WEST ORANGE, NJ — After complaints continued at the Oct. 16 West Orange Township Council meeting about the recently opened Aron’s Market on Eagle Rock Avenue due to noise and a lack of garbage collection, the township plans to crack down on the business with fines in an effort to relieve the quality-of-life issues the […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — At the Sept. 25 West Orange Township Council meeting several residents complained about the noise coming from the recently opened Aron’s Market on Eagle Rock Avenue, saying that delivery trucks and the lack of garbage collection are lowering their quality of life. The kosher grocery store opened in early September and […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — After finding low levels of legionella bacteria in some water samples from Redwood Elementary School in August, West Orange School District contracted with Garden State Environmental to test all schools and district facilities for legionella bacteria, which can cause Legionnaires’ disease. According to a Sept. 25 update from the district, testing […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — As cases of Legionnaires’ disease continue to crop up in New York and New Jersey, many public entities have been testing their buildings for legionella bacteria, which can cause the disease. In August, West Orange School District had Redwood Elementary School, where it found very low levels of legionella bacteria in […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Three weeks after West Orange officials announced they had found elevated levels of legionella bacteria in the water sources at Town Hall, test results of the township’s other municipal buildings revealed six other locations also have elevated levels of the bacteria. According to an Aug. 15 press release, internal plumbing was […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The municipal building was recently found to have unsafe levels of legionella bacteria in its water sources, after a township employee was hospitalized with Legionnaires’ disease two weeks ago, according to a July 26 press release from the town. Legionnaires’ disease is a severe form of pneumonia, caused by bacteria found […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Several senior citizens expressed concern at the April 10 West Orange Township Council meeting, after seeing the results from the Montclair State University senior survey at the March 27 meeting. The survey, paid for by a grant, was conducted and compiled by the Center for Research and Evaluation on Education and […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange senior survey closed at the end of October, and the results were finally revealed at the March 27 Township Council meeting by the town’s health department and representatives from the researchers at Montclair State University. The survey, which was paid for by a grant, was conducted and compiled […]
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. […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Health Department and West Orange Police Department sponsored a brown bag event for senior citizens, presented by ADAPT, the Essex Prevention Coalition, on Wednesday, Nov. 15, at the John P. Renna Jr. House. Seniors were invited to receive prescription medication education and turn in unwanted drugs. Photos Courtesy […]