All-access playground opens in Watsessing

All-access playground opens in Watsessing

BLOOMFIELD / EAST ORANGE, NJ — Essex County was highlighted at Watsessing Park in Bloomfield on Friday, July 26, as local, county and state officials commemorated the opening of the first all-access children’s playground in the Essex County Parks System, as well as the opening of a new township community center nearby; both facilities are […]

STEM celebrated at NJ State House

TRENTON, NJ — On March 26, the New Jersey STEM Pathways Network, in partnership with the Research & Development Council of New Jersey, celebrated New Jersey’s first ever STEM Month with a STEM fair at the New Jersey State House in Trenton. The fair showcased 17 science, technology, engineering and mathematics organizations from across the […]

How Essex County residents voted this past election

ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — This election season in Essex County was quite eventful, with a combined 55 elections and four public questions. There were a whopping 159 candidates listed on the various county ballots. All results remain unofficial until certified by Essex County Clerk Christopher J. Durkin. The biggest election was of course that for […]

Essex Dems congratulate Ruiz as next Senate president

ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — The Essex County Democratic Legislative Delegation recently issued the following statement congratulating state Sen. Teresa Ruiz for being voted the next Senate president pro tempore and Assemblywoman Eliana Pintor Marin for being named the next chairwoman of the Assembly Budget Committee: “The entire Essex County Democratic Legislative Delegation congratulates Sen. Ruiz […]