The Orange Police Department reported suspending one officer during the 2023 calendar year, according to a report released last week by the state Attorney General’s Office. Officer Lamar Payne was suspended for six days for abuse of sick time, specifically for taking more than his allotted time, as well as showing a pattern of calling […]
ORANGE — A grand reopening was held for Splash Park at the Central Playground last week, about three years after it closed following flooding caused by Hurricane Ida. “We had a lot of kids, we served food, several of the summer camps were here, the mayor, council members, it was a great day,” said Department […]
Volora Howell discovered she could sing at the age of 9, belting out “People” by Barbra Streisand, at a cousin’s house. “They were shocked I was able to hit those notes naturally. I had a gift,” said Howell, who has been living in Orange the past 37 years. Growing up in Newark, she began singing […]
ORANGE — It took about an hour for the 143-year-old building at 179 Central Place to come down. “It was built in 1881,” said Walter D. McNeil Jr., executive director of the Orange Housing Authority. “You can imagine, the building materials were not the best.” It was a two family home acquired by the Orange […]
ORANGE — A community center is being built in Monte Irvin Orange Park where two baseball/softball fields in the park’s northern section are simultaneously being modernized. “When we started our initiative to re-imagine the community centers in our parks, it always was our intention to build a facility in Monte Irvin Orange Park which never […]
Photos by Steve Ellmore The Orange High School Class of 2024 graduated on June 21 at Richard Codey Arena in West Orange. The event included greetings from Yadira Mello, president of the class, Principal Jason Belton, Salutatorian Jenniver Inamagua and Valedictorian Josena Noel. Dr. Chris T. Pernell gave a commencement address and Mayor Dwayne […]
Planning experts and business people gathered last week to talk and hear about what’s happening in Orange, East Orange and Irvington. The fourth Annual “Tri-Community Commercial & Residential Development Seminar” was held June 26 at Sandwiches Unlimited in Orange on North Center Street. The event brings together business owners and planning officials representing the municipalities […]
Three Newark men were indicted by a federal grand jury for their role in a January 2024 gunpoint robbery of a pharmacy in Orange, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Reginald Ware, 54, Nyiron Williams, 22, and Jamon Crosby, 35, all of Newark, are charged in a three-count indictment with conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act […]
ORANGE — The Orange Education Foundation held its People of Excellence Jazz Brunch on May 4, at the Hanover Manor. About 150 people celebrated the contributions of the five honorees: Pia L. Frazier, Orange Board of Education attendance and truancy interventionist; Dr. Stella N. Korieocha, Optometrist; Janicia M. Jones-Vance, Scholars Academy Pre-School teacher; Ronald C. […]
Two women from East Orange and a man from Orange were among the winners in the 2024 Essex County Senior Citizen Legacies Writing Contest, which encourages Essex senior citizens to write about the people and events that have influenced their lives. Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. and the Division of Senior Services announced […]