Irvington NAACP president chimes in about Burgess v. McDaniel case
IRVINGTON, NJ — The Irvington NAACP has chimed on the case of Municipal Council Vice President Renee Burgess’ formal complaint with the Irvington Police Division against Elouise McDaniel, president of...
View ArticleTaco Bell to open soon on site of Servicemen’s Clubhouse
IRVINGTON, NJ — The construction of the new Taco Bell restaurant at the site where the former Servicemen’s Clubhouse stood on Springfield Avenue is complete and preparing to open for business, one of...
View ArticleMayor appoints Bryant to Planning Board
IRVINGTON, NJ — Mayor Tony Vauss announced the appointment of former Irvington Public Library Board of Trustees President Alison Bryant to the township’s Planning Board on Saturday, Jan. 13. Bryant is...
View ArticleGolden Knights founders honored at Legacy of a Dream event
IRVINGTON, NJ — The Irvington Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Committee hosted its 33rd annual Legacy of a Dream Commemorative Tribute to the Life and Work of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr....
View ArticleNAACP and Wind of the Spirit host Immigration Workshop
ORANGE, NJ — The Oranges-Maplewood NAACP branch hosted an Immigration Workshop at Seventh Day Adventist Church, 270 Reynolds Terrace, Orange, on Saturday, Jan. 27, in conjunction with Karol Ruiz and...
View ArticleMartinez-Brooks pleads guilty to wire fraud
NEWARK, NJ — According to published reports, Dianthe Martinez-Brooks, 42, of West Orange, the former aide to former Irvington Mayor Wayne Smith, pleaded guilty to one count of federal wire fraud on...
View ArticleNAACP standing up for immigrant rights, U.S. immigration policy reform
ORANGE, NJ — Oranges-Maplewood NAACP President Tom Puryear and Irvington NAACP President Merrick Harris agree there is a direct correlation between the civil rights movement and U.S. immigration. They...
View ArticleMenendez visits Irvington church, talks about key concerns
U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez told a packed Christian Pentecostal Church in Irvington on Sunday, Jan. 28, that he remains committed to fighting for the issues that overwhelmingly impact minority communities,...
View ArticleOvertime, long shifts concern EO police, fire and public
Photo by Chris Sykes Eight of the 50 new East Orange Police Division recruits Mayor Ted Green introduced at his inauguration and swearing-in ceremony on Monday, Jan. 1, stand together in the lobby of...
View ArticleEast Orange’s loss of 3 veteran officers is Irvington’s gain
IRVINGTON, NJ — According to East Orange Police Division Officer Craig Epps, who is also the president of the Fraternal Order of Police Local 111 union that represents the rank-and-file members of his...
View ArticleTimberlake’s freeholder seat remains vacant for now
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — A seat on the Essex County Board of Chosen Freeholders remains open after Britnee Timberlake, a former president of the Board, filled the seat in the New Jersey State Assembly left...
View ArticleFamiCare founder wants to start a back-to-Haiti movement
NEWARK, NJ — During a rally on the steps of Newark City Hall in downtown Newark on Thursday, Jan. 18, Mayor Tony Vauss joined his counterparts from East Orange, Orange, Newark and Hillside in speaking...
View ArticleWorrall Media pair wins NJPA awards
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Yael Katzwer, the managing editor of the News-Record of Maplewood and South Orange, as well as the West Orange Chronicle, and Rebecca Panico, a Union County LocalSource staff writer,...
View ArticleIHS JROTC is always ready to represent community
Photo by Chris Sykes Mayor Tony Vauss, second from right, makes his way up the front steps of Irvington High School, along with members of the school’s Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps, on their...
View ArticleMayor presents fourth State of the Township Address
Photo by Chris Sykes From left, Irvington Fire Division Lt. Mike Scott, Public Safety Director Tracy Bowers and Detective and Irvington Police Division PBA Local 29 President Maurice Gattison stand...
View ArticleEast Orange well-represented at Irvington mayor’s address
IRVINGTON, NJ — The city of East Orange was well-represented at Irvington Mayor Tony Vauss’ fourth annual State of the Township Address on Friday, Feb. 23, at Christian Pentecostal Church on Clinton...
View ArticleIFD promotions made at mayor’s annual address
Photo by Chris Sykes From left, Irvington Fire Division IAFF Local 305 President Alex Lima stands with Lt. Mike Scott outside Christian Pentecostal Church on Friday, Feb. 23, after Mayor Tony Vauss’...
View ArticleDiVincenzo presents 15th annual State of the County Address
CEDAR GROVE, NJ — Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo Jr. presented his 15th annual State of the County Address on Monday, Feb. 26, in the Essex County Hospital Center in Cedar Grove. The...
View ArticleIrvington mayor’s address is an Essex County event
Photo by Chris Sykes From left, East Orange Mayor Ted Green shakes hands with Mayor Tony Vauss on Friday, Feb. 26, during Vauss’ fourth annual State of the Township Address. Green was one of the...
View ArticleCounty deer management program culled 139 cervids
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — The county announced on March 2 that a total of 139 deer and 73 unborn deer were removed from South Mountain Reservation and Hilltop Reservation during the 11th annual Deer...
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