Essex County Community Pulse

• Planning board unanimously approves two-story supermarket at 262-270 Main Street
• Features include bike racks, 53 parking spots with EV chargers,...

The 17th annual Montclair Jazz Festival filled downtown Montclair with free performances and joyful crowds on sunny Aug. 15, highlighting how...

The fatal Aug. 9 crash that killed 17-year-old Zakiyah Dansby on Bloomfield Avenue involved an unmarked Newark police SUV following a speeding sedan,...

Months of planning turned the 18th Annual Back 2 School Store in Livingston into a mini department store offering a unique shopping experience for...

A judge ordered both Mercedes brothers detained in the July 19 double homicide during a child custody exchange.

• Legal outcome: Judge Ramundo denied...

East Orange Campus High School alumnus Sekou Kromah has signed with Rutgers football after winning a suit against the NCAA that granted him a fifth...

Lionsgate Studios Newark just closed the state's largest C-PACE loan at $101 million to fund solar, EV charging and efficiency upgrades at its...

Montclair delays a swim school proposal over parking shortages and traffic bottlenecks near the train station.

• West Orange faces six builder's...

Essex County is accelerating youth empowerment through targeted programs and educator recognition.

• Platinum Sound Academy enters its fourth year,...

Out Montclair will collect messages and mementos from the LGBTQ+ community at 4 p.m. Sunday at Lackawanna Plaza to seal in a time capsule opening in...

Eleven residents from two families were displaced after a four-alarm fire destroyed one Belleville home and damaged another on Crescent Terrace early...

• Third fatality: Guatemalan detainee Jose Chajon-Raxon died after a seizure at Newark’s Delaney Hall ICE facility on July 19.
• Responsibility...

Montclair is tightening backyard chicken rules to address rising applications and neighbor complaints.

• Key limits: Reduce hens from 25 to 6, cap...

East Orange celebrates its Summer League legacy tomorrow with basketball, music, and community pride.

• Mayor Ted R. Green and the City Council...

• Board hired $120,000 PR specialist despite $19.6M deficit, teacher layoffs, and program cuts
• EisnerAmper chosen for forensic audit, but budget cut from $500k to $250k
• Critics warn reduced funds, sloppy records, and staff turnover will limit findings

• Record membership tops 250 adults, kids, and families drawn from NJ, NY, and CT
• New permanent hub at Montclair Brewery (101 Walnut Street) starts...

• New pop-up galleries at Lackawanna Station feature local artists Julia Gorton (Glen Ridge) and Charlie Spademan (Montclair)
• “Gorton + Spademan”...

A late-night blaze on Crescent Terrace destroyed one Belleville home and damaged a neighboring roof, displacing 11 people who escaped with pets amid...

Essex County is investing nearly $9 million to build a new hoof stock barn at Turtle Back Zoo, adding zebras and expanding the rare bongo herd...

Newark students will carry cellphones but must store them in lockable Yondr pouches kept completely off during the school day under the new statewide...