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EAST ORANGE/ORANGE, NJ — Check-out this week in review. Popular stories about our two municipalities you may have missed.

A Look Back: Orange and East Orange Coronavirus Numbers Week of April 5 – April 11

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Up-to $10,000 for 10 Lucky Homeowners in Orange

East Orange Man Admits to Over $250,000 in Credit Card and Check Fraud

New Jersey Pauses ...

EAST ORANGE/ORANGE, NJ — As the numbers continue to come in throughout Essex County during the second, and now a third wave of COVID-19, Orange and East Orange are being impacted.

This past week, positive cases of COVID-19 drastically decreased since the previous week's numbers. From April 5 – April 11, there was a combined total of 278 new cases (185 in East Orange and 93 in Orange). This is ...

ORANGE, NJ — Earlier this year, the State legalized marijuana for recreational use. This legalization is expected to open up a major industry of stores, delivery services, smoke bars, etc. Legalizing marijuana is being referred to as the new prohibition lift — the birth of a new legal multi-billion dollar industry. With black and brown people having been incarcerated more than any other people ...

ESSEX COUNTY, NJ. – An Essex County, New Jersey, man today admitted conspiring to defraud two banks of more than $250,000 using stolen credit cards and blank checks, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.

Allen Varice, 24, of East Orange, New Jersey, pleaded guilty by videoconference before U.S. District Judge Susan D. Wigenton to an information charging him with one count of ...

EAST ORANGE/ORANGE, NJ — Police in Essex need your help to identify a blonde woman wanted for credit card theft. The woman is wanted for stealing hundreds of dollars worth of goods in East Orange, Orange, Irvington, and Livingston. 

Anyone with information about her identity is asked to call (973)992-3000 ext 3500.

TRENTON, NJ — The state Department of Health has directed all New Jersey vaccination sites to cancel or put on hold appointments for the one-shot Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine — following recommendations by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration.

The health agencies today issued a pause in the vaccine’s usage after six women ...

ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — For the first time in nine years, Essex County Sheriff Armando Fontoura is being challenged in the Democratic primary.

John Arnold, who served as Newark’s deputy police director from 2014 to 2016, announced on Tuesday that he is challenging the 10-term incumbent for the Democratic nomination on June 8. A general election win would make Arnold the first African American ...

ORANGE, NJ — HANDS, a long-standing nonprofit housing organization in Orange is encouraging people to apply for a home improvement program. As a part of their mission, HANDS aspires to help lead in revitalizing neighborhoods. This program is seeking to turn that aspiration of revitalizing into a reality by helping individual homeowners fix their homes. There will only be 10 homeowners awarded, ...

NEWARK, NJ — Essex County will host its annual Essex County Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day on May 1. The event is sponsored by the County of Essex and the Essex County Utilities Authority.

The event will run from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 1. Essex County residents may drop off their items that day at the Essex County Public Works Department, 99 West Bradford Avenue, Cedar ...

ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — A study published recently in The American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology shows vaccines are safe and may offer some protection for the babies of pregnant and breastfeeding women. However, according to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), there is still limited and uncertain information about its safety for pregnant and breastfeeding women. This is especially true as it ...