EAST ORANGE, NJ - Tuesday was National Jersey Day. In honor of the day, Governor Phil Murphy announced the NJ Turnpike Authority is re-naming service areas on the Garden State Parkway after nine members of the New Jersey Hall of Fame. One of the famous trailblazers is Whitney E. Houston, East Orange's darling and the world's icon.

Houston has a school in East ...

EAST ORANGE, NJ - It has become a annual tradition to gather at East Orange City Hall for the Christmas tree lighting. Earlier this year the tree was removed due to rotting. On Thursday the tree was replaced with the planting of a large evergreen. The tree's location is on the opposite side of the previous tree's location. The City is now set for the holiday ...

EAST ORANGE, NJ - Tuesday was National Jersey Day. In honor of the day, Governor Phil Murphy announced the NJ Turnpike Authority is re-naming service areas on the Garden State Parkway after nine members of the New Jersey Hall of Fame. One of the famous trailblazers is Whitney E. Houston, East Orange's darling and the world's icon.

Houston has a school in East ...

NEWARK, NJ-- Newark-based artist Yasmin De Jesus designed and unveiled a music-themed mural on July 22 at the Grafton Ave Community Garden in the North Ward. It is the third mural out of five that is planned for the Newark community. 

The 1,630 square-foot three-wall installment features different types of music from hip-hop, R&B, jazz to bachata using Caribbean and Afrocentric ...

EAST ORANGE, NJ — The night was humid, but the smiles were plentiful. East Orange residents came together with children in tow to see the movie "Soul" starring Jamie Foxx. 

The movie was played on an inflatable big screen in front of City Hall. The Junior Police Explorers helped serve refreshments to the crowd. People spread out to social distance ...

ORANGE, NJ — The grounds of Forest Street Academy School were filled with about 120 staff members, and students, accompanied by Orange School Board Vice president Jeffrey Wingfield, and Superintendent Dr. Gerald Fitzhugh, II.

The socially distanced outdoor crowd caused residents to wonder, "what's the occasion?" The gathering was celebrating the "Breakthrough ...

ESSEX COUNTY, NJ - Nkuah Asare, Essex County College’s newly elected Alumni Association President, is quick to point out how his classes at ECC prepared him for when he transferred to NJIT. “I quickly realized, especially in math class, how my time at Essex made my adjustment to a four year university that much easier,” said Nkuah. He graduated from Essex in 2015 with an ...

ORANGE, NJ — Three rising Orange High School Grade 9 students participated in a four-week summer orientation at Kean University. The Kean Scholar Academy was held virtually and on Kean University’s Union and Skylands campuses. The program offers students the opportunity to earn college credits and participate in pre-college mentorship, internships, and other ...

ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — On Monday, approximately five people in one white Lexus were responsible for robbing at least three gas stations in East Orange, Newark, and Irvington. Police were notified throughout the day about the crimes committed by the delinquents armed with long shot guns in broad daylight.

State police caught up to the suspects in I-78 around exit 52. Police shut down the ...

NEWARK, NJ – A state grand jury this week voted to not file any criminal charges against an Orange police officer who fatally shot a Newark man in 2019, authorities announced. 

Jamahl Smith, 46, of Newark, was shot and killed in July 2019 by an Orange officer, according to authorities. The fatal police encounter was subsequently presented to a grand ...

ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Acting Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck announced gun buyback events in Passaic, Essex and Atlantic counties, and East Orange has one of the sites.

The "Guns for Cash" buy back program is in partnership with Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia Valdes, acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II and acting Atlantic County Prosecutor Cary ...