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West Orange, New Jersey

March 29, 2023

West Orange is a suburban[20][21] township in Essex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

West Orange, New Jersey
Township
Thomas Edison National Historical Park in West Orange
Seal
Motto: 
"Where Invention Lives"[1]
Location in Essex County and the state of New Jersey.
Census Bureau map of West Orange, New Jersey
West Orange
Location in Essex County
West Orange
Location in New Jersey
West Orange
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 40°47′09″N 74°15′54″W / 40.785755°N 74.265058°W / 40.785755; -74.265058Coordinates: 40°47′09″N 74°15′54″W / 40.785755°N 74.265058°W / 40.785755; -74.265058[2][3]
Country United States
State New Jersey
CountyEssex
IncorporatedApril 10, 1863 (as township)
ReincorporatedFebruary 28, 1900 (as town)
Government
[8]
 • TypeFaulkner Act (mayor–council)
 • BodyTownship Council
 • MayorRobert D. Parisi (term ends December 31, 2022)[4][5]
 • Business AdministratorJohn Gross[6]
 • Municipal clerkKaren J. Carnevale[7]
Area
[2]
 • Total12.13 sq mi (31.41 km2)
 • Land12.00 sq mi (31.09 km2)
 • Water0.12 sq mi (0.32 km2)  1.01%
 • Rank189th of 565 in state
3rd of 22 in county[2]
Elevation
[9]
512 ft (156 m)
Population
 (2020)[10][11]
 • Total48,843
 • Estimate 
(2021)[10][12]
48,257
 • Rank39th of 565 in state
5th of 22 in county[13]
 • Density4,069.2/sq mi (1,571.1/km2)
  • Rank154th of 565 in state
14th of 22 in county[13]
Time zoneUTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT))
ZIP Code
07052[14][15]
Area code(s)973[16]
FIPS code3401379800[2][17][18]
GNIS feature ID1729718[2][19]
Websitewww.westorange.org
Main Street in West Orange

West Orange is both an inner-ring suburb of Newark, the county seat of Essex County and New Jersey's largest city, and a commuter suburb of New York City; it is approximately 12 miles (19 km) west of Manhattan.[22][23] West Orange is well known for having been home to the inventor Thomas Edison, who also maintained a laboratory and workshop in town.

As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 48,843,[10][11] an increase of 2,636 (+5.7%) from the 2010 census count of 46,207,[24][25][26] which in turn reflected an increase of 1,264 (+2.8%) from the 44,943 counted in the 2000 census.[27]

History

 
Evangelical Methodist Church

West Orange was originally part of the Native American Hackensack clan's territory, for over 10,000 years. The Hackensack were a phratry of the Unami tribe of the Leni Lenape. In their language, "Leni Lenape" means, "the original people."[28] The Acquackanonk sub-tribe were located along the Passaic River. They were part of the Algonquin language family, and known as "Delaware Indians" by the 18th century. They identified themselves with the totem of the Turtle. They were hunter-gatherers, matrilineal, and had cultural traditions such as wedding ceremonies. Northfield Avenue and Old Indian Road in West Orange, remain as original Hackensack trails. Their main settlement was where the city of Hackensack is today. They would travel to the ocean or mountains to hunt for food. The Passaic River runs in an upside-down V shape—8 miles (13 km) west and east, and 13 miles (21 km) north of West Orange. In the centuries prior to industrial development, the Passaic River and Watchung Mountains were major geographic landmarks amidst the untouched wilderness.

West Orange is located at the peak of the Watchung Mountains. This vantage point over the valleys east to Manhattan had a strategic value for Lenni Lenape warriors, and later George Washington's troops during the American Revolution. The wooded South Mountain Reservation has rocks shaped like the backs of large turtles. The area is now known as "Turtle Back Rock Picnic Area" and gives its name to the Turtle Back Zoo. The Turtle Back Rocks were considered sacred to the Native Americans.[citation needed]

The Native Americans were hunter-gatherer tribes who would overlap territories and occasionally had tribal wars, but did not "own" land. They believed in taking only what was immediately necessary from nature, and considering the needs of the next seven generations. This hospitality at first benefited the European settlers, who struggled in the wilderness after reaching North America's shores. In the 1500s and 1600s, the territory was disputed and transferred many times between the Hackensack, Dutch, Scottish, Swedes, and English colonists. Due to the wars between the Native Americans and European settlers, most European settlers stayed East of the Hudson River. In 1664, the English took possession of Dutch New Netherland. On October 28, 1664, The English purchased 780 square miles (2,000 km2) of land from the Hackensack, from Staten Island to the Passaic River on the North to the Raritan River on the South, for about 154 English pounds. This is known as the "Elizabethtown Purchase."[29]

In 1666, Puritan Captain Robert Treat moved south to New Jersey from Connecticut and purchased a tract of land from Governor Carteret, west of the Passaic River and 8 miles (13 km) east of what is currently West Orange. However, the Hackensack tribe disputed this purchase, and said it was not included in the Elizabethtown Purchase. On July 11, 1667, Treat settled the purchase through Samuel Efsal, a Lenni Lenape interpreter. He then founded "New Ark" or Newark, establishing it as a Puritan theocracy, as had been done in Milford, CT. The Newark territory kept extending West as the English overthrew the Dutch and claimed or purchased more Hackensack territory. This expansion was effected primarily by individual property owners, who would purchase tracts of land bit by bit. Sometimes they would name it after themselves or where they were from in Europe. Often the borders were not clearly defined, and few if any maps remain.[30]

In 1678, Anthony Olive became the first European to settle in what is now West Orange. He was of Dutch origin. He started a farm at the base of the mountains—in what is now Llewellyn Park. It was still untouched wilderness. In 1702, New Jersey became a royal colony of England. By 1706 what is now West Orange—was considered part of Essex County in the East Jersey territory.[31]

By the 1700s West Orange was known as part of the Newark Mountains. During the American Revolution, the valleys were populated by farms and mills. The area on Main Street now known as "Tory Corner" was called Williamstown, after two brothers Nathaniel and Benjamin Williams. Nathaniel and his two eldest sons were Loyalists to the British crown, and gathered other Loyalists for meetings. Nathaniel took his eldest sons James and Amos to join the British Army in 1777, and never returned. Meanwhile, Nathaniel's wife Mary Williams stayed on the farm with her younger children. Her farm house had been built in 1720. She gave freely to Washington's revolutionary troops. James finally returned to the farm decades later, to reunite with his mother Mary. Nathaniel and Amos never returned. Nathaniel died of smallpox in New York. A plaque to Mary Williams was erected by the Daughters of the American Revolution in 1922.

West Orange was initially a part of Newark township, and remained so until November 27, 1806, when the territory now encompassing all of The Oranges was detached to form Orange Township.[32] On April 13, 1807, the first government was elected. On January 31, 1860, Orange was incorporated as a town, and on April 3, 1872, it was reincorporated as a city.[32] Almost immediately, Orange began fragmenting into smaller communities, primarily because of local disputes about the costs of establishing paid police, fire and street departments. South Orange was organized on April 1, 1861, Fairmount Township (an independent municipality for less than one year that was later to become part of West Orange) on March 11, 1862, and East Orange on March 4, 1863.[32] West Orange (including what had been the briefly independent municipality of Fairmount) was incorporated as a township on April 10, 1863, and was reformed as a town on February 28, 1900.[32][33] In 1980, West Orange again became a township to take advantage of federal revenue sharing policies that allocated a greater share of government aid to municipalities classified as townships.[34][35][36]

The township derives its name from William III of England[37] or William IV, Prince of Orange,[38] which in turn is derived from the city of Orange.

The Eagle Rock Reservation covers 400 acres (160 ha) in West Orange, Montclair and Verona. It was home to many eagles. It currently is the trail head for the Lenni Lenape Trail.[39] Rock Spring is located at the bottom of the Turtle Back Rocks—currently at the corner of Northfield Avenue and Walker Road, West Orange. The water from the spring was considered to have healing powers since Native American times. By the 19th century, visitors from New York City would come to West Orange to drink the water from this spring for its supposed curative powers. West Orange became a resort or country retreat—with boating, fishing, and an Amusement Park at Crystal Lake near Eagle Rock Reservation. In 1901, the first uphill automobile test took place called the Eagle Rock Hill Climb.[40]

Llewellyn Park, the first planned community in America, is located within West Orange, and was designed by entrepreneur Llewellyn Haskell and architect Alexander Jackson Davis in 1857.[41] Llewellyn Park is considered among the best examples of the "Romantic Landscape" movement of that period.[42]

Thomas Edison was one of the many residents.[43] Thomas Edison's Laboratory, currently a National Historical Park, was where he developed the inventions that earned more than 1,000 patents, including the light bulb, stock ticker and recorded sound. The laboratory grounds also include the Black Maria—America's first movie studio, the birthplace of Hollywood.[44] The whole idea of a movie industry was first born in West Orange. The town's movie industry rapidly began to spreading to surrounding areas. Eventually the industry spread to Fort Lee, New Jersey, in 1907, which offered inexpensive land for movie production studios that could be located in close proximity to New York City.[45] In response to the demands by the Edison Trust for royalties from studios, independent studios located in the Fort Lee area started to relocate to what is now Hollywood, California, where they could operate in good weather year-round, out of reach of Edison and his trust.[46]

In the late 1800s, the Valley region of West Orange was home to 34 hat factories, known as the hat making capital of the country. It is currently under redevelopment as 'Hat City' or 'The Valley Arts District'.[47] Until its closure in 1983, the Orange Quarry Company was located in West Orange, where bluestone was mined.[48]

Post-World War II, there was a real estate development boom in West Orange. In the 1960s, "white flight" from the 1967 Newark riots and Civil Rights Era led to further settlement of West Orange. The 1970 opening of Interstate 280 made West Orange a popular "bedroom community" suburb for commuters to New York City. This coincided with changes to immigration laws re-opening the country to Asian immigration in 1965, and 1980s desegregation of American suburbs. By the 1990s, West Orange had become a "melting pot", home to a diverse and international community. Many of the industries that had made West Orange grow, left the area by the 1960s. This left some urban blight and abandoned warehouses in the Valley, in contrast to wealthy communities on top of the mountains.

It is currently home to Kessler Institute, where actor Christopher Reeve rehabilitated, and Daughters of Israel. It is also home to many Jewish synagogues and Korean churches.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township had a total area of 12.13 square miles (31.41 km2), including 12.00 square miles (31.09 km2) of land and 0.12 square miles (0.32 km2) of water (1.01%).[2][3] It is located approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) west of downtown Newark and 12 miles (19 km) west of New York City. West Orange is in the New York metropolitan area.

The West Branch of the Rahway River originates at Crystal Lake and passes through the township in South Mountain Reservation.[49]

West Orange borders the Essex County communities of Essex Fells, Livingston, Millburn, Maplewood, Montclair, Orange, Roseland, South Orange and Verona.[50][51][52]

Neighborhoods

Unincorporated communities, localities and place names located partially or completely within the township include Crestmont, Crystal Lake, Llewellyn Park, Pleasantdale, and Saint Cloud.[53]

The township has an eclectic mix of neighborhoods and housing types, which roughly correspond to the township's geographic features. Generally, the township has four distinct neighborhoods:

Downtown West Orange and The Valley

The oldest and most densely populated part of the township is Downtown West Orange, which lies in the low basin along the township's eastern border with the city of Orange and Montclair. Main Street, in this section, is home to the Thomas Edison National Historical Park, as well as the municipal building, police headquarters, and a branch post office. The West Orange Public Library is located on Mount Pleasant Avenue in this section, just west of Main Street. Downtown West Orange is laid out in the pattern of a traditional town, and is formed around the western termini of two major east–west arteries of the Newark street grid: Central Avenue and Park Avenue. Downtown West Orange has the most urban character of the township's neighborhoods, while the Valley is home to a growing arts district, the West Orange Arts Center, Luna Stage and a sizable African American community.

The First Mountain

West of Downtown, the neighborhoods of West Orange become increasingly suburban as one ascends the steep hill of the First Watchung Mountain along Northfield, Mount Pleasant, or Eagle Rock Avenue. The housing stock in the neighborhoods of Hutton Park and Gregory is a mixture of Victorian, Jazz Age, and Tudor-style houses; large estates; garden apartments; and post-World War II modern houses. The Victorian enclave of Llewellyn Park, one of America's first planned residential communities, is also located on the First Mountain, having been created in 1853 as a site for country homes for the wealthy from New York City.[54] Many blocks on the First Mountain have sweeping views of the Newark and New York City skylines.

