SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — “Meet Her at the Gate,” a reentry program for women returning from incarceration to Essex County, won first prize in the “Shark Tank”-style competition for social services held at Seton Hall University. The competition was part of an eight-week Social Justice Certificate program, which was a collaboration between the Center for […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — The East Orange City Clerk’s Office is expecting a big turnout for nominating petitions this year. “Folks started picking up petitions early January,” said East Orange city clerk Cynthia Brown on Monday, Feb. 18. “Setting the stage for 2020 is a political question, one I can’t answer. There will be a […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — East Orange 3rd Ward Councilwoman Quilla Talmadge and her council partner, 3rd Ward Councilman Bergson Leneus, hosted the fourth annual Toy Drive at Mrs. G Lounge on Central Avenue on Sunday, Dec. 16. “I partnered with him to do this for the community,” said Talmadge on Monday, Dec. 17, of Leneus. […]
ORANGE, NJ — Taking advantage of the turnout for its annual Tackle Breast Cancer Football Sunday fundraiser at Southern Comfort Cafe on Sunday, Dec. 16, AAngelsNJ, a nonprofit cancer awareness and support organization also hosted a Toy Drive to coincide with the event. “This is actually our end-of-the-year fundraiser, which is why we combined it […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — Councilwoman Quilla Talmadge and Councilman Bergson Leneus, both of East Orange’s 3rd Ward, have joined forces with New Jersey Kids Fashion Week, the Patrick Healy Student Council and the Rubens Blanc Management company to host an annual Toy Drive at Mrs. G Lounge on Sunday, Dec. 16, from 1 to 4 […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — Councilman Chris Awe was able to remove the word “interim” before his title when he was officially sworn in as the new 2nd Ward councilman on Monday, Nov. 19, in Council Chambers. He had won the local special election on Tuesday, Nov. 6, to finish the remaining three years of the […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — At a press conference outside City Hall on Wednesday, Oct. 24, East Orange officials unveiled five new street sweepers and two other vehicles that will allow the city to start cleaning its own streets again. According to East Orange Mayor Ted Green and Department of Public Works Director Chris Coke, the […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — At large Councilwoman October Hudley is a self-described “house head” music fan, so it was no surprise that she turned up on stage in Elmwood Park in East Orange on Saturday, Aug. 25, for that city’s 10th annual 3rd Ward and 4th Ward Summer Jam concert and House Music Festival. “I’m a […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — East Orange is gearing up for the 3rd and 4th Ward 10th annual Summer Jam and House Music Festival in Elmwood Park on Saturday, Aug. 25, from noon to 10 p.m. This year’s installment of the city’s official end-of-summer event, dubbed “Music for the Soul,” features DJ Teeramz, DJ Fuquan, Eric […]
Photo Courtesy Denzel Turner East Orange 3rd Ward Councilman Bergson Leneus, fifth from left, sits with the group of 60 school children that he and 3rd Ward Councilwoman Quilla Talmadge took to see the popular new movie ‘Black Panther’ on Sunday, Feb. 18. Leneus is the city’s first-ever Haitian American elected official.EAST ORANGE, NJ — […]