WEST ORANGE, NJ — Attend a CPR certification course on Saturday, May 5, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the West Orange Emergency Operations Center, 25 Mt. Pleasant Place; enter in the rear of the building. This class is free for West Orange residents and students must be 16-years-old or older. Class size will […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The South Orange Fire Department responded to a radio report from 9-1-1 dispatch of a structure fire at 9 Hoskier Road at approximately 3:30 p.m. on Monday, March 26. Arriving fire department units found a working house fire involving multiple levels of the structure, according to a release from the SOFD. […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert Laurino, South Orange Fire Chief Daniel Sullivan and South Orange Police Chief Kyle Kroll announced that authorities are investigating a fatal fire that occurred in South Orange on Sunday, March 18, according to a press release from the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office. At approximately 2:15 p.m., […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The last 100 years and the people who have lived to see them were celebrated Feb. 28, as seven people who turned 100 or older were honored at Stratford Manor in West Orange. Ranging in age from 99 to 108, and born between 1909 and 1918, James Milligan, Lennox Agnes, Ida […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — In 1998, a small task force of the National Education Association came up with a plan to promote reading by celebrating Dr. Seuss’ birthday on March 2 and 20 years later the “Read Across America” program has had a global impact. On a smaller, though mighty level, West Orange elementary schools […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — West Orange children recently honored fire and the police personnel with “high five” certificates for keeping the community safe. Being honored by the children are, pictured from the West Orange Police Department, from left, Deputy Chief Matthew Feula, Deputy Chief John Buoye, Chief James Abbott and Capt. Kevin Dalgauer. Being honored […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The annual Gregory Elementary School “Great Kindness Challenge” warmed hearts throughout West Orange, sharing smiles, hugs, and words of inspiration and support. Organized by guidance counselor Sarah McIntosh, this year’s challenge was held the week of Jan. 22. Members of three branches of the military, Mayor Robert Parisi, Superintendent Jeff Rutzky, […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Fire Department, utilizing curriculum from the American Heart Association, held its first community CPR certification course on Jan. 20. The course was open to all West Orange residents and was held at the township’s Emergency Operation Center. Residents were able to register for the program by telephone or […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Fire Department will hold a CPR certification course for West Orange residents, ages 16 and older, on Saturday, Jan. 20, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This free class will be held at the West Orange Emergency Operations Center, 25 Mt. Pleasant Place; enter the building through the […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — West Orange will host two free rabies vaccination clinics for dogs and cats in January. The first will be Saturday, Jan. 6, from 10 a.m. to noon at the Public Works Department, 25 Lakeside Ave. in West Orange, and the second will be Wednesday, Jan. 10, from 3 to 4 p.m. […]