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WEST ORANGE, NJ — After addressing several factors related to second-and third-quarter taxes during last week’s West Orange Township Council meeting, Chief Financial Officer John Gross also updated the governing body on the status of the 2020 municipal budget.

Since township has not yet adopted its municipal budget, Gross said the administration is looking to postpone any ...

WEST ORANGE, NJ — In response to the “deep-rooted outrage” sparked across the country by the death of George Floyd while in police custody in Minneapolis, West Orange Township officials joined “the countless voices across the country offering support to the family of George Floyd for their profound loss” by releasing a formal statement to the community on ...

WEST ORANGE, NJ — Sustainable Jersey Directors Samantha McGraw, Randy Solomon and Kaitlyn Vollmer recently announced that the Township of West Orange has been awarded a $2,000 Sustainable Jersey grant to work with West Orange Public Schools (WOPS) students to construct artificial floating islands at Vincent's Pond in Degnan Park.

According to WOPS Superintendent Dr. Scott ...

WEST ORANGE, NJ — Reflecting on the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on the Township of West Orange, Mayor Robert Parisi recently updated the public on the local statistics as they relate to senior living facilities, township employees and more.

On what the mayor termed "a good day" on Sunday, West Orange saw an increase of only four COVID-19 cases, which is the ...

TRENTON, NJ -- Gov. Phil Murphy cited significant drop in daily deaths, cases, hospitalizations, ICU and ventilator patients, at his daily press conference in Trenton on Wednesday .

According to the Governor:

New hospitalizations are down two-thirds from the peak.
Total hospitalizations are down nearly half since the peak.
The numbers of patients in ICU and on ventilators are both ...

TRENTON, NJ — Gov. Phil Murphy spent a large portion of his daily press briefing on Monday lobbying federal officials to help fund states hit the hardest by COVID-19.

Joined by U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Murphy publicly asked for President Donald Trump and federal lawmakers from both parties to help fund state shortfalls and “prevent this public health ...

WEST ORANGE, NJ — The award-winning West Orange High School (WOHS) Air Force JROTC program has much to celebrate as this unique school year comes to a close, as the Mountaineer Squadron recently received the 2019-2020 Distinguished Unit Award and several senior cadets will be entering military academies and programs.

On May 6, WOHS received the news that the Mountaineer Squadron achieved ...

WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Township of West Orange had seven additional confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 140 deaths of West Orange residents attributed to the coronavirus as of Wednesday morning, according to Mayor Robert Parisi.

The total intake of confirmed cases in West Orange is 1,095, with 770 cases that being classified as "current active cases" and 25 residents ...

WEST ORANGE, NJ -- The township had 19 additional confirmed cases of COVID-19 as of Wednesday morning, according to Mayor Robert Parisi.

The total intake of confirmed cases in West Orange is 1,069. There are 778 cases that are classified as "current active cases," and 25 residents remain hospitalized. Three of them are in ICU.

Although the increase of 19 cases is greater than the ...

WEST ORANGE, NJ — As spring-like temperatures ushered in the reopening of the Rock Spring Golf Club (RSGC) in West Orange over the weekend, nearly 188 rounds of golf were played as golfers donned masks and practiced the recommended social-distancing guidelines. According to the township, RSGC is booked at 90-percent capacity for the next eight days as of Monday.

Following weeks of ...