Patch reviews this week’s top stories in West Orange and Essex County.
GMO-skeptic and scientist Shiva Ayyadurai holds the U.S. copyright for “EMAIL” and was once “married” to actress Fran Drescher.
N.J. voters who want to switch their political party affiliation for the 2017 primary election have until April 12 to make the change.
Senator Cory Booker knows that facts and figures can only do so much. Sometimes you have to put a face to an issue to make it hit home.
Stand by silently and let their congressman use their kids for a publicity event? Not on their watch, these parents say.
The New Jersey judge is also accused of making a law clerk work for free and secretly taping conversations with other court officials.
Rodney Frelinghuysen, who represents several towns in Essex County, is denying a claim that he said he'd block funding for a border wall.
A local activist group responds to the West Orange mayor’s suggestion that the town doesn’t need to label itself a “sanctuary city.”
West Orange doesn’t need a symbolic gesture to protect its immigrants, it just needs some basic human kindness, its mayor says.
The lives of thousands of impounded dogs and cats may be at risk if a N.J. bill eliminates a mandatory 7-day waiting period for euthanasia.
A Catholic priest in New Jersey faces criticism for his bare-knuckle social media posts about Muslims and smug, "snowflake" liberals.
“Our hope is to fill the information void,” an Essex County organizer asserted.
Thousands of people in the Essex County area - including West Orange - may lose their health insurance coverage if Obamacare is repealed.
The League of Humane Voters of New Jersey plans to hold a “Deer Banner Protest” in West Orange on Jan. 28.
Donald Payne Jr. is the second Garden State lawmaker to announce that they’ll be skipping the presidential inauguration.
A group of N.J. residents say that smoking weed helps to treat migraines, arthritis, autism, depression and Alzheimer’s Disease.
West Orange has seen tragedy, hope and excitement in 2016. Take a quick look back as you greet the new year.
A West Orange school reminds students – and parents – to be kind and respectful to each other in the wake of Trump’s election day victory.
Find out who your neighbors voted for in 2016, West Orange.