WEST ORANGE, NJ -- Icy conditions have forced the Essex County Sheriff's office to shut down lanes on Pleasant Valley Way in West Orange Sunday evening.

Lanes on the thoroughfare were being closed off after 8 p.m. Sunday. Temperatures which had been in the low 40s earlier in the afternoon were plummeting and forecast to reach single-digits overnight, creating fast freezing of surfaces ...

WEST ORANGE, NJ - Seniors in the West Orange High School (WOHS) CPR classes were recently visited by WOHS alumni from Fire Company 3, who offered advice and encouragement for the graduating students.

Captain John Gibson (WOHS Class of 1996), Jimmy Turco (WOHS Class of 1991) and Leon Sederwall (WOHS Class of 2008) are West Orange Fire Department (WOFD) members and Emergency Medical ...

WEST ORANGE, NJ — Two motor vehicles were burglarized and one was stolen in West Orange over the weekend, according to West Orange police. Although it is currently unknown whether there is any connection, stolen vehicles and break ins have also been reported in surrounding towns such as Livingston and Roseland.

According to police, the two burglaries occurred on Pilot Place and Highwood ...

WEST ORANGE, NJ - Experts from the Center for Women, National Council of Jewish Women/Essex, presented on the topic of teen dating abuse in West Orange High School health classes last week, where students used lessons taught in their “Relationships and Abuse” health unit to analyze real-life scenarios that were presented. 

All students were given an informative catalog ...

WEST ORANGE, NJ -- The West Orange Education Foundation will be sponsoring Principals' Bowling for Scholarship Dollars Feb. 2.

The event will take place at 7:30 p.m. at Eagle Rock Lanes, and proceeds will benefit the West Orange Scholarship Fund. The scholarship will be awarded to eligible graduating seniors from West Orange High School.

Tickets are $25 per person. For more information, ...

WEST ORANGE, NJ — Elves, Giant Spiders and bow-wielding Bandits have taken over the West Orange Public Library on Friday afternoons—not through the fantasy novels lining the shelves or the latest J.R.R. Tolkien adaptation of Peter Jackson waiting to be rented off the library's DVD rack, but through the teenage Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) club’s weekly ...

ORANGE, NJ -- The West Orange boys basketball team came away with a 49-44 victory over Barringer in the Martin Luther King Basketball Classic at Orange High School on Monday.

William Garth-Hill scored 15 points for the Mountaineers (6-6), who took a 30-23 halftime lead with a 15-5 run in the second quarter.

Goddy Marc connected for 12 points for West Orange, which outscored Barringer, ...

WEST ORANGE, NJ -- James Benjamin of West Orange placed first in the 126-pound weight class at the Essex County Tournament championships this weekend.

As a team, West Orange finished seventh out of 21 teams with 95 points.

Benjamin defeated Conner Decker of Seton Hall Prep, 2-0, in the championship match at 126. Colin Morgan of West Orange was the runner-up at 160 pounds. He reached the ...

WEST ORANGE — Bragging rights for high school boys basketball in West Orange were on the line Tuesday, and there couldn’t have been a more exciting way for two of the town’s teams to settle it. 

West Orange High and Seton Hall Prep battled until the absolute last second, but in the end, it is the parochial denizens from Northfield Avenue that will claim ...

WEST ORANGE, NJ — Stevenson & Moses Boxing for Life Corp., a Newark-based organization committed to using boxing as a tool to teach camaraderie among peers in the community, has appointed West Orange resident CC Minton as president of the company.

Wali and Robyn Moses, along with their grandson, Shakur Stevenson, a 2016 Olympic Silver Medalist in Boxing, founded the organization ...

WEST ORANGE, NJ — Martin Luther King, Jr. (MLK) Day was not only a day of remembrance, but a day of service in West Orange, where distinguished residents were recognized for their commitment to giving back during the West Orange Human Relations Commission’s (HRC) annual MLK Day celebration and “Love of Service” Awards held at Liberty Middle School.

The HRC serves ...

WEST ORNAGE, NJ — A kickoff fundraiser for the West Orange St. Patrick’s Day Parade was held on Thursday at the Oak Barrel Pub to signal the start of the parade season leading up to West Orange’s 68th annual event on Sunday, March 10 on Main Street.

Many people from West Orange and surrounding communities gathered in close quarters on Thursday to enjoy light fare and a ...

WEST ORANGE, NJ — A free program with the theme “A Love For Service” will celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. while also recognizing outstanding West Orange residents on Jan. 21 from 10 a.m. to noon in West Orange at Liberty Middle School.

Michellene Davis, Esq., the executive vice president and chief corporate affairs officer for RWJBarnabas, ...

