IRVINGTON, NJ — Irvington suffered its first homicide of 2017 on Saturday, Feb. 25. On Monday, Feb. 27, acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn Murray and township Public Safety Director Tracy Bowers announced and investigation into the murder of Tajmiah Philips, 31, of Newark by the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide-Major Crimes Task Force and the […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Last year, Mayor Tony Vauss unveiled the Irvington Public Safety Department Police Division’s new Special Enforcement Response Team at his second annual State of the Township Address. This year, Vauss introduced the Police Division’s new Threat Assessment Criminal Intelligence Team at his third annual State of the Township Address on Thursday, Jan. […]
EAST ORANGE/IRVINGTON, NJ — Santa Claus appeared in more than one color in East Orange this year. White Santa gave out gifts and toys and spread holiday cheer at the city’s official Tree-Lighting and Toy Giveaway in City Hall Plaza on Friday, Dec. 9, while black Santa brought smiles to hundreds of faces at the […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Public Safety Director Tracy Bowers and Mayor Tony Vauss are crediting reforms within the Irvington Police Division for the township’s recent crime rate decrease. “The mayor and the Police Department are committed to ridding our township of those individuals who engage in drug dealing as sellers and buyers,” said Bowers on Tuesday, […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Despite recent setbacks in the ongoing struggle to make Irvington safer and cleaner, Mayor Tony Vauss and Public Safety Director Tracy Bowers said they are still winning the war. And that was never more evident, Vauss and Bowers agreed, than when a major drug bust was executed on Saturday, Oct. 29. The […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — The township suffered another setback in its ongoing struggle to make Irvington safe and clean on Tuesday, Oct. 25, when the fourth homicide of the year occurred on Myrtle Avenue. On Wednesday, Oct. 26, acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray and Irvington police Director Tracy Bowers announced the Irvington Police Department […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — The Irvington Police Department, working with the Fire Department, Mayor Tony Vauss, the Municipal Council and with support from the Irvington Chamber of Commerce and the township’s business community, hosted its annual Safe Halloween event on Monday, Oct. 31, in Civic Square. “This is another successful event where the police and other […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — The Irvington Chamber of Commerce hosted its 31st annual Police and Fire Heroism Awards Dinner on Thursday, Oct. 13, at the Hanover Manor on Eagle Rock Avenue in East Hanover. This year’s honorees included: Deputy Chief Michael Rosa, captains John Del Sordo and John Durish, Lt. Evan Jones; and Irvington firefighters Paul […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — The township recorded its second homicide of 2016 on Sunday, Oct. 9, at the Crescent Lane section of the Irvington Housing Authority complex on Union Avenue. “We have a homicide on Crescent Lane inside an apartment by someone we believe to be a friend of the victims,” said Mayor Tony Vauss on […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — The hunt for accused terrorist Ahmad Khan Rahami, the main suspect in the bomb attacks in Seaside Park on Saturday, Sept. 17, and the Chelsea section of New York City on Sunday, Sept. 18, that culminated in Elizabeth and Linden on Sunday, Sept. 18, and Monday, Sept. 19, with his eventual capture, […]