King, Beasley remembered at Legacy of a Dream
IRVINGTON, NJ — The spirit of D. Bilal Beasley, the former Municipal Council president and Essex County freeholder was in the air on Saturday, Jan. 17, during the 20th annual Martin Luther King Jr....
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Mourners pay respects at Beasley’s Janazah and burial
Photo by Chris SykesIrvington Housing Department Director and East Orange 3rd Ward Councilman and City Council Vice Chairman Ted Green, center, stands atop a mound of earth and uses a shovel to fill...
View ArticleDate set for mayor’s first State of Township Address
IRVINGTON, NJ — Mayor Tony Vauss is scheduled to give his first State of the Township Address on Thursday, Jan. 29, at 5:30 p.m. in the Christian Pentecostal Church on Clinton Avenue. “I am eager to...
View ArticleDespite snowstorm State of Township Address still tonight
IRVINGTON, NJ — Despite the heavily hyped snowstorm that dumped several inches of snow on Irvington and the rest of the Newark area Monday, Jan. 26, Mayor Tony Vauss said his first State of the...
View ArticleNewark man shot in Irvington on Jan. 23 died from injuries Tuesday;...
IRVINGTON – Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn Murray and Irvington Police Director Tracy Bowers announced that the Irvington Police Department and the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office...
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Mayor praised for declaring State of Emergency
Photo by Chris Sykes Irvington’s Department of Public Works was on the job on Monday, Jan. 26, and Tuesday, Jan. 27, removing the 3 to 4 inches of snow that had been left behind in the township, after...
View ArticleEighteen indicted on charges of participation in major weapons trafficking...
TRENTON – Acting Attorney General John Hoffman announced that 18 men were indicted by a state grand jury for allegedly operating a major weapons trafficking ring based in Newark that was illegally...
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Mayor gives first State of the Township Address
Photo by Chris Sykes Mayor Tony Vauss, third from left, and West Ward Councilman Vernal Cox, second from left, stand with police Chief Michael Chase and Irvington Police Department PBA Local President...
View ArticleIn wake of address, NAACP to host Tax Appeals Workshop
IRVINGTON, NJ — The Irvington NAACP will be hosting a Tax Appeals Workshop on Thursday, Feb. 5, at 7 p.m. at Greater New Point Baptist Church on Paine Avenue, in conjunction with the Peoples...
View ArticleNAACP reschedules Tax Appeal Workshop for Feb. 12
IRVINGTON, NJ — Those who went to the Greater New Point Baptist Church on Thursday, Feb. 5, to attend the Irvington NAACP’s Tax Appeal Workshop were in for a surprise. The workshop was postponed about...
View ArticleRotary Club of Irvington’s Dictionary Project is a success
IRVINGTON, NJ — The Rotary Club of Irvington’s annual Dictionary Project, which promotes reading, writing and creative thinking to third-graders, occurred in February. Each third-grader enrolled in the...
View ArticleNewark man admits to armed carjacking and bribing a corrections officer to...
TRENTON – A Newark man yesterday admitted his role in an armed carjacking and subsequent involvement in a scheme to bribe a corrections officer to smuggle contraband, including marijuana and cell...
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Redevelopment plans elaborated on by mayor
Photo by Chris Sykes A man studies the artists representations of the redevelopment projects that Mayor Tony Vauss mentioned during his State of the Township Address on Thursday, Jan. 29. Vauss said...
View ArticleIrvington nonprofit aims to improve healthcare in Haiti
IRVINGTON, NJ — Haiti Life, a nonprofit organization based in Irvington, is launching a major fundraising campaign to provide medical equipment and supplies to the health clinic in Desdunes, Haiti. The...
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Officers who killed Abdul Kamal not indicted
Photo by Chris SykesIrvington NAACP President Kathleen Witcher, center, addresses the crowd of roughly 70 people that gathered in front of the Municipal Building in Civic Square on Sunday, Jan. 19, to...
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Malik is acting police director for year’s second homicide
Photo by Chris SykesTwo men pause for a moment in front of the makeshift shrine to the memory of slain Roseway Liquor Store clerk Amit Patel that sits outside of the business on Lyons Avenue on...
View ArticleIrvington man, 2 others indicted on 1st degree conspiracy and money...
TRENTON – Acting Attorney General John Hoffman announced that three people were indicted today on first-degree charges of conspiracy and money laundering for allegedly stealing $700,000 from various...
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Rally to help save Alston’s home from foreclosure
Photo by Chris SykesIrvington Housing Department Director and East Orange City Council Vice President Ted Green, left, stands with longtime friend Ron Alston, the founder of the non-profit My Father...
View ArticleIrvington Public Library to host Centennial Celebration
IRVINGTON, NJ — The Irvington Public Library is celebrating 100 years on Sunday, March 1. The theme for a year-long celebration of events is “Serving with excellence for 100 years.” The library’s...
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Fire Department, ECPO investigating fatal fire
Photo by Chris SykesMembers of the Irvington Fire Department leave the house at 95 Chancellor Ave. on Monday, March 2, after inspecting the building where a fatal fire broke out in the early morning...
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