Budget season continues to roll onward in West Orange, with a "return to normal" on the horizon after the pandemic, an official said.
Imani Oakley and Akil Khalfani are challenging Donald Payne Jr. for the Democratic Party nomination. Learn more about each candidate here.
Plan to vote in the primary election? Here’s what you should know if you live in West Orange.
The West Orange school budget will have a tax increase for local homeowners. Learn what the municipal budget will hold in store on May 31.
Supporters say the bill would help to reel in the “exorbitant” prices of medicine. But a business advocacy group is against it – here’s why.
A city program in East Orange is helping residents to buy their first homes by giving them deferred payment loans of up to $25,000.
Some have PTSD. Others are victims of "don’t ask, don’t tell," or got busted for smoking a joint — and it cost them their VA benefits.
Essex County is closing its coronavirus vaccination and testing center in West Orange and moving it to Livingston.
The school and municipal budgets in West Orange are nearing the finish line. Here's the latest on public hearings for both.
A proposal to build a storage facility near Crystal Lake in West Orange has been derailed, advocates say.
A public hearing for the 2022 West Orange municipal budget will take place in May.
A wave of federal funding will be put to good use in West Orange, U.S. Rep. Mikie Sherrill says.
The ordinance involves five-year payment in lieu of tax agreements in the township.
The West Orange Town Council didn’t advance a proposal that would have allowed billboards near a stretch of Interstate 280.
Adam Kraemer is the only Republican candidate to file for Essex County executive in the June primary election.
The agenda includes professional service contracts, proposed ordinances and a cannabis license.
There will be NO regular trash or recycling pickup. The next trash pick up will be June 2 for trash and bulk trash.
A “highly pathogenic” avian influenza was confirmed in Michigan. Essex County officials are taking precautions to protect birds at the zoo.
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President Biden signed a $1.5 trillion spending bill, and it contains $250,000 to pay for improvements at Degnan Park in West Orange.
The West Orange PD was one of several in the county that didn’t see any major discipline cases last year, according to a report.
SAVE THE DATES!! The 2022 Junior Public Safety Academy will take place June 27-July 1, 2022 this year! Spend a week learning from the We ...
The Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission awarded rebates to towns in its service area as part of its Municipal Rebate Incentive Program.
West Orange residents with business at Town Hall are urged to keep their business brief and call ahead when possible.
Masking inside Township buildings is optional for employees and the public. The rear handicap door and the main front door at Town Hall ...
A group of activists rallied in front of West Orange’s town hall as part of a student-led demonstration for “climate action.”
There will be regular trash and bulk trash pick up. There will be regular Jitney service
A member of the West Orange Environmental Commission recaps some recent actions done to improve the town.
Four council members got a “D,” and one got a “C” from Our Green West Orange. Here’s what a councilwoman had to say in response.
“The climate crisis is threatening us,” one youth said. “Some of our friends have literally lost their homes.”
The health care industry is “volatile,” a pair of senators say. A proposed law would protect workers when mergers take place.
Not a single one of the 56 cannabis licenses that have been awarded in New Jersey has gone to a Black entrepreneur, advocates allege.
It's no secret property taxes are high in New Jersey. Here’s how much West Orange homeowners are paying.
The Essex County Correctional Facility Civilian Task Force will discuss special housing units at the prison on Jan. 29.
A federal coronavirus testing site in East Orange will stay open until Jan. 24 because of “high demand and need” in the area.
The Commuter Jitney WILL NOT run. There WILL be Trash and Recycling Pick Up
The Essex County unemployment rate improved recently, according to the newest figures.
Former governor Richard Codey has been tapped for his latest assignment in a long political career: deputy senate president pro tempore.
Over the past decade, thousands of animals have been killed as part of the county's annual deer management program.
A nationwide day of action is being planned to “remember the insurrection” and honor those who died, including an event in Essex County.