Pleasant Valley and Pleasantdale

Beyond the high ridge traced by Prospect Avenue, West Orange becomes a patchwork of post-World War II suburban neighborhoods, interspersed with pockets of older Victorian homes, as well as golf courses, professional campuses, and shopping centers. Pleasantdale, a walkable business district in this part of the township, includes a number of restaurants, office buildings, stores, and houses of worship. Pleasantdale is also home to a sizable Orthodox Jewish community.[22]

The Second Mountain

Finally, the westernmost section of West Orange lies along the eastern face of the Second Watchung Mountain, and includes large portions of the South Mountain Reservation. The housing stock in this neighborhood resembles that of Pleasantdale, as well as those of the adjacent suburban townships of Millburn and Livingston.

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
18702,106—
18803,38560.7%
18904,35828.7%
19006,88958.1%
191010,98059.4%
192015,57341.8%
193024,32756.2%
194025,6625.5%
195028,60511.5%
196039,89539.5%
197043,7159.6%
198039,510−9.6%
199039,103−1.0%
200044,94314.9%
201046,2072.8%
202048,8435.7%
2021 (est.)48,257[10][12]−1.2%
Population sources:
1870–1920[55] 1870[56][57] 1880–1890[58]
1890–1910[59] 1900–1930[60]
1900–1990[61] 2000[62][63]
2010[24][25][26][64] 2020[10][11]

2010 census

The 2010 United States census counted 46,207 people, 16,790 households, and 11,753 families in the township. The population density was 3,836.0 per square mile (1,481.1/km2). There were 17,612 housing units at an average density of 1,462.1 per square mile (564.5/km2). The racial makeup was 57.15% (26,406) White, 26.58% (12,284) Black or African American, 0.38% (174) Native American, 7.96% (3,680) Asian, 0.02% (10) Pacific Islander, 4.82% (2,227) from other races, and 3.09% (1,426) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 16.20% (7,487) of the population.[24]

Of the 16,790 households, 33.4% had children under the age of 18; 53.1% were married couples living together; 12.7% had a female householder with no husband present and 30.0% were non-families. Of all households, 25.5% were made up of individuals and 12.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.70 and the average family size was 3.28.[24]

23.7% of the population were under the age of 18, 7.1% from 18 to 24, 25.7% from 25 to 44, 27.6% from 45 to 64, and 15.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40.6 years. For every 100 females, the population had 88.3 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 83.2 males.[24]

The Census Bureau's 2006–2010 American Community Survey showed that (in 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars) median household income was $88,917 (with a margin of error of +/− $4,480) and the median family income was $106,742 (+/− $5,256). Males had a median income of $65,854 (+/− $4,548) versus $43,223 (+/− $2,769) for females. The per capita income for the township was $43,368 (+/− $2,021). About 4.9% of families and 7.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 8.5% of those under age 18 and 7.5% of those age 65 or over.[65]

2000 census

As of the 2000 United States census[17] there were 44,943 people, 16,480 households, and 11,684 families residing in the township. The population density was 3,708.7 people per square mile (1,431.7/km2). There were 16,901 housing units at an average density of 1,394.7 per square mile (538.4/km2). The racial makeup of the township was 67.6% White, 17.5% African American, 0.14% Native American, 8.09% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 3.52% from other races, and 3.20% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 10.04% of the population.[62][63]

There were 16,480 households, out of which 32.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.0% were married couples living together, 11.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.1% were non-families. 24.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.66 and the average family size was 3.19. In the township the population was spread out, with 23.3% under the age of 18, 6.2% from 18 to 24, 29.7% from 25 to 44, 23.4% from 45 to 64, and 17.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 88.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.0 males.[62][63]

The median income for a household in the town was $69,254, and the median income for a family was $83,375. Males had a median income of $52,029 versus $39,484 for females. The per capita income for the township was $34,412. About 4.6% of families and 5.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.0% of those under age 18 and 7.8% of those age 65 or over.[62][63]

Economy

Developed by Sol Atlas,[66] Essex Green Shopping Center is an outdoor mall with stores that include ShopRite, restaurants and an AMC Theatres Fork and Screen dine-in movie theater.[67] The 350,000-square-foot (33,000 m2) mall, the largest of its type in Essex County, was purchased in 2016 by Clarion Partners.[68]

Sports

The Jersey Rockhoppers hockey team of the Eastern Professional Hockey League, formed for the 2008–09 season, played home games at the Richard J. Codey Arena.[69] The arena also used to be the practice facility for the New Jersey Devils from 1986 to 2007. The New Jersey Daredevils, a special needs hockey team formed in 2002 that plays in the SHI (Special Hockey International League), uses the arena for home games and practices. Annually in October, the Daredevils host a Halloween themed tournament for Special Hockey International teams (including the Daredevils themselves) called Frankenfest. Frankenfest has been going on every October since 2009. The New Jersey Devils Youth Hockey team also plays here as well.

Parks and recreation

The township is set off by two large parks: the South Mountain Reservation along its southwestern borders with Maplewood, Millburn and South Orange, and the Eagle Rock Reservation along its northeastern borders with Montclair and Verona.[70][71] The township straddles the transition between the low-lying Newark Bay basin and the high terrain of the Watchung Mountains. Fishing and kayaking is available on the Rahway River.[citation needed]

Landmarks and places of interest

Government

Local government

 
West Orange Municipal Building, Main Street & Mount Pleasant Avenue

West Orange is governed by Plan B of the Mayor-Council system of municipal government pursuant to the Faulkner Act, as implemented on July 1, 1962, by direct petition.[72] The township is one of 71 municipalities (of the 564) statewide that use this form of government.[73] The governing body is comprised of a mayor and a five-member township council. The mayor is directly elected to a four-year term. Each member of the council is elected to a four-year term of on a staggered basis, with either three council seats or two seats and the mayoral seat up for election every even-numbered year. Township elections are nonpartisan, with all seats chosen on an at-large basis.[8] In December 2013, the Township Council approved an ordinance that shifted municipal elections from May to the November general election, citing savings from the combined elections estimated as much as $100,000 per cycle.[74]

As of 2023, the Mayor of West Orange is Susan McCartney, whose term of office ends December 31, 2026.[4] Members of the Township Council are Michelle Casalino (2024), Tammy Williams (2024), Bill Rutherford (2024), Asmeret Ghebremicael (2026), and Susan Scarpa (2026).[75][76][77][78][79][80]

In September 2015, the Township Council selected Michelle Casalino to fill the seat expiring in December 2016 that had been held by Patty Spango until her resignation from office. On November 8, 2016, Councilwoman Casalino was elected to a four-year term.[81]

Municipal court

Officers of the municipal court are:[82]

  • Dennis Dowd – Chief Judge
  • Dawn Donahue – Municipal Judge
  • Joseph Wenzel – Municipal Prosecutor
  • Joseph Deer – Public Defender

Politics

As of March 2011, there were a total of 30,561 registered voters in West Orange, of which 14,166 (46.4%) were registered as Democrats, 3,273 (10.7%) were registered as Republicans and 13,108 (42.9%) were registered as Unaffiliated. There were no voters registered to other parties.[83]

In the 2012 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 71.3% of the vote (15,214 cast), ahead of Republican Mitt Romney with 27.9% (5,950 votes), and other candidates with 0.8% (177 votes), among the 21,491 ballots cast by the township's 32,061 registered voters (150 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 67.0%.[84][85] In the 2008 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 67.8% of the vote (15,423 cast), ahead of Republican John McCain with 29.3% (6,667 votes) and other candidates with 0.7% (154 votes), among the 22,740 ballots cast by the township's 30,260 registered voters, for a turnout of 75.1%.[86] In the 2004 presidential election, Democrat John Kerry received 64.7% of the vote (13,535 ballots cast), outpolling Republican George W. Bush with 34.0% (7,118 votes) and other candidates with 0.7% (186 votes), among the 20,933 ballots cast by the township's 28,418 registered voters, for a turnout percentage of 73.7.[87]

In the 2013 gubernatorial election, Democrat Barbara Buono received 56.0% of the vote (6,350 cast), ahead of Republican Chris Christie with 42.9% (4,863 votes), and other candidates with 1.1% (125 votes), among the 11,580 ballots cast by the township's 32,390 registered voters (242 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 35.8%.[88][89] In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Democrat Jon Corzine received 59.3% of the vote (8,168 ballots cast), ahead of Republican Chris Christie with 32.9% (4,530 votes), Independent Chris Daggett with 6.2% (858 votes) and other candidates with 0.7% (100 votes), among the 13,773 ballots cast by the township's 29,898 registered voters, yielding a 46.1% turnout.[90]

Federal, state, and county representation

West Orange is split between the 10th Congressional District[91] and is part of New Jersey's 27th state legislative district.[25][92][93]

Prior to the 2010 Census, West Orange had been split between the 8th Congressional District and the 10th Congressional District, a change made by the New Jersey Redistricting Commission that took effect in January 2013, based on the results of the November 2012 general elections.[94] In the redistricting that took effect in 2013, 18,122 residents in the eastern third of the township were placed in the 10th district, while 28,085 residents in the western portion of the township were placed in the 11th District.[95][96]

For the 118th United States Congress, New Jersey's Tenth Congressional District is represented by Donald Payne Jr. (D, Newark).[97][98] New Jersey is represented in the United States Senate by Democrats Cory Booker (Newark, term ends 2027)[99] and Bob Menendez (Harrison, term ends 2025).[100][101]

For the 2022–2023 session, the 27th Legislative District of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the State Senate by Richard Codey (D, Roseland) and in the General Assembly by Mila Jasey (D, South Orange) and John F. McKeon (D, West Orange).[102]

Essex County is governed by a directly-elected County Executive, with legislative functions performed by the Board of County Commissioners. As of 2022, the County Executive is Joseph N. DiVincenzo Jr. (D, Roseland), whose four-year term of office ends December 31, 2022.[103] The county's Board of County Commissioners is comprised of nine members, five of whom are elected from districts and four of whom are elected on an at-large basis. They are elected for three-year concurrent terms and may be re-elected to successive terms at the annual election in November.[104] Essex County's Commissioners are Commissioner President Wayne L. Richardson (D, District 2 – Irvington, Maplewood and parts of Newark's South and West Wards; Newark),[105] Commissioner Vice President Carlos M. Pomares (D, District 5 – Belleville, Bloomfield, Glen Ridge, Montclair and Nutley; Bloomfield),[106] Tyshammie L. Cooper (D, District 3 - Newark: Part of West Ward; East Orange, Orange and South Orange; East Orange),[107] Brendan W. Gill (D, at large; Montclair),[108] Romaine Graham (D, at large; Irvington),[109] Rufus I. Johnson (D, at large; Newark),[110] Leonard M. Luciano (D, District 4 – Caldwell, Cedar Grove, Essex Fells, Fairfield, Livingston, Millburn, North Caldwell, Roseland, Verona, West Caldwell and West Orange; West Caldwell),[111] Robert Mercado (D, District 1 – Newark's North and East Wards, parts of Central, South, and West Wards; Newark),[112] Patricia Sebold (D, at-large; Livingston).[113][114][115][116][117] Constitutional officers elected countywide are: County Clerk Christopher J. Durkin (West Caldwell; D, 2025),[118][119] Register of Deeds Juan M. Rivera Jr. (Newark; D, 2025),[120][121] Sheriff Armando B. Fontoura (Fairfield; D, 2024),[122][123] and Surrogate Alturrick Kenney (D, 2023).[124][125]

Education

Main article: West Orange Public Schools

The West Orange Public Schools serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade. As of the 2019–20 school year, the district, comprised of 12 schools, had an enrollment of 6,718 students and 632.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.6:1.[126] Schools in the district (with 2019–20 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[127]) are Betty Maddalena Early Learning Center[128] (with 71 students in Pre-K), Gregory Elementary School[129] (454 students; in grades K–5), Hazel Avenue Elementary School[130] (320; K–5), Kelly Elementary School[131] (455; Pre-K–5), Mount Pleasant Elementary School[132] (353; K–5), Redwood Elementary School[133] (509; K–5), St. Cloud Elementary School[134] (356; K–5), Washington Elementary School[135] (417; K–5), Thomas A. Edison Middle School[136] (516; 6), Liberty Middle School[137] (536; 7–8), Roosevelt Middle School[138] (487; 7–8) and West Orange High School[139] (2,098; 9–12).[140][141] Pleasantdale School was renamed Kelly School in May 2016 in honor of Mark and Scott Kelly, identical twins who attended the school starting in second grade before becoming NASA astronauts.[142]