LIVINGSTON, NJ — For the third consecutive year, the Livingston-based accounting firm Levine, Jacobs & Company LLC has been named among the top accounting firms in the “Best of Essex Readers' Choice Awards,” sponsored annually by Suburban Essex Magazine.

During the year, readers submitted nominees to the publication in a range of categories that included ...

WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Rotary Club will be sponsoring a Special Need Networking Session on Wednesday, Jan. 23 at 6:30 p.m. at Nicholas Anthony's Family Kitchen, located at 450 Main Street in West Orange.

The session offers an opportunity to make new contacts and to meet dynamic business leaders who place an emphasis on community service. The session will also ...

WEST ESSEX AREA, NJ — A new column that will highlight the stories of empowered entrepreneurial women and/or “mompreneurs” who are taking control of their careers, making their own hours and doing what they love most has been officially launched on TAPinto Livingston, TAPinto West Orange and TAPinto West Essex (Roseland, Fairfield, Essex Fells and the three ...

WEST ORANGE, NJ - The 14th Annual Mid-Atlantic Indoor Network (MAIN) Winter Guard Competition will be held in the Tarnoff Gymnasium at West Orange High School, 51 Conforti Avenue, on Jan. 26 from 4:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. West Orange High School (WOHS) will host the event and

The West Orange High School (WOHS) varsity and junior varsity Winter Color Guards will perform in exhibition ...

WEST ORANGE, NJ — Elves, Giant Spiders and bow-wielding Bandits have taken over the West Orange Public Library on Friday afternoons—not through the fantasy novels lining the shelves or the latest J.R.R. Tolkien adaptation of Peter Jackson waiting to be rented off the library's DVD rack, but through the teenage Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) club’s weekly ...

WEST ORANGE, NJ — The annual West Orange High School (WOHS) Winter Orchestra concert embodied the spirit of winter on Thursday night with a mix of classical and contemporary music, including the popular theme song to HBO’s “Game of Thrones.”

The concert featured various ensembles under the direction of Dr. Elena Peres, including the 9th Grade Orchestra, Royal Strings ...

WEST ORANGE, NJ — Stevenson & Moses Boxing for Life Corp., a Newark-based organization committed to using boxing as a tool to teach camaraderie among peers in the community, has appointed West Orange resident CC Minton as president of the company.

Wali and Robyn Moses, along with their grandson, Shakur Stevenson, a 2016 Olympic Silver Medalist in Boxing, founded the organization ...

ESSEX COUNTY, NJ – A state of emergency has been placed in effect for Saturday by New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy.

Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. and Essex County Sheriff Armando Fontoura have requested that residents do not park on county roads from Saturday through Sunday this weekend. Keeping the roads open will make it easier to remove snow and ...

WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Township of West Orange is currently looking for a full-time job opening for the position of Senior Citizen Program Aide. Those interested are asked to apply by Feb. 8.

According to the township, the job requires providing help and information to West Orange senior citizens as well as the organization, management and implementation of all township senior citizen ...

LIVINGSTON, NJ — British Swim School of The Oranges recently invited the students from Freedom Christian Academy in Orange to participate in an exclusive hour-long "Splashapalooza" event at its Livingston location at 39 W. Northfield Road.

This "Splashapalooza" event was held at the request of Shelley Remaly, principal of Freedom Christian Academy.

NEW YORK, NY - The National Weather Service (NWS) reports that temperatures will continue to drop and remain below freezing into Monday, producing a condition called "Black Ice" where the roads may appear to be wet but are actually frozen. This could result in motorists losing traction, NWS states. 

Monday is expected to be mostly sunny with a high near 15 ...

WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Sosa Insurance Group, which opened an office at 450 Pleasant Valley Way in West Orange in the fall, specializes in Medicare supplement plans, Medicare Advantage plans, Medicare and Medicaid plans and dental, as well as some individual and long-term care plans.

According to owner George Sosa, Sosa Insurance Group is "dedicated to offering ...

WEST ORANGE, NJ — Did you miss any of the top news stories of 2018 in and around West Orange?

If you did, click on these links and scroll down memory lane with TAPinto West Orange. In 2018, TAPinto West Orange received more than 300,000 visitors, an increase in readership of nearly 70 percent over the previous year.

Here is just a sampling of the events and happenings that you were ...

WEST ORANGE, NJ — In an effort to revitalize the forest ecology in Essex County’s forest areas, the county’s Deer Management Program will begin on Jan. 15 and continue through March. This year, the program has been modified so that culling will occur on Tuesdays in South Mountain Reservation and Thursdays in Hilltop Reservation.

According to Essex County Executive Joseph ...

WEST ORANGE, NJ — Although one of the most popular questions posed to a real estate professional is “How is the market?” Tezeta Roro, a licensed real estate professional specializing in Essex, Union and Morris counties, said she often answers this question with, “There is always a market."

According to Roro, the conditions for buyers and sellers may ...