West Orange News

A Newark man resisted arrest Monday afternoon after a West Orange family claimed the man broke into their car on Northfield Avenue, West Orange police said.

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The second annual Montclair Food and Wine Festival will once again team up the area's top chefs to create the ultimate meal.

The West Orange Public Schools are pleased to report on several events recently reported from West Orange High School, Roosevelt Middle School, Gregory School and Redwood School.

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The Church of Our Lady of Sorrows is currently celebrating its 125th Anniversary year, which will culminate on Saturday, June 1 with a closing mass followed by a gala celebration at Mayfair Farms in West Orange, according to marketing chair Chuck Chambers.

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.