IRVINGTON, NJ — Public Safety Director Tracy Bowers wants residents to know there is plenty to look forward to in the New Year. Bowers cited the decision to assign Detective Marcus Smith to serve as the Police Division’s official “senior cop,” assigning Sgt. Sheyla Marquez-Zepeda to serve as the official “kids cop” and the creation […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Sports rivalries among fans of the NFL don’t get any better than the Dallas Cowboys versus the Pittsburgh Steelers from the AFC, or their NFC East division rivals the New York Giants. But members of the Irvington Department of Public Works Department who are Cowboys fans might have taken this adulation too […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Irvington police Sgt. Sheyla Marquez-Cepeda has been officially designated as the township’s “Kids Cop,” assigned to handle all issues related to children in town in the same manner that Detective Marcus Smith has been assigned to deal with public safety issues regarding Irvington’s senior citizens. “She’s been reassigned to the mayor’s detail,” […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — When Mayor Tony Vauss joined forces with the rest of his administration to officially kick off the holiday season on Thursday, Dec. 6, at the annual Tree-Lighting Ceremony and Holiday Gift Giveaway in D. Bilal Beasley Square, several good little boys and girls came out to the event to tell Santa Claus […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — All hands will be on deck on Thursday, Dec. 6, at 5 p.m., at the township’s annual Tree-Lighting Ceremony and Holiday Gift Giveaway in D. Bilal Beasley Square, said Mayor Tony Vauss and Department of Recreation and Cultural Affairs Director Donald Malloy. “I look forward to sharing our holiday events with our […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — The special tax sale that took place in Council Chambers on Tuesday, Nov. 20, while Mayor Tony Vauss was conducting a free turkey giveaway, proved an even bigger success than last year’s tax sale. “We’re expecting to raise more than $1 million with this year’s sale,” said Vauss on Wednesday, Nov. 21. […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — The annual pre-Thanksgiving Community Luncheon at Irvington Neighborhood Improvement Corporation headquarters on 16th Avenue on Tuesday, Nov. 20, drew rave reviews, amid some heated rivalries between fans of the National Football League. “I’m just enjoying the food. That’s all it is,” said Jermain Anthony, a Pittsburgh Steelers fan who was wearing a […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — People of varying backgrounds came out in support of the pre-Thanksgiving turkey giveaway Mayor Tony Vauss and Municipal Council hosted in front of the Municipal Building on Tuesday, Nov. 20. “I work with all faith-based communities that came out here to distribute some turkeys together with my partner, Willy Pilku, who is […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ —East Orange Mayor Ted Green and Newark Mayor Ras Baraka held a joint press conference in East Orange Police Division Headquarters on South Munn Avenue on Tuesday, Nov. 20, to announce the formation of a new Border Patrol Program, composed of officers from both municipalities’ police forces, to patrol the shared borders […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — When it comes to innovative policing tactics and strategy, the Irvington Public Safety Division’s senior police officers do exactly what that name implies — focus on crime and issues related to the township’s senior citizens. “This is our guard, too,” said Irvington Senior Citizens Center manager Gloria Chisun on Friday, Nov. 9, […]