Seton Hall Preparatory School is a Roman Catholic all boys' high school that operates under the supervision of the Archdiocese of Newark.[143] Founded in 1856 on the campus of Seton Hall University, the school moved to West Orange in 1985.[144]

Golda Och Academy is a private Jewish day school that offers secular and religious education for Jewish children from pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade at two campuses in West Orange.[145]

Transportation

 
View east along Interstate 280 in West Orange

Roads and highways

As of May 2010, the township had a total of 114.54 miles (184.33 km) of roadways, of which 89.63 miles (144.25 km) were maintained by the municipality, 19.45 miles (31.30 km) by Essex County and 5.46 miles (8.79 km) by the New Jersey Department of Transportation.[146]

Interstate 280 is the main limited access road that passes through from east to west.[147] Route 10[148] passes through in the western area and has its eastern terminus at CR 577 (which runs north–south through the township).[149] CR 508 traverses the municipality from east to west.[150][151]

Public transportation

NJ Transit offers bus service in the township to Newark on the 21, 29, 71, 73 and 79 routes, with local service on the 97 route.[152][153][154] In September 2012, as part of budget cuts, NJ Transit suspended service to Newark on the 75 line.[155]

DeCamp Bus Lines offers scheduled service between the township and the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Midtown Manhattan on the 66 route.[156] Coach USA / Community Coach serves the Port Authority Bus Terminal on route 77.[157] OurBus operates a commuter route to New York City serving Livingston and West Orange.[158]

The township offers a jitney service that operates on weekdays, offering service to the Brick Church, Orange and South Orange train stations.[159]

Mass media and telecommunications

For many decades West Orange has been a center of the mass-media and telecommunication industries. Thomas Edison's Black Maria, the first movie studio ever, was located on Main Street and Lakeside Avenue. Several radio and television broadcast antennas are located in the town. From the late 1960s/early–1970s until the early 1990s UHF Channel 68 TV maintained their offices, studios, and transmitter at 416 Eagle Rock Avenue. After Channel 68 moved to West Market Street in Newark and their transmitter to the Empire State Building in Manhattan, NBC owned and operated stations WNBC-TV Channel 4 and WPXN-TV Channel 31 (NBC later sold its interest in WPXN's parent Paxson Communications) moved into the Eagle Rock Avenue complex operating backup transmitter facilities in case of a catastrophic event such as the destruction of their main transmitters at the World Trade Center which occurred on September 11, 2001. The original Channel 68 building was later demolished and a new building was erected in its place. West Orange was formerly the home of two religious radio stations WFME 1560AM licensed to New York City and WFME 106.3FM licensed to Mount Kisco, New York, and one now-defunct non-commercial station WNYJ-TV licensed to West Milford, New Jersey all owned by Family Stations, Inc., WFME-FM formerly operated on 94.7 until its sale to Cumulus Media in 2012 and renamed WNSH, In late 2020 Family Radio permanently closed its West Orange studios and began to operate from their transmitter facilities, WFME-AM in Maspeth, Queens in New York (In February 2021 the AM station ceased broadcasting temporarily after the land the transmitter was on was sold[160][161] ) and WFME-FM near Bedford, New York. WFMU 91.1FM formerly owned by Upsala College now owned by Auricle Communications has their transmitter towers on Marcella Avenue in a fenced shack adjacent to the former WFME studios.

Verizon Communications, going as far back as the mid to late 1950s and early 1960s when it was New Jersey Bell, operated an analog central office and later fiber optics facilities on Prospect Avenue near the Essex Green Shopping Center and a fiber optics and satellite transmitter facility which was originally owned and operated by MCI Inc. until it was acquired by Verizon in 2006. Additionally Sprint Corporation, T-Mobile, and Verizon Wireless all own or lease cell phone towers throughout the town.

In popular culture

  • In the HBO crime drama The Sopranos, West Orange is the location of Livia Soprano's retirement home, Green Grove.[162] The township was also used in various other episodes as the series was largely filmed on location in North Jersey.
  • In the 2009 action-comedy film Paul Blart: Mall Cop, the titular character lives in West Orange, New Jersey, where he works at the (fictional) shopping mall.
  • The McClure Twins are identical twins and YouTube personalities.[163]

Notable people

See also: Category:People from West Orange, New Jersey

People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with West Orange include:

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  257. ^ Staff. "N.J. Statehouse to honor Sherry Ross", New Jersey Devils, March 22, 2010. Accessed April 11, 2011. "The resident of West Orange, NJ has covered the Stanley Cup Finals on 15 occasions, while attending the Kentucky Derby six times."
  258. ^ Skelly, Richard. "Jumpin’ Johnny Sansone bringing the blues to Red Bank", Asbury Park Press, June 30, 2017. Accessed November 21, 2017. "Harmonica player-vocalist-accordionist "Jumpin' " Johnny Sansone, a West Orange native, will be accompanied by guitarist John Fohl, who rose to prominence as an excellent ensemble lead guitarist with Dr. John's Lower 911 small group."
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  263. ^ Ginsberg, Johanna. "Local scholar organizes conference on history of Modern Orthodoxy" September 16, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, New Jersey Jewish News, June 1, 2006. Accessed June 28, 2018. "A West Orange scholar is the co-organizer of the first-ever conference in America on the history of Modern Orthodoxy, to be held June 13–15 in Scranton, Pa. Marc B. Shapiro, who holds the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Chair in Jewish Studies at the University of Scranton, said the conference will take a historical view of the movement in order to explore its meaning for today."
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West Orange is a suburban 20 21 township in Essex County in the U S state of New Jersey West Orange New JerseyTownshipThomas Edison National Historical Park in West OrangeSealMotto Where Invention Lives 1 Location in Essex County and the state of New Jersey Census Bureau map of West Orange New JerseyWest OrangeLocation in Essex CountyShow map of Essex County New JerseyWest OrangeLocation in New JerseyShow map of New JerseyWest OrangeLocation in the United StatesShow map of the United StatesCoordinates 40 47 09 N 74 15 54 W 40 785755 N 74 265058 W 40 785755 74 265058 Coordinates 40 47 09 N 74 15 54 W 40 785755 N 74 265058 W 40 785755 74 265058 2 3 Country United StatesState New JerseyCountyEssexIncorporatedApril 10 1863 as township ReincorporatedFebruary 28 1900 as town Government 8 TypeFaulkner Act mayor council BodyTownship Council MayorRobert D Parisi term ends December 31 2022 4 5 Business AdministratorJohn Gross 6 Municipal clerkKaren J Carnevale 7 Area 2 Total12 13 sq mi 31 41 km2 Land12 00 sq mi 31 09 km2 Water0 12 sq mi 0 32 km2 1 01 Rank189th of 565 in state3rd of 22 in county 2 Elevation 9 512 ft 156 m Population 2020 10 11 Total48 843 Estimate 2021 10 12 48 257 Rank39th of 565 in state5th of 22 in county 13 Density4 069 2 sq mi 1 571 1 km2 Rank154th of 565 in state14th of 22 in county 13 Time zoneUTC 05 00 Eastern EST Summer DST UTC 04 00 Eastern EDT ZIP Code07052 14 15 Area code s 973 16 FIPS code3401379800 2 17 18 GNIS feature ID1729718 2 19 Websitewww wbr westorange wbr orgMain Street in West Orange West Orange is both an inner ring suburb of Newark the county seat of Essex County and New Jersey s largest city and a commuter suburb of New York City it is approximately 12 miles 19 km west of Manhattan 22 23 West Orange is well known for having been home to the inventor Thomas Edison who also maintained a laboratory and workshop in town As of the 2020 United States census the township s population was 48 843 10 11 an increase of 2 636 5 7 from the 2010 census count of 46 207 24 25 26 which in turn reflected an increase of 1 264 2 8 from the 44 943 counted in the 2000 census 27 Contents 1 History 2 Geography 2 1 Neighborhoods 3 Demographics 3 1 2010 census 3 2 2000 census 4 Economy 5 Sports 6 Parks and recreation 7 Landmarks and places of interest 8 Government 8 1 Local government 8 2 Municipal court 8 3 Politics 8 4 Federal state and county representation 9 Education 10 Transportation 10 1 Roads and highways 10 2 Public transportation 11 Mass media and telecommunications 12 In popular culture 13 Notable people 14 References 15 External linksHistory Edit Evangelical Methodist Church West Orange was originally part of the Native American Hackensack clan s territory for over 10 000 years The Hackensack were a phratry of the Unami tribe of the Leni Lenape In their language Leni Lenape means the original people 28 The Acquackanonk sub tribe were located along the Passaic River They were part of the Algonquin language family and known as Delaware Indians by the 18th century They identified themselves with the totem of the Turtle They were hunter gatherers matrilineal and had cultural traditions such as wedding ceremonies Northfield Avenue and Old Indian Road in West Orange remain as original Hackensack trails Their main settlement was where the city of Hackensack is today They would travel to the ocean or mountains to hunt for food The Passaic River runs in an upside down V shape 8 miles 13 km west and east and 13 miles 21 km north of West Orange In the centuries prior to industrial development the Passaic River and Watchung Mountains were major geographic landmarks amidst the untouched wilderness West Orange is located at the peak of the Watchung Mountains This vantage point over the valleys east to Manhattan had a strategic value for Lenni Lenape warriors and later George Washington s troops during the American Revolution The wooded South Mountain Reservation has rocks shaped like the backs of large turtles The area is now known as Turtle Back Rock Picnic Area and gives its name to the Turtle Back Zoo The Turtle Back Rocks were considered sacred to the Native Americans citation needed The Native Americans were hunter gatherer tribes who would overlap territories and occasionally had tribal wars but did not own land They believed in taking only what was immediately necessary from nature and considering the needs of the next seven generations This hospitality at first benefited the European settlers who struggled in the wilderness after reaching North America s shores In the 1500s and 1600s the territory was disputed and transferred many times between the Hackensack Dutch Scottish Swedes and English colonists Due to the wars between the Native Americans and European settlers most European settlers stayed East of the Hudson River In 1664 the English took possession of Dutch New Netherland On October 28 1664 The English purchased 780 square miles 2 000 km2 of land from the Hackensack from Staten Island to the Passaic River on the North to the Raritan River on the South for about 154 English pounds This is known as the Elizabethtown Purchase 29 In 1666 Puritan Captain Robert Treat moved south to New Jersey from Connecticut and purchased a tract of land from Governor Carteret west of the Passaic River and 8 miles 13 km east of what is currently West Orange However the Hackensack tribe disputed this purchase and said it was not included in the Elizabethtown Purchase On July 11 1667 Treat settled the purchase through Samuel Efsal a Lenni Lenape interpreter He then founded New Ark or Newark establishing it as a Puritan theocracy as had been done in Milford CT The Newark territory kept extending West as the English overthrew the Dutch and claimed or purchased more Hackensack territory This expansion was effected primarily by individual property owners who would purchase tracts of land bit by bit Sometimes they would name it after themselves or where they were from in Europe Often the borders were not clearly defined and few if any maps remain 30 In 1678 Anthony Olive became the first European to settle in what is now West Orange He was of Dutch origin He started a farm at the base of the mountains in what is now Llewellyn Park It was still untouched wilderness In 1702 New Jersey became a royal colony of England By 1706 what is now West Orange was considered part of Essex County in the East Jersey territory 31 By the 1700s West Orange was known as part of the Newark Mountains During the American Revolution the valleys were populated by farms and mills The area on Main Street now known as Tory Corner was called Williamstown after two brothers Nathaniel and Benjamin Williams Nathaniel and his two eldest sons were Loyalists to the British crown and gathered other Loyalists for meetings Nathaniel took his eldest sons James and Amos to join the British Army in 1777 and never returned Meanwhile Nathaniel s wife Mary Williams stayed on the farm with her younger children Her farm house had been built in 1720 She gave freely to Washington s revolutionary troops James finally returned to the farm decades later to reunite with his mother Mary Nathaniel and Amos never returned Nathaniel died of smallpox in New York A plaque to Mary Williams was erected by the Daughters of the American Revolution in 1922 West Orange was initially a part of Newark township and remained so until November 27 1806 when the territory now encompassing all of The Oranges was detached to form Orange Township 32 On April 13 1807 the first government was elected On January 31 1860 Orange was incorporated as a town and on April 3 1872 it was reincorporated as a city 32 Almost immediately Orange began fragmenting into smaller communities primarily because of local disputes about the costs of establishing paid police fire and street departments South Orange was organized on April 1 1861 Fairmount Township an independent municipality for less than one year that was later to become part of West Orange on March 11 1862 and East Orange on March 4 1863 32 West Orange including what had been the briefly independent municipality of Fairmount was incorporated as a township on April 10 1863 and was reformed as a town on February 28 1900 32 33 In 1980 West Orange again became a township to take advantage of federal revenue sharing policies that allocated a greater share of government aid to municipalities classified as townships 34 35 36 The township derives its name from William III of England 37 or William IV Prince of Orange 38 which in turn is derived from the city of Orange The Eagle Rock Reservation covers 400 acres 160 ha in West Orange Montclair and Verona It was home to many eagles It currently is the trail head for the Lenni Lenape Trail 39 Rock Spring is located at the bottom of the Turtle Back Rocks currently at the corner of Northfield Avenue and Walker Road West Orange The water from the spring was considered to have healing powers since Native American times By the 19th century visitors from New York City would come to West Orange to drink the water from this spring for its supposed curative powers West Orange became a resort or country retreat with boating fishing and an Amusement Park at Crystal Lake near Eagle Rock Reservation In 1901 the first uphill automobile test took place called the Eagle Rock Hill Climb 40 Llewellyn Park the first planned community in America is located within West Orange and was designed by entrepreneur Llewellyn Haskell and architect Alexander Jackson Davis in 1857 41 Llewellyn Park is considered among the best examples of the Romantic Landscape movement of that period 42 Thomas Edison was one of the many residents 43 Thomas Edison s Laboratory currently a National Historical Park was where he developed the inventions that earned more than 1 000 patents including the light bulb stock ticker and recorded sound The laboratory grounds also include the Black Maria America s first movie studio the birthplace of Hollywood 44 The whole idea of a movie industry was first born in West Orange The town s movie industry rapidly began to spreading to surrounding areas Eventually the industry spread to Fort Lee New Jersey in 1907 which offered inexpensive land for movie production studios that could be located in close proximity to New York City 45 In response to the demands by the Edison Trust for royalties from studios independent studios located in the Fort Lee area started to relocate to what is now Hollywood California where they could operate in good weather year round out of reach of Edison and his trust 46 In the late 1800s the Valley region of West Orange was home to 34 hat factories known as the hat making capital of the country It is currently under redevelopment as Hat City or The Valley Arts District 47 Until its closure in 1983 the Orange Quarry Company was located in West Orange where bluestone was mined 48 Post World War II there was a real estate development boom in West Orange In the 1960s white flight from the 1967 Newark riots and Civil Rights Era led to further settlement of West Orange The 1970 opening of Interstate 280 made West Orange a popular bedroom community suburb for commuters to New York City This coincided with changes to immigration laws re opening the country to Asian immigration in 1965 and 1980s desegregation of American suburbs By the 1990s West Orange had become a melting pot home to a diverse and international community Many of the industries that had made West Orange grow left the area by the 1960s This left some urban blight and abandoned warehouses in the Valley in contrast to wealthy communities on top of the mountains It is currently home to Kessler Institute where actor Christopher Reeve rehabilitated and Daughters of Israel It is also home to many Jewish synagogues and Korean churches Geography EditAccording to the United States Census Bureau the township had a total area of 12 13 square miles 31 41 km2 including 12 00 square miles 31 09 km2 of land and 0 12 square miles 0 32 km2 of water 1 01 2 3 It is located approximately 5 miles 8 0 km west of downtown Newark and 12 miles 19 km west of New York City West Orange is in the New York metropolitan area The West Branch of the Rahway River originates at Crystal Lake and passes through the township in South Mountain Reservation 49 West Orange borders the Essex County communities of Essex Fells Livingston Millburn Maplewood Montclair Orange Roseland South Orange and Verona 50 51 52 Neighborhoods Edit Unincorporated communities localities and place names located partially or completely within the township include Crestmont Crystal Lake Llewellyn Park Pleasantdale and Saint Cloud 53 The township has an eclectic mix of neighborhoods and housing types which roughly correspond to the township s geographic features Generally the township has four distinct neighborhoods Downtown West Orange and The ValleyThe oldest and most densely populated part of the township is Downtown West Orange which lies in the low basin along the township s eastern border with the city of Orange and Montclair Main Street in this section is home to the Thomas Edison National Historical Park as well as the municipal building police headquarters and a branch post office The West Orange Public Library is located on Mount Pleasant Avenue in this section just west of Main Street Downtown West Orange is laid out in the pattern of a traditional town and is formed around the western termini of two major east west arteries of the Newark street grid Central Avenue and Park Avenue Downtown West Orange has the most urban character of the township s neighborhoods while the Valley is home to a growing arts district the West Orange Arts Center Luna Stage and a sizable African American community The First MountainWest of Downtown the neighborhoods of West Orange become increasingly suburban as one ascends the steep hill of the First Watchung Mountain along Northfield Mount Pleasant or Eagle Rock Avenue The housing stock in the neighborhoods of Hutton Park and Gregory is a mixture of Victorian Jazz Age and Tudor style houses large estates garden apartments and post World War II modern houses The Victorian enclave of Llewellyn Park one of America s first planned residential communities is also located on the First Mountain having been created in 1853 as a site for country homes for the wealthy from New York City 54 Many blocks on the First Mountain have sweeping views of the Newark and New York City skylines Pleasant Valley and PleasantdaleBeyond the high ridge traced by Prospect Avenue West Orange becomes a