Orange News

For Art's Sake committee members present at February 8 kick-off party: Co-chairs Jenny Reinhardt and Patricia A. Bell, guest curator Ann Schaffer, Elisa Zachary, Laura Schaffer, Kelly J. Deere and Lacey Rzeszowski.

The Summit Free Public Library will host another five-week memoir writing workshop on Friday mornings from 10:00 to 11:30 AM, beginning March 16, 2012.

Two men were indicted yesterday for their roles in a real estate investment firm fraud that authorities say stole $2.2 million from mortgage lenders by providing false information on home loan applications.

Feb. 1 Report of burglary and theft from a Springfield Avenue pizzeria at approximately 2:28 a.m. A 50-inch Panasonic television was reported missing.

Three men were injured in a shooting on Elizabeth Street between North Day Street and Cleveland Street along the Orange/West Orange border, authorities said.

The new organ inside St. Malachy's Church in Manhattan came from a church in New Jersey that had a date with a wrecking ball.

Blue Morel chef Kevin Takafuji enjoys a white clam pizza and an everything pie with anchovies at Star Tavern Pizzeria in Orange.

Millburn police report that a suspect in a burglary to a car parked at a Millburn residence was arrested Jan.

By Ira Levin WHEN: Performances Jan. 26 through Feb. 12 WHERE: Bickford Theatre at the Morris Museum, 6 Normandy Heights Road, Morris Township TICKETS: $40; $36 seniors; $33 Morris Museum members; $20 students with ID INFORMATION: 973-971-3706; www.bickfordtheatre.org On the one hand, he really wants to talk about 'Veronica's Room,' the play he's ... (more)

Only last week did this Montclair Patch editor discover a great new nighttime gem: Hat City Kitchen.

Nearly 200 school board members were informed they must "immediately vacate their position" after failing to complete a background check mandated under a new state law.

State education officials said Thursday that 187 school board members and charter school trustees have been told they must vacate their positions for failing to get a criminal history background check completed by the end of 2011.