EAST ORANGE, NJ - “In East Orange, we have zero tolerance for landlords who circumvent our laws and prey on individuals and families seeking a place to live. The City of East Orange has a very strict housing code and our inspectors will continue to aggressively enforce it.

For those slumlords who have been renting substandard and unsafe apartments to homeless people in need, you are now ...

TRENTON, NJ – New Jersey residents are on their way to making $15 per hour at work.

Gov. Phil Murphy signed legislation on Monday that will gradually raise the states’ minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2024.

“For far too long, too many of our fellow New Jerseyans have been struggling to survive on wages that have not kept up with the cost of living,” Murphy ...

EAST ORANGE, NJ - Friday February 1, 2019 Assemblywoman Britnee Timberlake, accompanied by delegates from the N.J. Assembly, grassroots organizations and faith community, held a press conference at her East Orange headquarters to thank Governor Phil Murphy for signing into law the Independent Prosecutor Bill sponsored by Timberlake that directs the Attorney General to take over death ...

ORANGE NJ - The 36th Annual Harambee Breakfast sponsored by the National Council of Negro Women, Section of the Oranges, will take place on Saturday, February 16, 2019, from 9am to 12pm at Metropolitan Baptist Church, 149 Springfield Avenue, Newark, New Jersey.

The keynote speaker will be Doris Young Boyer, author, executive coach and etiquette and protocol professional.

She ...

EAST ORANGE, NJ - Departments within the City of East Orange were all abuzz with activity preparing for the Mayor Ted R. Green’s State of the City Address next Thursday February 21, 2019.

The East Orange Annual State of the City Address has become a major event over the years; featuring high tech presentations, drones, choirs and grand pageantry. This year’s event promises to be ...

EAST ORANGE, NJ - Over 120 families visited Camp Read-A-Lot in the gym of at Gordon Parks Academy on January 9th, wearing their PJs with blankets and sleeping bags in hand. 

The camping themed evening was full of fun, reading, writing and speaking activities. The school was transformed into a campground, giving the feeling of an exciting place where reading and writing magic happens.

ORANGE, N.J. – An Ohio man admitted today he robbed a mobile communications company retail store in Orange, New Jersey, at gunpoint in June 2016, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.

Frederick A. White, 46, pleaded guilty to one count of Hobbs Act robbery and one count of brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence before U.S. District Judge Claire C. Cecchi in Newark federal ...

ORANGE, NJ - Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. announced that the City of Orange and the Main Street Counseling Center were among 12 Essex County municipalities and 33 non-profit community organizations that received a total of about $5.5 million from the Community Development Block Grant program and the Emergency Solutions Grant program on Wednesday, February 13th for ...