patchwork of post World War II suburban neighborhoods interspersed with pockets of older Victorian homes as well as golf courses professional campuses and shopping centers Pleasantdale a walkable business district in this part of the township includes a number of restaurants office buildings stores and houses of worship Pleasantdale is also home to a sizable Orthodox Jewish community 22 The Second MountainFinally the westernmost section of West Orange lies along the eastern face of the Second Watchung Mountain and includes large portions of the South Mountain Reservation The housing stock in this neighborhood resembles that of Pleasantdale as well as those of the adjacent suburban townships of Millburn and Livingston Demographics EditHistorical population CensusPop Note 18702 106 18803 38560 7 18904 35828 7 19006 88958 1 191010 98059 4 192015 57341 8 193024 32756 2 194025 6625 5 195028 60511 5 196039 89539 5 197043 7159 6 198039 510 9 6 199039 103 1 0 200044 94314 9 201046 2072 8 202048 8435 7 2021 est 48 257 10 12 1 2 Population sources 1870 1920 55 1870 56 57 1880 1890 58 1890 1910 59 1900 1930 60 1900 1990 61 2000 62 63 2010 24 25 26 64 2020 10 11 2010 census Edit The 2010 United States census counted 46 207 people 16 790 households and 11 753 families in the township The population density was 3 836 0 per square mile 1 481 1 km2 There were 17 612 housing units at an average density of 1 462 1 per square mile 564 5 km2 The racial makeup was 57 15 26 406 White 26 58 12 284 Black or African American 0 38 174 Native American 7 96 3 680 Asian 0 02 10 Pacific Islander 4 82 2 227 from other races and 3 09 1 426 from two or more races Hispanic or Latino of any race were 16 20 7 487 of the population 24 Of the 16 790 households 33 4 had children under the age of 18 53 1 were married couples living together 12 7 had a female householder with no husband present and 30 0 were non families Of all households 25 5 were made up of individuals and 12 6 had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older The average household size was 2 70 and the average family size was 3 28 24 23 7 of the population were under the age of 18 7 1 from 18 to 24 25 7 from 25 to 44 27 6 from 45 to 64 and 15 9 who were 65 years of age or older The median age was 40 6 years For every 100 females the population had 88 3 males For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 83 2 males 24 The Census Bureau s 2006 2010 American Community Survey showed that in 2010 inflation adjusted dollars median household income was 88 917 with a margin of error of 4 480 and the median family income was 106 742 5 256 Males had a median income of 65 854 4 548 versus 43 223 2 769 for females The per capita income for the township was 43 368 2 021 About 4 9 of families and 7 1 of the population were below the poverty line including 8 5 of those under age 18 and 7 5 of those age 65 or over 65 2000 census Edit As of the 2000 United States census 17 there were 44 943 people 16 480 households and 11 684 families residing in the township The population density was 3 708 7 people per square mile 1 431 7 km2 There were 16 901 housing units at an average density of 1 394 7 per square mile 538 4 km2 The racial makeup of the township was 67 6 White 17 5 African American 0 14 Native American 8 09 Asian 0 04 Pacific Islander 3 52 from other races and 3 20 from two or more races Hispanic or Latino of any race were 10 04 of the population 62 63 There were 16 480 households out of which 32 2 had children under the age of 18 living with them 56 0 were married couples living together 11 2 had a female householder with no husband present and 29 1 were non families 24 6 of all households were made up of individuals and 11 6 had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older The average household size was 2 66 and the average family size was 3 19 In the township the population was spread out with 23 3 under the age of 18 6 2 from 18 to 24 29 7 from 25 to 44 23 4 from 45 to 64 and 17 4 who were 65 years of age or older The median age was 39 years For every 100 females there were 88 6 males For every 100 females age 18 and over there were 84 0 males 62 63 The median income for a household in the town was 69 254 and the median income for a family was 83 375 Males had a median income of 52 029 versus 39 484 for females The per capita income for the township was 34 412 About 4 6 of families and 5 6 of the population were below the poverty line including 6 0 of those under age 18 and 7 8 of those age 65 or over 62 63 Economy EditDeveloped by Sol Atlas 66 Essex Green Shopping Center is an outdoor mall with stores that include ShopRite restaurants and an AMC Theatres Fork and Screen dine in movie theater 67 The 350 000 square foot 33 000 m2 mall the largest of its type in Essex County was purchased in 2016 by Clarion Partners 68 Sports EditThe Jersey Rockhoppers hockey team of the Eastern Professional Hockey League formed for the 2008 09 season played home games at the Richard J Codey Arena 69 The arena also used to be the practice facility for the New Jersey Devils from 1986 to 2007 The New Jersey Daredevils a special needs hockey team formed in 2002 that plays in the SHI Special Hockey International League uses the arena for home games and practices Annually in October the Daredevils host a Halloween themed tournament for Special Hockey International teams including the Daredevils themselves called Frankenfest Frankenfest has been going on every October since 2009 The New Jersey Devils Youth Hockey team also plays here as well Parks and recreation EditThe township is set off by two large parks the South Mountain Reservation along its southwestern borders with Maplewood Millburn and South Orange and the Eagle Rock Reservation along its northeastern borders with Montclair and Verona 70 71 The township straddles the transition between the low lying Newark Bay basin and the high terrain of the Watchung Mountains Fishing and kayaking is available on the Rahway River citation needed Landmarks and places of interest EditThomas Edison National Historical Park Turtle Back Zoo South Mountain Reservation Eagle Rock Reservation and 9 11 MemorialGovernment EditLocal government Edit West Orange Municipal Building Main Street amp Mount Pleasant Avenue West Orange is governed by Plan B of the Mayor Council system of municipal government pursuant to the Faulkner Act as implemented on July 1 1962 by direct petition 72 The township is one of 71 municipalities of the 564 statewide that use this form of government 73 The governing body is comprised of a mayor and a five member township council The mayor is directly elected to a four year term Each member of the council is elected to a four year term of on a staggered basis with either three council seats or two seats and the mayoral seat up for election every even numbered year Township elections are nonpartisan with all seats chosen on an at large basis 8 In December 2013 the Township Council approved an ordinance that shifted municipal elections from May to the November general election citing savings from the combined elections estimated as much as 100 000 per cycle 74 As of 2023 update the Mayor of West Orange is Susan McCartney whose term of office ends December 31 2026 4 Members of the Township Council are Michelle Casalino 2024 Tammy Williams 2024 Bill Rutherford 2024 Asmeret Ghebremicael 2026 and Susan Scarpa 2026 75 76 77 78 79 80 In September 2015 the Township Council selected Michelle Casalino to fill the seat expiring in December 2016 that had been held by Patty Spango until her resignation from office On November 8 2016 Councilwoman Casalino was elected to a four year term 81 Municipal court Edit Officers of the municipal court are 82 Dennis Dowd Chief Judge Dawn Donahue Municipal Judge Joseph Wenzel Municipal Prosecutor Joseph Deer Public DefenderPolitics Edit As of March 2011 there were a total of 30 561 registered voters in West Orange of which 14 166 46 4 were registered as Democrats 3 273 10 7 were registered as Republicans and 13 108 42 9 were registered as Unaffiliated There were no voters registered to other parties 83 In the 2012 presidential election Democrat Barack Obama received 71 3 of the vote 15 214 cast ahead of Republican Mitt Romney with 27 9 5 950 votes and other candidates with 0 8 177 votes among the 21 491 ballots cast by the township s 32 061 registered voters 150 ballots were spoiled for a turnout of 67 0 84 85 In the 2008 presidential election Democrat Barack Obama received 67 8 of the vote 15 423 cast ahead of Republican John McCain with 29 3 6 667 votes and other candidates with 0 7 154 votes among the 22 740 ballots cast by the township s 30 260 registered voters for a turnout of 75 1 86 In the 2004 presidential election Democrat John Kerry received 64 7 of the vote 13 535 ballots cast outpolling Republican George W Bush with 34 0 7 118 votes and other candidates with 0 7 186 votes among the 20 933 ballots cast by the township s 28 418 registered voters for a turnout percentage of 73 7 87 In the 2013 gubernatorial election Democrat Barbara Buono received 56 0 of the vote 6 350 cast ahead of Republican Chris Christie with 42 9 4 863 votes and other candidates with 1 1 125 votes among the 11 580 ballots cast by the township s 32 390 registered voters 242 ballots were spoiled for a turnout of 35 8 88 89 In the 2009 gubernatorial election Democrat Jon Corzine received 59 3 of the vote 8 168 ballots cast ahead of Republican Chris Christie with 32 9 4 530 votes Independent Chris Daggett with 6 2 858 votes and other candidates with 0 7 100 votes among the 13 773 ballots cast by the township s 29 898 registered voters yielding a 46 1 turnout 90 Federal state and county representation Edit West Orange is split between the 10th Congressional District 91 and is part of New Jersey s 27th state legislative district 25 92 93 Prior to the 2010 Census West Orange had been split between the 8th Congressional District and the 10th Congressional District a change made by the New Jersey Redistricting Commission that took effect in January 2013 based on the results of the November 2012 general elections 94 In the redistricting that took effect in 2013 18 122 residents in the eastern third of the township were placed in the 10th district while 28 085 residents in the western portion of the township were placed in the 11th District 95 96 For the 118th United States Congress New Jersey s Tenth Congressional District is represented by Donald Payne Jr D Newark 97 98 New Jersey is represented in the United States Senate by Democrats Cory Booker Newark term ends 2027 99 and Bob Menendez Harrison term ends 2025 100 101 For the 2022 2023 session the 27th Legislative District of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the State Senate by Richard Codey D Roseland and in the General Assembly by Mila Jasey D South Orange and John F McKeon D West Orange 102 Essex County is governed by a directly elected County Executive with legislative functions performed by the Board of County Commissioners As of 2022 update the County Executive is Joseph N DiVincenzo Jr D Roseland whose four year term of office ends December 31 2022 103 The county s Board of County Commissioners is comprised of nine members five of whom are elected from districts and four of whom are elected on an at large basis They are elected for three year concurrent terms and may be re elected to successive terms at the annual election in November 104 Essex County s Commissioners are Commissioner President Wayne L Richardson D District 2 Irvington Maplewood and parts of Newark s South and West Wards Newark 105 Commissioner Vice President Carlos M Pomares D District 5 Belleville Bloomfield Glen Ridge Montclair and Nutley Bloomfield 106 Tyshammie L Cooper D District 3 Newark Part of West Ward East Orange Orange and South Orange East Orange 107 Brendan W Gill D at large Montclair 108 Romaine Graham D at large Irvington 109 Rufus I Johnson D at large Newark 110 Leonard M Luciano D District 4 Caldwell Cedar Grove Essex Fells Fairfield Livingston Millburn North Caldwell Roseland Verona West Caldwell and West Orange West Caldwell 111 Robert Mercado D District 1 Newark s North and East Wards parts of Central South and West Wards Newark 112 Patricia Sebold D at large Livingston 113 114 115 116 117 Constitutional officers elected countywide are County Clerk Christopher J Durkin West Caldwell D 2025 118 119 Register of Deeds Juan M Rivera Jr Newark D 2025 120 121 Sheriff Armando B Fontoura Fairfield D 2024 122 123 and Surrogate Alturrick Kenney D 2023 124 125 Education EditMain article West Orange Public SchoolsThe West Orange Public Schools serves students in pre kindergarten through twelfth grade As of the 2019 20 school year the district comprised of 12 schools had an enrollment of 6 718 students and 632 5 classroom teachers on an FTE basis for a student teacher ratio of 10 6 1 126 Schools in the district with 2019 20 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics 127 are Betty Maddalena Early Learning Center 128 with 71 students in Pre K Gregory Elementary School 129 454 students in grades K 5 Hazel Avenue Elementary School 130 320 K 5 Kelly Elementary School 131 455 Pre K 5 Mount Pleasant Elementary School 132 353 K 5 Redwood Elementary School 133 509 K 5 St Cloud Elementary School 134 356 K 5 Washington Elementary School 135 417 K 5 Thomas A Edison Middle School 136 516 6 Liberty Middle School 137 536 7 8 Roosevelt Middle School 138 487 7 8 and West Orange High School 139 2 098 9 12 140 141 Pleasantdale School was renamed Kelly School in May 2016 in honor of Mark and Scott Kelly identical twins who attended the school starting in second grade before becoming NASA astronauts 142 Seton Hall Preparatory School is a Roman Catholic all boys high school that operates under the supervision of the Archdiocese of Newark 143 Founded in 1856 on the campus of Seton Hall University the school moved to West Orange in 1985 144 Golda Och Academy is a private Jewish day school that offers secular and religious education for Jewish children from pre kindergarten through twelfth grade at two campuses in West Orange 145 Transportation Edit View east along Interstate 280 in West Orange Roads and highways Edit As of May 2010 update the township had a total of 114 54 miles 184 33 km of roadways of which 89 63 miles 144 25 km were maintained by the municipality 19 45 miles 31 30 km by Essex County and 5 46 miles 8 79 km by the New Jersey Department of Transportation 146 Interstate 280 is the main limited access road that passes through from east to west 147 Route 10 148 passes through in the western area and has its eastern terminus at CR 577 which runs north south through the township 149 CR 508 traverses the municipality from east to west 150 151 Public transportation Edit NJ Transit offers bus service in the township to Newark on the 21 29 71 73 and 79 routes with local service on the 97 route 152 153 154 In September 2012 as part of budget cuts NJ Transit suspended service to Newark on the 75 line 155 DeCamp Bus Lines offers scheduled service between the township and the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Midtown Manhattan on the 66 route 156 Coach USA Community Coach serves the Port Authority Bus Terminal on route 77 157 OurBus operates a commuter route to New York City serving Livingston and West Orange 158 The township offers a jitney service that operates on weekdays offering service to the Brick Church Orange and South Orange train stations 159 Mass media and telecommunications EditThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed August 2017 Learn how and when to remove this template message For many decades West Orange has been a center of the mass media and telecommunication industries Thomas Edison s Black Maria the first movie studio ever was located on Main Street and Lakeside Avenue Several radio and television broadcast antennas are located