Council president admits township has $2.4M deficits for 2016 and 2017
IRVINGTON, NJ — Municipal Council President and North Ward Councilman David Lyons admitted on the record at the last council meeting in June that the township is facing a larger budget deficit than the...
View ArticleDREAMing of Essex without domestic violence
Click to view slideshow. ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Domestic violence has long-lasting repercussions beyond the immediate effects of pain, fear and injury. A family touched by domestic violence can struggle to...
View ArticlePetition circulating to ask state to take over township’s finances
IRVINGTON, NJ — Elouise McDaniel, president of both the Irvington Joint Block Association Coalition and the Nesbitt Terrace Block Association, has begun circulating a petition among township residents...
View ArticleVFW Post 1941 support hospital’s designation as historic site
IRVINGTON, NJ — Essex County Veterans of Foreign Wars District Commander Cheryl Turner and the members of Camptown VFW Post 1941 were not able to save the old Servicemen’s Clubhouse on Springfield...
View ArticleSexual harassment, assault suit against mayor begins
IRVINGTON, NJ — The case of Tamara Smith v. the township of Irvington and Anthony Vauss officially began in Superior Court Judge Robert Gardner’s courtroom at the Old Courthouse in downtown Newark on...
View ArticleNJ Transit to expand bus service to additional M&E stations
NEWARK, NJ — NJ Transit will enhance alternate travel options for Morris and Essex rail lines customers with the addition of a.m. peak-period express bus service from two new stations along the M&E...
View ArticleMaster clerk explains intricacies of recent OPRA requests
IRVINGTON, NJ — 2017 has been a busy year for Irvington municipal clerk Harold Wiener, when it comes to answering the flood of Open Public Records Act requests that have inundated his office. “We had...
View ArticleMayor cleared in sexual harassment, assault trial
Photo by Chris SykesMayor Tony Vauss, center, speaks with some of his supporters and municipal employees who came to the old Essex County Courthouse in downtown Newark to witness the final day of his...
View ArticleCandidate for lieutenant governor visits for National Night Out
From left, Mayor Tony Vauss, Assemblywoman and 2017 New Jersey Democratic Party candidate for lieutenant governor Sheila Oliver, at large Councilwoman October Hudley and at large Councilwoman Charnette...
View ArticleIHS alum helps Guyanese singer steal the show at Caribbean Heritage Festival
Photo by Chris SykesIrvington High School Class of 2012 graduate Greg Cespedes, center right, accepts the challenge of famous Guyanese singer Shelly-G, center left, to demonstrate his ‘whining’ skills...
View ArticleCouncil president admits township has $2.4M deficits for 2016 and 2017
IRVINGTON, NJ — Municipal Council President and North Ward Councilman David Lyons admitted on the record at the last council meeting in June that the township is facing a larger budget deficit than the...
View ArticleDREAMing of Essex without domestic violence
Click to view slideshow. ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Domestic violence has long-lasting repercussions beyond the immediate effects of pain, fear and injury. A family touched by domestic violence can struggle to...
View ArticlePetition circulating to ask state to take over township’s finances
IRVINGTON, NJ — Elouise McDaniel, president of both the Irvington Joint Block Association Coalition and the Nesbitt Terrace Block Association, has begun circulating a petition among township residents...
View ArticleVFW Post 1941 support hospital’s designation as historic site
IRVINGTON, NJ — Essex County Veterans of Foreign Wars District Commander Cheryl Turner and the members of Camptown VFW Post 1941 were not able to save the old Servicemen’s Clubhouse on Springfield...
View ArticleSexual harassment, assault suit against mayor begins
IRVINGTON, NJ — The case of Tamara Smith v. the township of Irvington and Anthony Vauss officially began in Superior Court Judge Robert Gardner’s courtroom at the Old Courthouse in downtown Newark on...
View ArticleNJ Transit to expand bus service to additional M&E stations
NEWARK, NJ — NJ Transit will enhance alternate travel options for Morris and Essex rail lines customers with the addition of a.m. peak-period express bus service from two new stations along the M&E...
View ArticleMaster clerk explains intricacies of recent OPRA requests
IRVINGTON, NJ — 2017 has been a busy year for Irvington municipal clerk Harold Wiener, when it comes to answering the flood of Open Public Records Act requests that have inundated his office. “We had...
View ArticleMayor cleared in sexual harassment, assault trial
Photo by Chris SykesMayor Tony Vauss, center, speaks with some of his supporters and municipal employees who came to the old Essex County Courthouse in downtown Newark to witness the final day of his...
View ArticleCandidate for lieutenant governor visits for National Night Out
From left, Mayor Tony Vauss, Assemblywoman and 2017 New Jersey Democratic Party candidate for lieutenant governor Sheila Oliver, at large Councilwoman October Hudley and at large Councilwoman Charnette...
View ArticleIHS alum helps Guyanese singer steal the show at Caribbean Heritage Festival
Photo by Chris SykesIrvington High School Class of 2012 graduate Greg Cespedes, center right, accepts the challenge of famous Guyanese singer Shelly-G, center left, to demonstrate his ‘whining’ skills...
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