Saturday, September 25, 2010
Incident under investigation with county prosecutor's office
Adreana B. Nelson, an 18-year-old West Orange resident who sustained serious injuries in a single-car motor vehicle crash in Cedar Gove Saturday, has died, according to the Essex County Prosecutor's Office. Nelson was a rear-seat passenger in a 1995 Acura Integra that was involved in the Sept. 18 crash on Ridge Road, authorities said. Alberto J. Nunez, 18, of West Orange, was driving the vehicle when it struck a utility pole at 12:57 a.m., outside of 305 Ridge Road, according to police reports. Nelson, who was ejected from the rear window and suffered severe head and bodily injuries, was taken to the trauma center at St. Joseph's Hospital in Paterson, where she died Friday. Odane M. Neale, 19, of West Orange, was in the front seat. Neale …
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305 Ridge Rd, Cedar Grove, NJ
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Wednesday, September 22, 2010
West Orange event to bring hundreds to township
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Wednesday, September 22, 2010
With less than three weeks left to New Jersey Fashion Week, dozens of models lined up Tuesday at Ripley Studios in New York to compete for the runway in the West Orange-based event. Spearheaded by Donnella Tilery, of DC Showroom (formerly Donnella's Closet), and Jack Panico, of Panico Salon & Spa, the two-day show will bring celebrities, media and fashion buyers to Pleasantdale Chateau, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., Oct. 11 and Oct. 12. Tilery initiated NJFW and Panico joined later as a co-founder, incorporating hair and beauty. The models vied Tuesday for spots to showcase lines from Adolfo Sanchez, of Los Angeles, Kahri Ann Kerr, of Brooklyn, N.Y., Veronica Spadaro, of Florence, Italy, Elene Cassis, of New York, and Thomas Lavone, of Newark. Panico …
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Pleasantdale Chateau
757 Eagle Rock Ave, West Orange, NJ
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Monday, September 20, 2010
More than 200 gathered for Saturday event
At least 60 men, women and even children shaved for the brave Saturday in West Orange at the Friendly Sons of the Shillelagh club for the fourth annual St. Baldrick's cancer research fundraiser. The estimated total of money raised from the event is more than $80,000. Watch the video for more details. No sound? Click on the next video.
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The Order of the Friendly Sons of the Shillelagh
648 Prospect Ave, West Orange, NJ
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Tuesday, July 27, 2010
'In-theatre dining' that includes full-service bar to open in November
AMC Entertainment is giving New Jersey residents the opportunity to combine the date idea of dinner and a movie into a one-stop shop. The movie theater giant is converting the Essex Green Shopping Center venue, 495 Prospect Ave., West Orange, into New Jersey's first and the nation's fourth entertainment eatery where movie goers can attend a film while eating dinner. Susan Borg, the township's planning director, said the $5 million project will revamp the theater by November. "They're reducing the seat capacity by 65 percent and replace the remaining 35 percent into luxurious seating with tables and waiter service," she said. AMC did not return calls seeking comment, stating in an e-mail they will discuss the project when construction …
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AMC Essex Green Cinema
495 Prospect Ave, West Orange, NJ
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Thursday, July 22, 2010
Wednesday hearing wraps up testimony
An ongoing battle between neighbors and Seton Hall Preparatory School about the school's proposed $7 million Prospect Avenue field construction showed no signs of easing after Wednesday night's zoning board hearing. On one side is Kevin and Sally Malanga, a husband-wife team who are spearheading a group, mostly of neighbors surrounding the field's property, against the destruction of hundreds of trees and a forest to pave way for the construction. Seton Hall Preparatory School, an all-boys Catholic high school, is looking to build on the 45-acre, privately owned land it acquired in the 1990s. The facility currently has a track, a practice field and a football field on about 23 acres of the property that the school constructed after first …
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120 Northfield Ave, West Orange, NJ
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West Orange Township Municipal Building
66 Main St, West Orange, NJ
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Raymond Helfrich
4:08 pm on Thursday, September 23, 2010
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