West Orange News

West Orange's interim superintendent received a standing ovation Thursday night when he told a group of more than a hundred Hazel community members that Edwin Acevedo would remain principal at the elementary school.

West Orange Township has proposed a new park in the St. Cloud neighborhood on Ridge Avenue, costing $475,000, funded by the Open Space Trust Fund.

The Church of the Immaculate Conception in Montclair will celebrate the 50th anniversary of Fr.

On May 15, the West Orange Public Library displayed the pieces of West Orange artist Robert Freese.

Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. speaks with 'Jungle' Jack Hanna during a visit by the celebrity zoologist to Essex County Turtle Back Zoo in West Orange on Friday, May 10.

Local inspectors cited 11 restaurants in West Orange in the last year for health code violations, giving the eateries a 'conditionally satisfactory' rating, according to township records.

Local philanthropists served as role models as day school heads, development officers, community leaders, and fund-raisers gathered in Florham Park in pursuit of the brass ring: how to inspire the community to support endowment funding for Jewish day schools.

On May 8, store personnel from the CVS Pharmacy on Pompton Avenue reported that a customer, who was previously informed he was not wanted on the premise due to his demeanor with the staff, had again entered the building and became abusive to an employee, police said.

Less than a year after moving to Livingston, Sweet Basil's Cafe and Grill was featured in The New York Times on Friday.

The West Orange School District Summer Enrichment Program brochure for 2013 has been distributed to all elementary and Middle Schools and is available for review at: This successful program has run for several years and is staffed with District Educators, Nurses and other professionals.

West Orange schoolchildren attending the Washington Elementary School will be the beneficiaries of a new state Department of Agriculture program to provide fresh fruits and vegetables to students during the 2013-14 school year, New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture Douglas H. Fisher said Monday.

A 51-year-old was arrested Sunday afternoon after he allegedly smashed the windows of a Main Street restaurant with a crowbar, West Orange police said.

The 28th annual Fine Art and Crafts Show will take place on May 18 and 19 in Verona Park, located on the corner of Lakeside and Bloomfield avenues.

On Monday, December 17, 2012, Lt. Timothy Brennan, a 23 year year veteran of the West Orange Police Department, was called to the scene of an attempted suicide at the Water Tower in the area of the Edison National Historical Park.

The first, to be held Monday, May 13, from 4:30 to 5:15 pm, is a special session called "Music and Movement for Children with Special Needs" and will be led by Joanne Schacter, a certified and experienced music educator, music therapist and special needs yoga instructor.

Students from James Caldwell, West Orange, West Essex and Montclair High Schools pitched tents and opened their hearts and minds on Friday night, May 3 at Essex County's Mayapple Hill campgrounds in the South Mountain Reservation as participants in CAMP OUT FOR CASA.

Luna Stage, located at 555 Valley Road, will be presenting its final Stand Up Comedy evening 7:00 pm.

Phyllis Morgan, mother of fallen police officer Michael Morgan, embraces his academy classmate Newark police officer Nativo Mendez, before he received his public safety valor award at the Essex County Valor Awards honoring police and firefighters at the 200 Club of Essex County in West Orange on Thursday, May 9, 2013.

LIVINGSTON, NJ Sherriff's detective Fitzgerald Figliuolo of Livingston, will receive a Valor Award at the annual 200 club of West Essex Valor Awards Luncheon on Thursday, May 9th.

Montclair singer/songwriter Jason Didner gets ideas in his car, while driving to work in Union County.