Essex County News

NEWARK, NJ — A newly established Essex County Office of LGBTQ Affairs was announced Friday that will be led by Reginald Bledsoe, a Newark resident and former Newark Public Schools Board of Education member.

Bledsoe, who was appointed as the office's first director, will help support the LGBTQ community in Essex County and provide a platform to address issues, ...

St. Mark's Episcopal Church in West Orange opened in 1828 and remained as an active congregation until it closed in 2004. After the church closed it saw only occasional use as a rental property for small fellowships. Over the years however financial resources were lacking to maintain the church, and it fell into a state of further disrepair and neglect. By spring 2015 diocesan trustees had ...

EAST ORANGE, NJ - Memorial Services for former East Orange Mayor Robert Bowser have been set for May 7th at 11 am, at Cicely L. Tyson School of Performing Arts located at 35 Winans Street, East Orange, New Jersey 07017. The public is invited to the memorial services, however, due to limited seating capacity, registration is required. To register, please visit ...

ORANGE, NJ — The future of a historic, mixed-use building at 235 Main Street in Orange remains uncertain after a multiple-alarm fire destroyed the majority of the structure earlier this week. According to authorities, the cause of the fire is under investigation and is believed to have started in a first-floor business.

Fire units from several surrounding ...

ESSEX COUNTY, NJ - The Essex County Municipal Clerks were in full force attending the Municipal Clerks Association of New Jersey’s 2022 (MCANJ), Education Conference in Atlantic City. Est Orange's own, Kim Lemmon is the Treasurer for the Association. 

“What made this Conference so special for the Essex County Clerks” said Association President Jennifer Kiernan, ...

LIVINGSTON, NJ - Three generations of women – grandmother, daughter and granddaughter – are lifetime members of Girl Scouts Heart of New Jersey (GSHNJ), with more than 162 years of combined Girl Scout experience.

Jeanne Van Steen, who resides in Nutley for the past 65 years, has been a lifetime member of Girl Scouts for 82 years.

Van Steen grew up in St. Louis and became a ...

WEST ORANGE, NJ - Sheriff Armoando Fontoura announced today that Officers from his Department’s Bureau of Narcotics from his office set out to arrest a West Orange man who was wanted for Criminal mischief and eluding police on March 31st.

As a result of the arrest, they the Detectives recovered handguns, extended high-capacity magazines laser beam sights for the handguns, and AR-15 ...

EAST ORANGE/ORANGE, NJ - Three men were killed hours apart in three shootings Wednesday in East Orange, Orange and Irvington.

The East Orange shooting happened early Wednesday, March 16, on Hilton Street at an address in the 50s. A more specific time was not immediately available. One man was fatally shot, while three other victims sustained non-life-threatening injuries.

On Wednesday, ...

NUTLEY, NJ - Officers of the Nutley Police Department arrested a 58-year-old township resident following an investigation of allegations of inappropriate behaviors while working as a substitute teacher in the Nutley Public School district. 

The incident that led to the investigation took place in Nutley High School on March 11. 

Richard Dunn was arrested Tuesday in the vicinity of ...

NEWARK, NJ —After two years of no bagpipes and no green stripe painted in the middle of the street, the Newark St. Patrick's Day Parade returned to downtown, a day when it was especially good to see and be seen as the COVID-19 pandemic recedes.

"It's surreal seeing all these people, particularly after two years sitting in my home office. How do I interact?" said ...