WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Township Council voted to move forward with a Payment in Lieu of Taxes, or PILOT, agreement for the redevelopment plan at Executive Drive, moving another step closer to building a new library at 10 Rooney Circle to replace the current one on Mount Pleasant Avenue. The ordinance to […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Township Council approved a memorandum of agreement with West Orange PBA Local 25 and the West Orange Superior Officers Association at its Oct. 6 meeting, giving the police department a contract after three years of negotiations between the unions and the town. The resolution passed with a vote […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — There are three open seats on the ballot for the West Orange Township Council, and the seven candidates debated one another virtually in a Sept. 30 event moderated by members of the West Orange Youth Caucus. Challengers Bill Rutherford, Tammy Williams, Susan Scarpa, Brent Scott and Monica Perkowski are running against […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Township Council passed two resolutions that restart the redevelopment process at Executive Drive at its Sept. 22 meeting, 11 days after an appellate court halted the previous plan with a unanimous decision from three judges. The new resolutions start the redevelopment process over: one authorized the West Orange […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — A new historical marker honoring Anthony Thompson was unveiled Sept. 27 at Tory Corner in downtown West Orange. Thompson was the last surviving enslaved person in Essex County. He lived in West Orange across from this location as a freeman from 1833 until his death in 1884. From left are Superintendent […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Sean Coxe had to get creative when coming up with a plan to clean the two and a half miles of the Rahway River that run through West Orange, because the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic restrictions won’t allow for a regular gathering. But he still managed to recruit small groups of people […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Appellate Division of the New Jersey Superior Court halted a redevelopment plan for the Executive Drive property in West Orange on Sept. 11, when a panel of three judges unanimously decided to reverse the decision of the lower court, which dismissed the complaint. Resident Kevin Malanga filed the lawsuit in […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Mayor Robert Parisi welcomed two new, neighboring businesses to town with a ceremonial ribbon cutting on Sept. 18 at 474 Prospect Ave. in the rear of the Glen Rock Savings Bank building. The dual ceremony was the town’s first since the COVID-19 pandemic hit; attendees at the ceremony maintained social distance […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Township Council passed the 2020 municipal budget at its Sept. 8 meeting with a vote of 4-1; Councilman Joe Krakoviak cast the only opposing vote. The total budget, which was presented by Chief Financial Officer John Gross at the Aug. 11 meeting prior to a public hearing, is […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Township Council introduced and held a public hearing on the 2020 municipal budget at its Aug. 11 meeting, with plans to vote on the document at its next meeting, on Sept. 8. The total budget, which was presented by Chief Financial Officer John Gross, is $90,676,490. This year’s […]