in the town From the late 1960s early 1970s until the early 1990s UHF Channel 68 TV maintained their offices studios and transmitter at 416 Eagle Rock Avenue After Channel 68 moved to West Market Street in Newark and their transmitter to the Empire State Building in Manhattan NBC owned and operated stations WNBC TV Channel 4 and WPXN TV Channel 31 NBC later sold its interest in WPXN s parent Paxson Communications moved into the Eagle Rock Avenue complex operating backup transmitter facilities in case of a catastrophic event such as the destruction of their main transmitters at the World Trade Center which occurred on September 11 2001 The original Channel 68 building was later demolished and a new building was erected in its place West Orange was formerly the home of two religious radio stations WFME 1560AM licensed to New York City and WFME 106 3FM licensed to Mount Kisco New York and one now defunct non commercial station WNYJ TV licensed to West Milford New Jersey all owned by Family Stations Inc WFME FM formerly operated on 94 7 until its sale to Cumulus Media in 2012 and renamed WNSH In late 2020 Family Radio permanently closed its West Orange studios and began to operate from their transmitter facilities WFME AM in Maspeth Queens in New York In February 2021 the AM station ceased broadcasting temporarily after the land the transmitter was on was sold 160 161 and WFME FM near Bedford New York WFMU 91 1FM formerly owned by Upsala College now owned by Auricle Communications has their transmitter towers on Marcella Avenue in a fenced shack adjacent to the former WFME studios Verizon Communications going as far back as the mid to late 1950s and early 1960s when it was New Jersey Bell operated an analog central office and later fiber optics facilities on Prospect Avenue near the Essex Green Shopping Center and a fiber optics and satellite transmitter facility which was originally owned and operated by MCI Inc until it was acquired by Verizon in 2006 Additionally Sprint Corporation T Mobile and Verizon Wireless all own or lease cell phone towers throughout the town In popular culture EditIn the HBO crime drama The Sopranos West Orange is the location of Livia Soprano s retirement home Green Grove 162 The township was also used in various other episodes as the series was largely filmed on location in North Jersey In the 2009 action comedy film Paul Blart Mall Cop the titular character lives in West Orange New Jersey where he works at the fictional shopping mall The McClure Twins are identical twins and YouTube personalities 163 Notable people EditSee also Category People from West Orange New Jersey People who were born in residents of or otherwise closely associated with West Orange include Joyce Anderson 1923 2014 woodworker and furniture designer 164 Nat Adderley Jr born 1955 music arranger who spent much of his career with Luther Vandross 165 Treena Livingston Arinzeh biomedical engineer and professor known for her work researching adult stem cell therapy 166 Mike Austin born 1943 swimmer who represented the United States at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and won a gold medal in the 4 100 m freestyle relay 167 Ben Barres 1954 2017 neuroscientist at Stanford University and advocate for underrepresented groups in science including women members of the LGBT community and people of color 168 Ronald Bell 1951 2020 musician with Kool amp the Gang 169 John L Blake 1831 1899 politician who represented New Jersey s 6th congressional district from 1879 to 1881 170 Enea Bossi Sr 1888 1963 aviation pioneer who created the first stainless steel aircraft and one of the first human powered planes 171 Martin Brodeur born 1972 ice hockey goaltender in the NHL with the New Jersey Devils 172 Anna Easter Brown 1879 1957 part of the original nine group of founders in the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority 173 Joanna Bruno born 1944 operatic soprano 174 Brendan Byrne 1924 2018 Governor of New Jersey from 1974 to 1982 175 Jean Byrne 1926 2015 educator who served as the First Lady of New Jersey from 1974 to 1982 during the tenure of her former husband two term Governor Brendan Byrne 176 Elliot Cadeau born 2004 basketball point guard who attends Link Academy 177 David Cassidy 1950 2017 teen idol singer and actor who appeared on the 1970s TV series The Partridge Family 178 179 Joan Caulfield 1922 1991 movie theatre television actress of the 1940s 1950s and 1960s 180 James Ormsbee Chapin 1887 1975 artist 181 Bill Charlap born 1966 jazz pianist 182 Chris Christian born 1989 professional soccer player who currently plays as a defender for Oakland Roots SC in the National Independent Soccer Association 183 Mary Jo Codey born 1955 healthcare activist and former First Lady of New Jersey 184 Richard Codey born 1946 state senator who served as acting governor of New Jersey in 2002 and as governor from 2004 until 2006 185 Now resides in neighboring Roseland Jemima Condict 1754 1779 American Revolutionary War era diarist 186 Brandon Costner born 1987 professional basketball forward for Caciques de Humacao of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional 187 Cicely Cottingham artist 188 Anthony Criss born 1970 member of the rap group Naughty by Nature 189 Charles Cullen born 1960 former nurse and serial killer who confessed to killing 40 people 190 Alexander Jackson Davis 1803 1892 architect who helped create Llewellyn Park 191 John J Degnan born 1944 Attorney General of New Jersey from 1978 until 1981 who was chosen as chairman of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey 192 Frank J Dodd 1938 2010 politician who served as president of the New Jersey Senate from 1974 to 1975 193 Joe Dooley born 1966 head men s basketball coach of the East Carolina University Pirates 194 Billy Drummond born 1959 jazz drummer 195 Ginny Duenkel born 1947 winner of a Gold and Bronze medal in two swimming events at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo Japan 196 Ginny Duenkel Municipal Pool is named in her honor Charles Edison 1890 1969 United States Secretary of the Navy 1940 Governor of New Jersey 1941 to 1944 and son of Thomas Edison 197 Theodore Miller Edison 1898 1992 only child of his inventor father who graduated from college went on to become an inventor with over 80 patents 198 Thomas Alva Edison 1847 1931 inventor of the phonograph the incandescent electric lightbulb and the first practical motion picture camera whose home was Glenmont Mansion Edison s Black Maria the first movie studio was located in West Orange 199 Marion Eppley 1883 1960 physical chemist 200 Michael W Farrell born 1938 Senior Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals 201 Eugenio Fernandi 1922 1991 tenor with the Metropolitan Opera who rose to prominence in the late 1950s and 1960s receiving 22 curtain calls for his performance in Lucia di Lammermoor 202 Leo Fitzpatrick born 1978 actor 203 Alisa Flatow 1975 1995 victim of the Egged bus 36 bombing 204 Alan Flusser born 1945 men s clothing designer 205 Rich Galen born 1946 columnist political strategist and former press secretary to Vice President Dan Quayle and Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich 206 GDP hip hop recording artist 207 Chris Gethard born 1980 comedian TV show host of The Chris Gethard Show author of Weird New York and an associate editor of the Weird NJ publications 208 John J Giblin 1909 1975 labor leader and Democratic Party politician who served one term in the New Jersey Senate 209 Whoopi Goldberg born 1955 comedian actress talk show host 210 Maclyn Goldman 1901 1977 politician who served in the New Jersey Senate 211 Raymond E Goldstein born 1961 Professor of Complex Physical Systems at the University of Cambridge 212 Allan Gorman born 1947 visual art professional best known for his photorealistic paintings of industrial objects 213 Llewellyn F Haskell 1842 1929 United States Army officer and a Union general during the American Civil War 214 Eldridge Hawkins Jr born 1979 former Mayor of Orange New Jersey 215 Maya Hayes born 1992 soccer player who has played for Sky Blue FC of the National Women s Soccer League 216 Roger Headrick born 1936 business executive who served as president of the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League from 1991 to 1998 217 Will Hill born 1990 safety for the Baltimore Ravens 218 Kyrie Irving born 1992 professional basketball player for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association 219 Ja Rule born 1976 rapper 220 Jennifer Jones born 1967 dancer and actress who in 1987 became the first African American Radio City Music Hall Rockette 221 Mark Kelly born 1964 former NASA astronaut who is United States Senator from Arizona 222 Scott Kelly born 1964 NASA astronaut 222 Gus Keriazakos 1931 1996 MLB pitcher 223 Paul J Kern born 1945 commanding general of the United States Army Materiel Command from 2001 to 2004 224 Carole King born 1942 and Gerry Goffin born 1939 husband amp wife songwriting team who resided off Pleasant Valley Way in the mid 1960s along with other songwriters a location that gave rise to the song Pleasant Valley Sunday recorded by the Monkees in 1967 225 Hailey Kops born 2002 Israeli pair skater 226 Bettye LaVette born 1946 soul singer who released her first record at age 16 and found success with I ve Got My Own Hell to Raise at age 59 in 2005 227 Barbara F Lee born 1945 philanthropist 228 Georgia Mason 1910 2007 botanist and author 229 Nick Massi 1927 2000 bass singer and bass guitarist for the Four Seasons 230 Joshua D Maurer born 1964 film producer writer and actor whose credits include Georgia O Keeffe The Hoax The Last Tycoon Rosemary s Baby Jodi Arias Dirty Little Secret and Introducing Dorothy Dandridge 231 George B McClellan 1826 1885 major general and briefly general in chief of the Union Army during the Civil War who ran as a Democrat against Lincoln in the presidential election of 1864 and went on to become Governor of New Jersey 1878 1881 232 John F McKeon born 1958 member of the New Jersey General Assembly representing the 27th Legislative District who served as Mayor of West Orange from 1998 to 2010 233 Joseph Minish 1916 2007 represented New Jersey s 11th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives 234 Ken Murray 1928 2008 professional basketball player 235 Gordon Allen Newkirk Jr 1928 1985 astrophysicist who studied the solar corona 236 Charles W Nichols 1875 1959 businessman who constructed the Pleasantdale Chateau 237 Rebecca Odes born 1969 media entrepreneur author and musician who was the bassist and vocalist for the band Love Child and co founded the website Gurl com 238 Okieriete Onaodowan born 1987 actor who originated the roles of Hercules Mulligan and James Madison in the 2015 Broadway musical Hamilton 239 Michael Oren born 1955 former Israeli ambassador to the United States 240 Fred Ott 1860 1936 an employee of Thomas Edison s in the 1890s who starred in two of the earliest surviving motion pictures Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze a k a Fred Ott s Sneeze and Fred Ott Holding a Bird both filmed in 1894 241 Robert Pearlman born 1976 founder and editor of collectSPACE 242 Michael Pitt born 1981 actor who was in Murder by Numbers Hedwig and the Angry Inch and Last Days as well as HBO s Boardwalk Empire 243 Nicholas H Politan 1935 2012 attorney who served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey 244 Vinnie Politan born 1965 co anchor of In Session on the cable network truTV citation needed Ann Probert born 1938 golfer 245 Paul C Reilly 1890 1984 architect who designed many buildings for Catholic clients and for several Manhattan theaters 246 John Renna 1920 1998 politician who served as Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs 247 Stuart Risch United States Army major general who serves as the Deputy Judge Advocate General of the United States Army 248 Phil Rizzuto 1917 2007 nicknamed The Scooter played shortstop for the New York Yankees from 1941 to 1956 249 Marc Roberts born 1959 entrepreneur sports manager real estate developer and businessman 250 Brandon Scoop B Robinson NBA analyst 251 252 Douglas Robinson Jr 1855 1918 businessman who was married to Corinne Roosevelt Robinson the sister of U S President Theodore Roosevelt and the aunt of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt 253 Douglas Robinson Sr 1824 1893 businessman and banker 253 Vin Rock born 1970 rapper for group Naughty by Nature 189 Peter W Rodino 1909 2005 United States Congressman from 1949 to 1989 254 Hilary Rosen born 1958 former chairman and CEO of the Recording Industry Association of America and CNN political analyst 255 Jeffrey Rosen founder chairman and owner of Triangle Financial Services and the owner of the Maccabi Haifa basketball team 256 Renee Rosnes born 1962 jazz pianist 195 Sherry Ross born c 1954 sportscaster and journalist 257 Johnny Sansone born 1957 electric blues singer songwriter harmonicist accordionist guitarist and piano player 258 Lyndsey Scott born 1984 model iOS mobile app software developer and actress 259 Carol Selman historian writer and teacher who has served on the New Jersey Historical Commission 260 Walter H Seward 1896 2008 super centenarian lived to 111 years 261 Edward S Shapiro born 1938 historian of American history and American Jewish history who is a retired professor from Seton Hall University 262 Marc B Shapiro born 1966 professor and author of various books and articles on Jewish history philosophy and theology 263 Alfredo Silipigni 1932 2006 conductor 264 Eve Slater born 1945 physician who served as the United States Assistant Secretary for Health and Human Services under President George W Bush from 2002 to 2003 265 Amos Alonzo Stagg 1862 1965 known as The Grand Old Man of college football During the founding year of the College Football Hall of Fame he was inducted as both a player and a coach He was among the first group of inductees into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1959 He is also credited with the invention of the batting cage in baseball and the tackling dummy in football West Orange s Stagg Field playground is named in his honor Ranked 4 on the Sports Illustrated list of The 50 Greatest New Jersey Sports Figures 266 Andy Stern born 1950 former president of the Service Employees International Union 267 Edwin Stern born 1941 lawyer and judge who served as acting justice on the New Jersey Supreme Court 268 Mike Trainor born 1981 comedian 269 David Twersky 1950 2010 journalist Zionist activist and peace advocate in Israel and the U S who was an editor for The Forward and The New York Sun and a leader of the American Jewish Congress 270 Brandon Uranowitz born 1986 stage and screen actor best known for his roles as Adam Hochberg in the musical An American in Paris and as Mendel Weisenbachfeld in the 2016 Broadway revival of Falsettos 271 Alberto Vilar born 1940 former investment manager 272 Stephen Vittoria born 1957 filmmaker and author 273 Milton Waldor 1924 1975 politician who served in the New Jersey State Senate from 1968 to 1972 representing Essex County 274 Evelyn Ward born 1923 actress mother of David Cassidy 179 275 Charlotte Fowler Wells 1814 1901 phrenologist and publisher 276 DJ Whoo Kid born 1972 official DJ of G Unit 277 Kenneth T Wilson born 1936 politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1968 to 1972 278 Scott Wolf born 1968 actor who is best known as Bailey Salinger on the TV series Party of Five 279 Ian Ziering born 1964 actor who is best known for the role of Steve Sanders on the TV series Beverly Hills 90210 280 Abner Zwillman 1899 1959 mobster found hanging dead at his home at 50 Beverly Road 281 282 References Edit Kuperinsky Amy The Jewel of the Meadowlands N J s best worst and weirdest town slogans NJ Advance Media for NJ com January 22 2015 Accessed July 12 2016 Edison s town seal is marked with Let There Be Light and its welcome signs say Birthplace of Recorded Sound