WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Police and Fire departments came through in a big way for the Holy Trinity-West Orange Food Pantry by donating 100 turkeys for Thanksgiving. Pantry volunteer Chris Babinski, a dispatcher at the West Orange Police Department, contacted the West Orange PBA and the FMBA to ask for their help. […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — A blue line will be painted Friday, Oct. 28, at West Orange Police Headquarters, 60 Main St., to honor Daniel Laird Jr., who died on duty in a car crash that same day in 1946. Laird was killed on a foggy night 70 years ago while he and his partner, Alfred […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — At an elegant reception honoring late West Orange Police Officer Timothy Groves on Oct. 12, more than $25,000 was raised to benefit the Timothy Groves Memorial Scholarship. The event, held at the Wilshire Grand Hotel’s Loft at 350, marked the second fundraiser for the Timothy Groves Memorial Scholarship, which is part […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — West Orange schools commemorated the New Jersey state-mandated “Week of Respect” Oct. 3 through 7 with a series of events meant to create self-acceptance and respect for others. Following the passage of the Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights Act in 2010, with amendments in 2011, a new series of Harassment, Intimidation and […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — A man faces charges in connection to a string of car burglaries committed over the past month, according to a recent release from West Orange Township South Orange police arrested Gregory Brown, 36, of Orange, in connection to car burglaries in that township. He is also charged with 22 car break-ins […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Just when we thought 2016 couldn’t get any weirder, the clowns came. Beginning in South Carolina with unsubstantiated reports that clowns were trying to lure children, clown-mania swept across the country, leading to reports of scary and dangerous clowns and threatening social media postings made by “clown” accounts. Though mostly considered […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Police Department urges motorists throughout the township to join a daylong effort on Monday, Oct. 10, designed to increase awareness about safe driving behaviors and to keep roadways fatality-free for one day, according to a release from the township. “Put the Brakes on Fatalities Day” is an initiative […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — West Orange township employees showed up in force with Mayor Robert Parisi on Sept. 21 at the Essex Green ShopRite to raise awareness of hunger and hunger insecurity in Essex County. In addition to Parisi, the contingent included business administrator Jack Sayers, police Chief James Abbott, fire Chief Pete Smeraldo, township […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Join your neighbors and local police officers for coffee and conversation on Friday, Oct. 7, from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. at Dunkin’ Donuts, 563 Northfield Ave. in West Orange. “Coffee with a Cop” is a relaxed atmosphere for residents to meet those who protect and serve. There will be no agenda […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — A West Orange man who allegedly told police he had been abducted by plainclothes officers and later dumped on a township street has now been charged for making up the crime, according to a press release from the township. Victor White, 24, of Chestnut Street has been charged with filing a […]