Home Savers spring into action to save vet’s home in Lyndhurst
LYNDHURST, NJ — Ed Kaiser and Home Savers traveled to Lyndhurst on Tuesday, Aug. 7, to help embattled U.S. Navy veteran Michael J. Carrano and his wife, Debbie, in their fight to stave off home...
View ArticleMore than 850 children shop cost-free at Back 2 School Store
LIVINGSTON, NJ — The 10th annual NCJW/Essex Back 2 School Store brought grins all around on Sunday, July 29, as hundreds of children went shopping at a one-day pop-up store designed to help...
View ArticleWells Fargo wagon not coming down the street in Essex
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo Jr. announced Aug. 8 that Essex County is withdrawing all its accounts from Wells Fargo because of “predatory lending schemes and aggressive...
View ArticleDiVincenzo calls for return to 2-percent arbitration cap
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo Jr. renewed his request to Gov. Phil Murphy, Senate President Steve Sweeney and Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin to reenact the 2-percent cap on...
View ArticleTownship homicide instead attributed to Orange’s tally
IRVINGTON, NJ — Irvington seemed in danger of suffering its fifth homicide of the year on Friday, Aug. 17, but thanks to good police work by the Public Safety Department, that was not the case. On...
View ArticleAfter body is dumped in Irvington, homicide is traced back to Orange
IRVINGTON, NJ — According to the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office and authorities in Irvington, Orange suffered its third homicide of the year, after police determined that a woman found on Krokit...
View ArticleFOIP to host screening of ‘Black Panther’ on Aug. 29
IRVINGTON, NJ — The Friends of Irvington Park will host a screening of the hit movie “Black Panther” in the park on Lyons Avenue on Wednesday, Aug. 29, at 7:30 p.m. “We’ll start the movie as soon as it...
View ArticleAs state reviews budget, council has public hearing on it
IRVINGTON, NJ — The Irvington Municipal Council held a public hearing for the Calendar Year 2018 municipal budget at its last regular meeting of the summer on Tuesday, Aug. 14. The new budget comes in...
View ArticleCouncil prepares to adopt Calendar Year 2018 budget
IRVINGTON, NJ — The Irvington Municipal Council will meet on Tuesday, Sept. 11, to vote on the $109,637,331.30 Calendar Year 2018 municipal budget. “The next council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday,...
View ArticleTwo police officers give back to the area they patrol
IRVINGTON, NJ — When it comes to members of the Irvington Police Department volunteering their time, energy and resources to the people they are sworn to protect, Mayor Tony Vauss and Public Safety...
View ArticleIrvington councilwoman makes the most of EO’s annual Summer Jam
IRVINGTON, NJ — At large Councilwoman October Hudley is a self-described “house head” music fan, so it was no surprise that she turned up on stage in Elmwood Park in East Orange on Saturday, Aug. 25,...
View ArticleEssex County ceremony to commemorate Sept. 11 attacks
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The public is invited to attend “Essex County Remembers,” a solemn ceremony at the Eagle Rock Sept. 11 Memorial that will mark the 17th anniversary of the tragedies in New York,...
View ArticleCouncil vice president to host Book Bag Giveaway
IRVINGTON, NJ — Irvington Municipal Council Vice President and at large Councilwoman Renee Burgess is sponsoring her first Book Bag Giveaway on Saturday, Sept. 8, from 1 to 4 p.m., at Thurgood Marshall...
View ArticleCommunity organizations reach out in preparing for new school year
IRVINGTON, NJ — Irvington Board of Education President Romaine Greer came to the Back to School Backpack and School Supplies Giveaway in the recently refurbished Grove Street Playground, adjacent to...
View ArticleSergeant makes a call for volunteers while extolling Irvington JROTC
IRVINGTON, NJ — The Irvington High School Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps ended the last school year on a high note and now retired U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Harvey Craig planned to kick off the...
View ArticleCounty to hold 13th annual Senior Wellness Day
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The13th annual Essex County Senior Wellness Day, a free event for all county senior citizens, will be Tuesday, Sept. 18, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Codey Arena, 560 Northfield Ave. in...
View ArticleBeasley to be honored with statue in Civic Square
IRVINGTON, NJ — According to Mayor Tony Vauss, an Irvington legend is about to be honored with a statue and renaming of Civic Square after him. “We do have, coming up on Sept. 29 in front of Town Hall,...
View ArticleEssex County remembers 9/11
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Seventeen years after the terror attacks at the World Trade Center, Essex County residents gathered at Eagle Rock Reservation in West Orange on Tuesday, Sept. 11, to commemorate the...
View ArticleIrvington celebrates third straight year without a summer homicide
IRVINGTON, NJ — Although summer officially ends on Saturday, Sept. 22, Labor Day and the start of the new school year mark the changing of seasons for many. In Irvington, it was the third consecutive...
View ArticleCounty congratulates senior artists in annual juried art show
CEDAR GROVE, NJ — Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo Jr. congratulated 20 Essex County artists who received awards in the annual Essex County Senior Citizens Juried Art Show at an awards ceremony...
View Article