 7, to formally endorse […]
ORANGE, NJ — Derrick Henry, founder of the Protect the Orange Water Supply organization, said he finds it interesting that the Pennoni water management company was included in the subpoena the Federal Bureau of Investigation served Orange City Hall with on Friday, July 22. Henry’s organization galvanized the Orange community to oppose Mayor Dwayne Warren’s […]
ORANGE, NJ — On Aug. 23, Orange city clerk Joyce Lanier confirmed to the Record-Transcript that she received that day a copy of a Federal Bureau of Investigation subpoena ordering Mayor Dwayne Warren’s administration to testify before a grand jury on Tuesday, Aug. 9. “I just got it five minutes ago,” said Lanier on Tuesday, […]
ORANGE, NJ — National Night Out in Orange had a darker undertone this year, as it followed a recent instance of multiple shootings and homicides in the city. Such instances in a short span of time are not unique in Orange. The first one this year occurred Thursday, April 14, when Davon Jones, 17, was […]