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1. Matt Dvorin Competes For West Orange Town Council Seat: 2026 Election (patch.com) — West Orange voters are being introduced to town council candidate Matt Dvorin, who emphasizes fiscal discipline, stronger downtown business support, and long-term planning for housing and infrastructure. He also highlights protecting the commuter jitney, creating a sewer utility, and ensuring the town actively supports vulnerable neighbors, while pledging to serve with humility and collaboration rather than political ambition.
2. West Orange Senior Earns Award In County Art Contest (patch.com) — A West Orange senior, Martta Kelly, has earned first place in the non-professional photography category at the 2026 Essex County Senior Citizens Juried Art Show, highlighting local talent on a county stage. Thirty-five seniors were honored overall, with Kelly representing West Orange among the winners at a recent ceremony in Cedar Grove.
3. MetaEncryptor Ransomware Expands Its Reach Across US Healthcare and Scientific Technology + Video (undercodenews.com) — A West Orange–based medical group, Hudson MD Group, has reportedly been hit by MetaEncryptor ransomware, highlighting how local healthcare providers can be targeted for both data and operational disruption. The article stresses that details are still developing, urges caution in interpreting early leak-site claims, and explains why healthcare organizations like those serving West Orange must strengthen identity security, backups, and incident response.
4. Hussein Syed, RWJ Barnabas Health, Chief Information Security Officer, Again Honored as A CISO To Know Nationwide (newswise.com) — A major New Jersey health system is spotlighting its cybersecurity leadership from right here in West Orange, where RWJBarnabas Health's chief information security officer has again been named among a select group of top hospital CISOs nationwide. His work focuses on protecting patient data, hospital systems, and a large electronic health record overhaul that ultimately affects how care is delivered across the state.
5. Lawyer visiting NYC for work abducted outside strip club— before being beaten bloody and ditched in NJ: feds (nypost.com) — A visiting lawyer was allegedly kidnapped outside a Manhattan strip club, assaulted during a drive through the Lincoln Tunnel, and ultimately left badly injured near a nature preserve in West Orange. Federal prosecutors say three suspects, including one West Orange resident, face kidnapping charges that carry potential life sentences, after a cyclist discovered the victim and alerted police.
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