Furloughs begin to help plug Irvington’s $3.25M budget deficit
IRVINGTON, NJ — The plan to furlough municipal employees that Mayor Tony Vauss announced Thursday, April 4, began last week and came to a head Friday, April 28, when some town workers and Irvington...
View ArticleNew IHA director comes with a lot of baggage
IRVINGTON, NJ — When the Irvington Housing Authority Board of Commissioners passed a resolution at its meeting on Wednesday, April 19 that named former Hoboken Housing Authority Executive Director...
View ArticleCounty to host open house for mental health awareness
CEDAR GROVE, NJ — Essex County will host its first Mental Health Awareness Month Open House at the Essex County Hospital Center in Cedar Grove. The goal of the daylong event is to raise awareness about...
View ArticleVauss: Irvington not considering divesting from any big banks
IRVINGTON, NJ — According to Mayor Tony Vauss, despite the fact that his administration has been forced to resort to furloughs in the form of deferred pay for municipal employees to close a $3.2...
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Gubernatorial candidate drops by Irvington again
Photo Courtesy Municipal Vice President Renee BurgessMR. MURPHY GOES TO IRVINGTON — New Jersey Democratic Party gubernatorial candidate Phil Murphy, third from left, stands with, from left, Municipal...
View ArticleCounty recognizes distinguished senior citizens
CEDAR GROVE, NJ — Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo Jr. and the Essex County Division of Senior Services hosted the county’s annual Older Americans Heritage Month Celebration on Wednesday, May...
View ArticleIPD captain’s attorney says she’s cleared to return to work
IRVINGTON, NJ — According to her attorney, now that Superior Court Judge Michael Revan has cleared Irvington Police Department Capt. Monique Smith of all the criminal charges she faced in connection...
View ArticleChase says he’s still owed one more paycheck
IRVINGTON, NJ — Former police Chief Michael Chase said this week he still has not received the last paycheck owed to him by the township, according to the state Civil Service Commission. Chase’s base...
View ArticleIHA votes to rescind Garcia’s appointment as executive director
IRVINGTON, NJ — Carmelo Garcia hadn’t even had the opportunity to get used to his position as executive director of the Irvington Housing Authority when, on Wednesday, May 10, the agency’s Board of...
View ArticleGarcia is out at IHA and so is Econometrica
IRVINGTON, NJ — Changes abound at the Irvington Housing Authority as, according to a confirmation by Mayor Tony Vauss, Carmelo Garcia is out as the new executive director of the IHA Board of...
View ArticleMaplewood, surrounding police respond to large fight in DeHart
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Sunday, May 21, at approximately 5:52 p.m., Maplewood police officers responded to a report of a large fight in DeHart Park, according to a May 22 press release from the township. A...
View ArticleIrvington suffers second homicide of 2017
IRVINGTON, NJ — It was not until the middle of May that Irvington suffered its second homicide of the year. “On Friday afternoon, May 12, around noon time, Dino Bermudez, 33, of Newark, was shot in his...
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Community Center hosts a Mother’s Day Tea
Photo by Chris SykesFrom center left, Gwendolyn Caldwell, Novella Stokes, Antonetta Thomas, Freida Williams and Alice Thompson stand together in all their finery on Friday, May 12, at the Irvington...
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Camptown VFW Post 1941 serves a pre-Mother’s Day breakfast
Photo by Chris SykesThe members of Camptown VFW Post 1941, including its commander, Shawn Johnson, seated center, and Sr. Vice Commander William Powell, standing third from left, gather together on...
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Eight county seniors receive awards in Legacies Writing Contest
Photo Courtesy of Glen FriesonEssex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo Jr., back, and Essex County Senior Services Director Jaklyn DeVore, far right, recognize the writing talents of, from left,...
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Mayor earns college degree from Pillar College
Photo by Chris SykesMayor Tony Vauss stands with his wife, Mia Vauss, on Saturday, May 20, after he earned his bachelor’s degree in organization leadership by graduating from Pillar College at the...
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Memorial Day celebrated throughout Irvington
Photo by Chris SykesFrom left, Camptown VFW Post 1941 Commander Penny Register and Chaplain Fred Mulligan and other veterans, including fire Chief Cleveland Garry, fourth from right, salute as...
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P.O.P. lays flowers at Civil War memorial for Memorial Day
Photo Courtesy Ingrid HillPeople’s Organization for Progress Chairman Larry Hamm, standing rear left, and a few of his members, including, from left, Ron Brown, Aminifu Williams and Brad Ringold, stand...
View ArticlePSE&G files for gas supply rate increase this fall
NEWARK, NJ — PSE&G filed June 1 for a modest increase in residential gas bills that would take effect this coming fall. If approved by the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities, this would be the...
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Reverend attends son’s fifth anniversary as pastor in Orange
Photo by Chris SykesThe Rev. Bill Rutherford Jr., left, of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Orange stands with his father, the Rev. William Rutherford Sr., the pastor of Greater New Point Baptist Church in...
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