WEST ORANGE, N.J. — The Road Forward guidebook was released by the New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE) in late June following the West Orange Public School’s (WOPS) submission of its Safe Return to In-Person Instruction and Continuity of Services plan to the state.

As was predicted by WOPS Superintendent Dr. Scott Cascone at the previous WOBOE meeting, local districts will ...

WEST ORANGE, NJ — 65 West Orange High School students in grades 9-12 completed studies in Algebra, English, US History, Biology and Chemistry to comply with graduation requirements on July 27.
 
The program began on July 28. This year's course offerings were:
 
Algebra I (Ms. Bollotta) and II (Mr. Tick)

Geometry (Ms. Hoffer)

English 11 (Mr. Salaam) and 12 (Mr.

Join West Orange Town Historian and author Joseph Fagan on August 7 at 10:00 a.m. for a history walking tour of the Tory Corner section in downtown West Orange. The tour will begin at the Washington Street School at 289 Main Street in West Orange. Free parking is available at the lot’s entrance on Washington Street. It will last a little over an hour and loop back to the ...

Hiring an additional forester was a major topic of public comments. John Linson works on Friday and requested a $10 per hour raise. A new forester will be available during additional hours. Many residents expressed that the township only needs one forester.

Len Lepore, Township Municipal Engineer, stated that there’s been an increase in forester orders due to residents now needing a ...

West Orange Councilman Bill Rutherford and West Orange Deputy Attorney General  Bryn Whittle met with New Jersey’s acting Attorney General Andrew Bruck this week.

Rutherford stated, “As a Prosecutor, Mr. Bruck should be applauded for removing guns from the hands of some of the most violent criminals and criminal organizations in New Jersey.” He continued, ...

Elliot Cadeau, a West Orange resident who attends Bergen Catholic High School, was named ESPN’s number one point guard in the class of 2024 in the country.

Cadeau, who’s been playing organized basketball since second grade, also played tennis, soccer, baseball and football in West Orange schools. In fifth grade, he stopped playing the other sports to focus on basketball ...

Alen Hadzic, a 29-year-old West Orange native who graduated from Montclair High School, was temporarily suspended in June by the US Center for SafeSport when three women reported him for sexual misconduct between 2013 and 2015. Hadzic denies the allegations.

He’s an alternative on the Olympic Fencing team but is prohibited from staying in the Olympic Village with the rest ...

VERONA, NJ — Thursday evening's thunderstorms touched off a tornado that was confirmed on the ground in Verona.

According to the National Weather Service, the twister was an EF-0 with maximum winds of 65 mph. EF stands for Enhanced Fujita Scale, which is used to rank a tornado’s wind speed and damage on a scale of zero to five.

The twister was on the ground for less than a ...

A New Jersey State Police spokesperson reported that Craig T. Waldron, 30, of West Orange was driving north on the Garden State Parkway (GSP) in an SUV when he ran off the left side of the road. His car went over the median, hit several trees and burst into fire. Waldron was pronounced dead when first responders reached him.

Fellow motorist Laura Cooper witnessed ...

West Orange Art Council (WOAC) will open its "The Power of IV: Emotion, Eurythmy, Vernacular and Subversion" exhibit in August. The four artists are Elizabeth Antoine, Carol Black-Lemon (co-curator), Lisa Lackey and Ann Vollum (co-curator).

The artists, two working in fiber and two in paint, create what WOAC calls an "eclectic exhibit that celebrates life and the ...

West Orange native, Chris Gethard, will be an honoree at Art House Productions' "Cocktails Under the Stars." The Jersey City art organization provides a venue for performing, visual and literary artists to develop new work.

Art House's Producing Director Courtney Little described the event as "a glamorous midsummer party honoring comedian Chris Gethard of ...

A new historical marker was unveiled in the Valley section of West Orange on the corner of Hazel Avenue and Valley Road on July 14th. The marker is the latest in a series of roadside markers sponsored by the Downtown West Orange Alliance. It commemorates the Orange Valley Toboggan Slide of the late 19th century used for winter recreation by local residents. West Orange Township Historian Joseph ...

An Eagle Court of Honor Ceremony was held for Sean Coxe on Friday at the Essex County Clipper Pavilion. Coxe's Eagle Scout project was organizing a clean-up of refuse in the West Branch of the Rahway River.

Coxe posted a request for volunteers on West Orange's Facebook page and recruited family, neighbors, friends, Troop 6 Scouts, the Department of Public ...

The Alex Caprio Animal Control Facility in West Orange received two new benches and a table in an outdoor seating area used for adoptions. It was part of an Eagle Scout Project completed by Connor Seid of Troop 2 in West Orange. He was assisted by Sebastian Ordonez and Hayden Silva also of Troop 2. 

Seid was inspired to do the project when he adopted a Shih Tzu named King in 2017 and ...

WEST CALDWELL, NJ -- Dr. Joseph DalBon of the New Jersey Center for Laser and Cosmetic Dentistry spoke with TAPintoTV to discuss a new painless laser oral treatment created to alleviate sleep apnea.

“Sleep apnea is a condition where the patient is waking up during the night and unable to breathe that can cause a number of serious health issues,” he said. Some of these health issues ...

WAYNE, NJ -- General Manager of Lincoln of Wayne, Peter Spina, Jr., spoke with TAPintoTV about the three kinds of electric vehicles in the automotive marketplace; Hybrid, PHEV, and BEV. 

Hybrid vehicles have gas and electric engines but no plug-in charging functionality. “The system charges itself through regenerative braking,” Spina explained. “It harnesses the kinetic ...

TAPintoTV spoke with Suzy Minken of Compass about a new home in Chatham, NJ and why she hosted an Appreciation Day event for the local neighborhood.

After nine months of construction, 94 Elmwood Avenue is completed and open on Appreciation Day. “I wanted people in the neighborhood and the community to come and see how gorgeous this house is,” Minken explained. “I wanted ...