thanks to Thomas A Edison s tinkering in Menlo Park the same reason why a newer slogan for Essex County s West Orange Edison later lived there is Where Invention Lives a b c d e f 2019 Census Gazetteer Files New Jersey Places United States Census Bureau Accessed July 1 2020 a b US Gazetteer files 2010 2000 and 1990 United 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driving force of New Jersey politics His father Francis spent 50 years in local politics in West Orange a suburb 20 miles from New York City Jacobs Andrew Back From the Abyss The New York Times March 1 2001 Accessed March 28 2016 It was 1997 and despite the region s revved up economy West Orange looked as if it were sliding into the abyss Perched at the edge of New Jersey s most distressed urban places this classic postwar suburb of 45 000 people faced a welter of seemingly intractable problems a b Caldwell Dave Harder to Get to Easier to Pay For The New York Times December 12 2008 Accessed June 23 2022 Lynn Kathleen Living in West Orange N J West Orange N J Plentiful Green Space and an Easy Commute The New York Times April 20 2022 Accessed June 23 2022 During the pandemic the Essex County township has attracted city buyers with its open space and relatively affordable housing all less than 20 miles from Midtown a b c d e DP 1 Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics 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First English Purchase of Land in New Jersey Descendants of Founders of New Jersey Accessed November 7 2019 On October 28 1664 representatives of the Association John Bailey Daniel Denton and Luke Watson and John Baker acting as interpreter met in the wigwam of Mattano on Staten Island and purchased 500 000 acres of New Jersey what is now Union Somerset Middlesex Morris Essex Counties land bounded by the Achter Kull the Passaic River in the north the Raritan River in the South and extending to the west thirty four miles 1666 The Founding of Newark Descendants of Founders of New Jersey Accessed November 7 2019 In 1666 Captain Robert Treat after scouting several locations successfully completed arrangements with Governor Carteret to settle a plantation on the Passaic River in the northern section of what was known as the Elizabethtown purchase He bore a letter to be presented to the chief Hackensack Indian Sachems however when the first settlers arrived they were warned off by the Indians who disputed their claims of ownership Carteret refused to negotiate with the Indians claiming that the area had been purchased as part of Elizabethtown The Old Burying Ground Orange NJ East Orange History Accessed November 7 2019 a b c d Snyder John P The Story of New Jersey s Civil Boundaries 1606 1968 Bureau of Geology and Topography Trenton New Jersey 1969 p 133 Accessed May 23 2012 Honeyman Abraham Van Doren Index analysis of the Statutes of New Jersey 1896 1909 Together with References to All Acts and Parts of Acts in the General Statutes and Pamphlet Laws Expressly Repealed and the Statutory Crimes of New Jersey During the Same Period p 314 New Jersey Law Journal Publishing Company 1910 Accessed October 25 2015 Chapter VI Municipal Names and Municipal Classification Archived September 25 2015 at the Wayback Machine p 73 New Jersey State Commission on County and Municipal Government 1992 Accessed September 24 2015 Removing Tiering From The Revenue Sharing Formula Would Eliminate Payment Inequities To Local Governments Government Accountability Office April 15 1982 Accessed September 24 2015 On November 4 1980 the communities of West Orange and Montclair voted a change to their township classification beginning in entitlement period 13 Oct 1 1981 to Sept 30 1982 The communities of Belleville Bloomfield Nutley Essex Fells Verona Caldwell and West Caldwell have since become townships Narvaez Alfonso A New Jersey Journal The New York Times December 27 1981 Accessed September 24 2015 Under the Federal system New Jersey s portion of the revenuesharing funds is disbursed among the 21 counties to create three money pools One is for county governments one for places and a third for townships By making the change a community can use the township advantage to get away from the category containing areas with low per capita incomes Hutchinson Viola L The Origin of New Jersey Place Names New Jersey Public Library Commission May 1945 Accessed September 16 2015 Gannett Henry The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States p 23 United States Government Printing Office 1905 Accessed September 16 2015 About Eagle Rock Reservation Essex County New Jersey Department of Parks Recreation and Cultural Affairs Accessed November 7 2019 The Eagle Rock Reservation is a 400 acre park along the Watchung Mountains ridge line located between West Orange Montclair and Verona Eagle Rock Reservation is a 408 33 acre tract of wooded land located in the central section of Essex County on the crest of Watchung s First Mountain The mountain got its name in the early 19th century when bald eagles were said to nest in the rocky cliffs on the eastern edge Discover New Jersey Eagle Rock Hill Climb News 12 Networks Accessed November 7 2019 LP Historical Society and Archives Llewellyn Park Accessed September 10 2007 Jackson John Brinckerhoff and Horowitz Helen Lefkowitz Landscape in Sight Looking at America p 180 Yale University Press 2000 ISBN 0 300 08074 3 Accessed July 11 2011 Rand Ellen New Jersey Housing A Haven of Anachronistic Calm The New York Times December 21 1980 Accessed July 11 2011 Where Modern America Was Invented Thomas Edison National Historical Park Accessed November 7 2019 Hillinger Charles Hooray Fort Lee N J Birthplace Of Film Thomas Edison D W Griffith and Other Pioneers Made It the Hollywood of the Pre WWI Movie Industry Los Angeles Times July 3 1986 Accessed December 18 2019 Fort Lee N J Film historian Thomas F Hanlon stood outside the printing company plant that was Universal Studios before World War I when this town was the film capital of the world Hundreds of films were produced in Fort Lee from 1903 to 1927 most during its heyday 1908 to 1917 Hanlon said It was in West Orange in 1888 that Edison began his experiments with motion pictures with the help of assistant William K L Dickson and others Klein Christopher The Renegade Roots of Hollywood Studios Film studios Universal and Paramount started 100 years ago as insurgent indies challenging Thomas Edison s powerful cartel History April 30 2012 updated September 1 2018 Accessed December 18 2019 Audiences flocked to the longer star studded films produced by the upstart independents who soon made an exodus from the film capital of the world Fort Lee New Jersey to Hollywood California In 1912 Laemmle and William Fox who would eventually launch the studio that became 20th Century Fox both filed antitrust actions against the Edison Trust In 1915 a federal district court ruled the trust was indeed a monopoly and it was soon dissolved Martin Antoinette In the Region New Jersey Hat Factory Is a Focus of Redevelopment in Orange The New York Times May 9 2004 Accessed November 7 2019 In the heyday of hats at the beginning of the 20th century the Valley neighborhood of Orange claimed to be the nation s biggest producer There were 34 hat making factories clustered in one small part of this town including the F Berg Hat Manufacturing Company complex of three huge buildings Garbarine Rachelle New Life for a New Jersey Development The New York Times August 9 1996 Accessed November 7 2019 A housing development that was begun on the site of a former quarry in West Orange N J in the 1980s and later abandoned is being revived by new owners but at a much smaller scale The site was part of the 60 acre Orange Quarry that for most of this century was mined for bluestone that was used for highway construction in the area It closed in 1983 About the Rahway River Watershed Rahway River Watershed Association Accessed November 27 2016 The Rahway River is approximately 24 mile long and consists of four distinct branches The West Branch begins in West Orange and flows south through South Mountain Reservation and directly through downtown Millburn Areas touching West Orange MapIt Accessed March 9 2020 Municipalities Essex County New Jersey Register of Deeds and Mortgages Accessed March 9 2020 New Jersey Municipal Boundaries New Jersey Department of Transportation Accessed November 15 2019 Locality Search State of New Jersey Accessed May 21 2015 Martin Antoinette An Enclave Wonders if It Is Too Private The New York Times July 10 2005 Accessed May 23 2012 Compendium of censuses 1726 1905 together with the tabulated returns of 1905 New Jersey Department of State 1906 Accessed July 23 2013 Raum John O The History of New Jersey From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time Volume 1 p 246 J E Potter and company 1877 Accessed July 23 2013 West Orange was formed from the town of Orange population in 1870 2 106 Staff A compendium of the ninth census 1870 p 259 United States Census Bureau 1872 Accessed July 23 2013 Porter Robert Percival Preliminary Results as Contained in the Eleventh Census Bulletins Volume III 51 to 75 p 98 United States Census Bureau 1890 Accessed July 23 2013 Thirteenth Census of the United States 1910 Population by Counties and Minor Civil Divisions 1910 1900 1890 United States Census Bureau p 336 Accessed May 22 2012 1890 population for West Orange Township is listed in Footnote 11 Fifteenth Census of the United States 1930 Population Volume I United States Census Bureau p 712 Accessed May 22 2012 Table 6 New Jersey Resident Population by Municipality 1930 1990 New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development Accessed June 28 2015 a b c d Census 2000 Profiles of Demographic Social Economic Housing Characteristics for West Orange township Essex County New Jersey Archived September 3 2014 at the Wayback Machine United States Census Bureau Accessed May 23 2012 a b c d DP 1 Profile of General Demographic Characteristics 2000 Census 2000 Summary File 1 SF 1 100 Percent Data for West Orange township Essex County New Jersey Archived February 12 2020 at archive today United States Census Bureau Accessed July 10 2012 Census 2010 Essex County Asbury Park Press Accessed June 15 2011 DP03 Selected Economic Characteristics from the 2006 2010 American Community Survey 5 Year Estimates for West Orange township Essex County New Jersey Archived February 13 2020 at archive today United States Census Bureau Accessed May 23 2012 Sol Atlas Dies Build was 66 The New York Times July 31 1973 Accessed November 7 2019 Home Page Essex Green Accessed October 30 2014 Clarion Partners Acquires Essex Green in New Jersey Shopping Center Business March 8 2016 Accessed January 10 2017 Clarion Partners has acquired Essex Green a six building 350 000 square foot shopping center located in West Orange free and clear of existing debt Essex Green shopping center is the largest community shopping center in Essex County Stephenson Colin Jersey Rockhoppers ready to drop puck The Star Ledger October 30 2008 Accessed October 3 2013 But the Eastern Professional Hockey League is nevertheless set to debut this weekend in four markets in the Greater New York area with one of the league s teams based in northern New Jersey The Jersey Rockhoppers who will play their home games at the Richard J Codey Arena in West Orange are set to open up at 7 30 p m Saturday with a home game against the Brooklyn Aces South Mountain Reservation Essex County New Jersey Department of Parks Recreation and Cultural Affairs Accessed May 23 2012 Eagle Rock Reservation Essex County New Jersey Department of Parks Recreation and Cultural Affairs Accessed May 23 2012 The Faulkner Act New Jersey s Optional Municipal Charter Law Archived October 12 2013 at the Wayback Machine New Jersey State League of Municipalities July 2007 Accessed October 3 2013 Inventory of Municipal Forms of Government in New Jersey Rutgers University Center for Government Studies July 1 2011 Accessed November 18 2019 Stevens Melinda Township Council Approves Ordinance to Move Elections to November The council approved the ordinance on Dec 3 with a majority vote of 4 1 West Orange Patch December 7 2013 Accessed October 30 2014 The Township Council voted to approve Ordinance No 2392 13 which will move nonpartisan municipal elections from May to November at the Dec 3 township council meeting Mayor Robert Parisi initiated the change last month and recommended the election be moved for various reasons including trying to save the taxpayers money and keeping the residents and students of the West Orange School District safe Township Council Township of West Orange Accessed March 9 2020 2022 Municipal Data Sheet Township of West Orange Accessed November 20 2022 Essex County Directory Essex County New Jersey Accessed March 9 2020 November 6 2018 General Election Unofficial Results Essex County New Jersey updated November 22 2018 Accessed January 1 2019 November 7 2017 General Election Unofficial Results Essex County New Jersey updated November 16 2017 Accessed January 1 2018 2016 General Election Results Essex County New Jersey Clerk updated November 22 2016 Accessed January 30 2017 Harewood Chris Michelle Casalino is Appointed as Next Councilwoman Tap Into West Orange September 26 2015 Accessed July 4 2016 In Tuesday s special West Orange Town Council meeting Board of Education member Michelle Casalino was appointed to fill the position left behind by resigned Councilwoman Patty Spango 2014 Current Fund Budget Detail Township of West Orange Accessed October 30 2014 Voter Registration Summary Essex New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections March 23 2011 Accessed November 6 2012 Presidential General Election Results November 6 2012 Essex County PDF New Jersey Department of Elections March 15 2013 Retrieved December 24 2014 Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast November 6 2012 General Election Results Essex County PDF New Jersey Department of Elections March 15 2013 Retrieved December 24 2014 2008 Presidential General Election Results Essex County New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections December 23 2008 Accessed November 6 2012 2004 Presidential Election Essex County New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections December 13 2004 Accessed November 6 2012 Governor Essex 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West Orange New Jersey Redistricting Commission December 23 2011 Accessed February 1 2020 Directory of Representatives New Jersey United States House of Representatives Accessed January 3 2019 Biography Congressman Donald M Payne Jr Accessed January 3 2019 U S Representative Donald M Payne Jr is a lifelong resident of Newark New Jersey U S Sen Cory Booker cruises past Republican challenger Rik Mehta in New Jersey PhillyVoice Accessed April 30 2021 He now owns a home and lives in Newark s Central Ward community Biography of Bob Menendez United States Senate January 26 2015 Menendez who started his political career in Union City moved in September from Paramus to one of Harrison s new apartment buildings near the town s PATH station Home sweet home Bob Menendez back in Hudson County nj com Accessed April 30 2021 Booker Cory A D NJ Class II Menendez Robert D NJ Class I Legislative Roster for District 27 New Jersey Legislature Accessed January 11 2022 Essex County Executive Essex County New Jersey Accessed July 20 2020 General Information Essex County New Jersey Accessed July 20 2020 The County Executive elected from the County at large for a four year term is the chief political and administrative officer of the County The Board of Chosen Freeholders consists of nine members five of whom are elected from districts and four of whom are elected at large They are elected for three year concurrent terms and may be re elected to successive terms at the annual election in November There is no limit to the number of terms they may serve Wayne L Richardson Commissioner President District 2 Essex County New Jersey Accessed July 20 2020 Carlos M Pomares Commissioner Vice President District 5 Essex County New Jersey Accessed July 20 2020 Tyshammie L Cooper Commissioner District 3 Essex County New Jersey Accessed July 20 2020 Brendan W Gill Commissioner At Large Essex County New Jersey Accessed July 20 2020 Romaine Graham Commissioner At Large Essex County New Jersey Accessed July 20 2020 Rufus I Johnson Commissioner At Large Essex County New Jersey Accessed July 20 2020 Leonard M Luciano Commissioner District 4 Essex County New Jersey Accessed July 20 2020 Robert Mercado Commissioner District 1 Essex County New Jersey Accessed July 20 2020 Patricia Sebold Commissioner At Large Essex County New Jersey Accessed July 20 2020 Members of the Essex County Board of County Commissioners Essex County New Jersey Accessed July 20 2020 Breakdown of County Commissioners Districts Essex County New Jersey Accessed July 20 2020 2021 County Data Sheet Essex County New Jersey Accessed July 20 2022 County Directory Essex County New Jersey Accessed July 20 2022 About The Clerk Essex County Clerk Accessed July 20 2020 Members List Clerks Constitutional Officers Association of New Jersey Accessed July 20 2020 About the Register Essex County Register of Deeds and Mortgages Accessed July 20 2022 Members List Registers Constitutional Officers Association of New Jersey Accessed July 20 2020 Armando B Fontura Essex County Sheriff s Office Accessed June 10 2018 Members List Sheriffs Constitutional Officers Association of New Jersey Accessed July 20 2020 The Essex County Surrogate s Office Essex County Surrogate Accessed July 20 2020 Members List Surrogates Constitutional Officers Association of New Jersey Accessed July 20 2020 District information for West Orange Public Schools National Center for Education Statistics Accessed April 1 2021 School Data for the West Orange Public Schools National Center for Education Statistics Accessed April 1 202 Betty Maddalena Early Learning Center West Orange Public Schools Accessed October 28 2021 Gregory Elementary School West Orange Public Schools Accessed October 28 2021 Hazel Avenue Elementary School West Orange Public Schools Accessed October 28 2021 Kelly Elementary School West Orange Public Schools Accessed October 28 2021 Mount Pleasant Elementary School West Orange Public Schools Accessed October 28 2021 Redwood 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renaming of their alma mater Kelly Elementary School was dedicated to the two hometown heroes during an outdoor ceremony held on the front lawn the school with city and school leaders students and teachers Essex County Catholic High Schools Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark Accessed August 26 2021 Click on tab for All Boys schools Our History Seton Hall Preparatory School Accessed August 26 2021 History and Traditions Golda Och Academy Accessed November 20 2022 Essex County Mileage by Municipality and Jurisdiction New Jersey Department of Transportation May 2010 Accessed July 18 2014 Interstate 280 Straight Line Diagram New Jersey Department of Transportation updated March 2016 Accessed November 20 2022 Route 510 Straight Line Diagram New Jersey Department of Transportation updated June 2016 Accessed November 20 2022 County Route 577 Straight Line Diagram New Jersey Department of Transportation updated June 2012 Accessed November 20 2022 County Route 508 Straight Line Diagram New Jersey Department of Transportation updated July 2012 Accessed November 20 2022 Essex County Highway Map New Jersey Department of Transportation Accessed February 19 2023 Essex County Bus Rail Connections NJ Transit backed up by the Internet Archive as of May 22 2009 Accessed October 30 2014 Essex County System Map NJ Transit Accessed October 30 2014 Essex County System Map NJ Transit Accessed November 2 2019 Rouse Karen N J Transit bus No 75 running from Passaic County to Newark will no longer operate The Record August 29 2012 Accessed August 5 2015 Starting Saturday the NJ Transit No 75 bus which runs from Butler through Pompton Lakes Pequannock Wayne and Little Falls on its way to Newark will no longer operate as NJ Transit s plan to save 2 5 million in operating costs takes effect Route 66 Schedule DeCamp Bus Lines Accessed October 30 2014 Schedule Details West Orange NJ to New York NY Coach USA Accessed October 30 2014 Livingston Commuter Options Make Summer from Hell Commute Easier TAP into July 27 2017 Retrieved August 20 2017 Jitney Shuttle Township of West Orange Accessed October 30 2014 WFNW New York to suspend operations friday Retrieved from Radio Insight on 01 March 2021 NorthEast Radio Watch 11 30 2020 Big Price for AM Station Land retrieved from Fybush com on 01 March 2021 Ugoku The Sopranos location guide Green Grove retirement home www sopranos locations com Retrieved March 4 2020 Jargon Julie YouTube Fame s Highs and Lows One Family s Experience A year after controversies the McClure family thrives on social media The Wall Street Journal July 2 2019 Accessed April 16 2021 They allowed me along with a video crew into their home in West Orange N J to get a peek behind the scenes of their on camera life It all started when Ami and Justin McClure recorded a video capturing the moment their identical twin daughters Ava and Alexis then 3 years old realized that one is a minute older than the other Oral history interview with Edgar and Joyce Anderson 2002 September 17 19 Smithsonian Archives of American Art Accessed June 27 2022 Mrs Anderson We were living in West Orange up to a certain point and we started building this house in 1951 52 and we were really working on clearing the land and getting preliminaries going for a couple of years because we did it on weekends and a couple of weeks in the summer but never full time for a while Stewart Zan Born to swing Nat Adderley Jr returns to his roots The Star Ledger September 10 2009 Accessed October 30 2014 These days Adderley who makes his home in West Orange has his sights set back on jazz Dr Treena Livingston Arinzeh The Rutgers African American Alumni Alliance September 1 2006 Accessed January 1 2018 Dr Arinzeh was born and raised in Cherry Hill New Jersey to Marva Livingston and the late Andrew Livingston Jr She currently lives in West Orange New Jersey where she is happily married to Uzo Arinzeh Rutgers alumnus from class of 1990 and Wall Street executive and has two children Nneka and Quintin Arinzeh Elliott Walter Essex County Olympians Then and Now LocalTalkNews com August 23 2012 Accessed October 25 2015 West Orange Mike Austin b 1943 Swimming 1 GLD 1964 SO Huberman Andrew D Ben Barres 1954 2017 Nature January 2 2018 Accessed February 16 2018 Barres was raised in West Orange New Jersey McFaul Lauren Kool s gang freshens rock with funk The Spokesman Review June 3 1985 Accessed October 25 2015 Ronald Bell has a studio in his West Orange N J home and from there has worked on production for Kool amp the Gang s last six albums The New Jersey Law Journal Volume 22 Volume 1899 p 348 Accessed June 28 2018 Mr John L Blake of Llewellyn Park West Orange N J died October 10 after an illness of several months Staff Enea Bossi Is Dead at 74 Was Pioneer in Aviation The New York Times January 12 1963 Accessed February 28 2011 Chere Rich New Jersey Devils goalie Martin Brodeur honored by General Assembly and Senate The Star Ledger June 18 2009 Accessed January 29 2011 Brodeur who lives in Codey s district in West Orange pointed out that he may be a Canadian from Quebec but New Jersey is all I ve known my whole adult life Founders The Original Group Alpha Kappa Alpha Accessed October 30 2014 Anna Easter Brown Born Easter Sunday April 13 1879 West Orange NJ Campbell Mary Cast is good story terrible at New York City opera Courier News March 19 1971 Accessed March 13 2021 The cast in the New York State Theater was good Eugene Holmes baritone from St Louis as the black man Harry Theyard as the scientist Beverly Wolff splendid as his wife and Joanna Bruno as their daughter Miss Bruno of West Orange N J was making her debut with the company Golway Terry When Codey Talks He Talks to Them The New York Times October 31 2004 Accessed November 5 2007 Essex County home of the state s largest city Newark and a diverse population of nearly 800 000 has not had a governor to call its own since Brendan T Byrne another native of West Orange left office January 1982 Shea Kevin Former N J First Lady Jean Byrne dies at 88 NJ com August 11 2015 Accessed October 25 2015 Born in Newark Byrne spent her childhood in West Orange Gardner David Jersey Is Taking Over N J Hoopers Outshine the Shadow of New York The New York Times June 21 2022 Accessed October 12 2022 Growing up in West Orange Cadeau became a Jets fan Boyd Joseph G David Cassidy values happiness more than success The Milwaukee Sentinel August 19 1981 Accessed January 17 2011 a b Allis Tim The Boys Are Back People November 1 1993 Accessed May 4 2011 David by contrast spent his earliest years as an only child in a row house in West Orange N J with his mother stage actress Evelyn Ward who was divorced from Jack when David was 3 Fowler Glenn Joan Caulfield A Film Actress Is Dead at 69 The New York Times June 20 1991 Accessed May 23 2012 Miss Caulfield who was a native of West Orange N J attended Columbia University and was a fashion model and a cover girl before she landed ingenue roles on Broadway in the early 1940s James Ormsbee Chapin 1887 1975 AskArt Accessed October 30 2014 James Chapin was born in West Orange New York Beckerman Jim Jazzman Bill Charlap takes over as Director of Jazz Studies at William Paterson The Record August 26 2015 Accessed October 19 2015 When you re playing solo piano you re something like an orchestra says Charlap pronounced Shar lap a West Orange resident Chris Christian Vanderbilt Commodores men s soccer Accessed September 24 2019 Hometown West Orange N J High School West Orange Mansnerus Laura Choosing Her Fights While She Can The New York Times January 29 2005 Accessed June 28 2018 Mrs Codey 49 grew up in West Orange where she and her husband now live with their sons Kevin 20 and Christopher 16 Fairleigh Dickinson University Commencement Honoree Richard J Codey Fairleigh Dickinson University Accessed December 31 2006 Manuscript Group 123 Jemima Condict 1754 1779 Archived October 5 2007 at the Wayback Machine New Jersey Historical Society Accessed January 17 2011 Young Jim Strong Sendek Recruiting Class Adds N J Power Forward Greensboro News amp Record September 24 2004 Accessed November 5 2007 N C State landed its third commitment for the Class of 2005 when Brandon Costner a 6 foot 8 210 pound power forward from West Orange N J picked the Wolfpack on Wednesday Biography Cicely Cottingham Accessed June 28 2018 Cicely Cottingham currently lives and works in West Orange New Jersey a b Ross Barbara Naughty Guys Are Arrested On Gun Charges New York Daily News June 14 1997 Accessed January 29 2011 Two members of the Grammy winning rap group Naughty by Nature were charged yesterday with carrying loaded and unlicensed 9 mm pistols Anthony Treach Criss 26 and Vincent Vinnie Brown 26 both of West Orange N J were arraigned on felony charges of criminal possession of a weapon Hepp Mark A killer s final insult The Star Ledger March 3 2006 Accessed October 30 2014 Yes I can said Cullen a slightly built 46 year old West Orange native who did not look at the judge or the 21 people who addressed him as he sat at the defense table in Somerset County s Historic Courthouse Jailer Mildred Preserving the Victorian Look The New York Times March 19 1978 Accessed November 1 2018 Together with the Bloomfield Historical Society the North Jersey group has purchased a tombstone for the previously unmarked grave of Alexander Jackson Davis the noted Victorian who lived in Llewellyn Park in West Orange John J Degnan New Jersey Attorney General Accessed October 30 2014 John J Degnan was born on October 6 1944 in West Orange New Jersey Staff The Region Frank Dodd in Race The New York Times February 4 1981 Accessed October 30 2014 Senator Frank J Dodd Democrat of West Orange became the fourth person to announce formally that he is seeking the Democratic nomination for governor Joe Dooley 2014 15 Men s Basketball Coaching Staff Florida Gulf Coast University Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men s basketball Accessed June 28 2018 A native of West Orange N J Dooley was an outstanding prep player at St Benedicts High School in New Jersey where he set a then school record with 1 140 career points a b The State of Jazz Meet 40 More Jersey Greats The Star Ledger September 28 2003 backed up by the Internet Archive as of September 27 2008 Accessed September 15 2017 Billy Drummond An exciting drummer who lives in West Orange with his wife pianist Renee Rosnes Drummond has performed and or recorded with Rosnes Sonny Rollins Walt Weiskopf Steve Kuhn Carla Bley Wallace Roney the Drummonds and many others Webster and Miss Duenkel Gain Diving and Swimming Gold Medals for U S Jersey Girl Sets 400 Meter Mark She Captures Free Style in 4 43 3 Webster Rallies From 6th in High Diving The New York Times October 18 1964 Accessed November 1 2018 Bob Webster a 25 year old diving perfectionist from Santa Ana Calif and Ginny Duenkel a free style swimmer from West Orange N J won gold medals today for the United States New Jersey Governor Charles Edison National Governors Association Accessed November 1 2018 Charles Edison the fifty eighth governor of New Jersey was born in West Orange New Jersey on August 3 1890 Pace Eric Theodore M Edison An Illustrious Father Guided Inventor 94 The New York Times November 26 1992 Accessed May 23 2012 Theodore M Edison an inventor environmentalist and philanthropist who was the last surviving child of the inventor Thomas Alva Edison died on Tuesday at his home in West Orange He was 94 years old Thomas Edison National Historical Park govnotes com Accessed November 5 2007 Half of Edison s astonishing 1 093 patents were earned during the 44 years he lived in West Orange Capt Marion Eppley Dies Founded Laboratory Here Newport Daily News November 22 1960 Accessed June 3 2018 Captain Eppley was horn in West Orange N J in 1883 a son of Francis Marion and Alice Oakes Eppley The Honorable Michael William Farrell Associate Judge District Of Columbia Court Of Appeals District of Columbia Courts backed up by the Internet Archive as of May 21 2012 Accessed June 28 2018 Judge Michael William Farrell was appointed to the District of Columbia Court of Appeals in 1989 by President George H W Bush Judge Farrell was born and raised in West Orange New Jersey Eugenio Fernandi 66 famed opera tenor Echoes Sentinel August 15 1991 Accessed October 25 2015 Born in Pisa Italy Mr Fernandi lived in West Orange before moving to Millington four years ago Knowles Patrick Leo Fitzpatrick s Composed Cool SOMA magazine July 2006 Accessed October 25 2015 In fact it would be safe to say that if he had not started cutting school to hang out in the skate spots of New York the 28 year old might still be living in his small working class hometown of West Orange New Jersey Henry Marilyn Rabin makes condolence call on Flatow family The Jerusalem Post May 10 1995 Accessed January 17 2011 Johnson Bonnie Boom or Bust Wall Street Finds Designer Alan Flusser s Stock Is Secure People January 18 1988 Accessed October 30 2014 As a teenager in West Orange N J Flusser demonstrated his gift of garb early on Galen Rich Where Were You When Townhall com Accessed October 30 2014 Here s my story I was a senior at West Orange Mountain High School in West Orange New Jersey Shabe John GDP s new video is all over Essex County NJ Advance Media October 28 2009 Accessed October 25 2015 The NJUnderground tipped me to this new video from West Orange s GDP He s in Gainesville Fla tonight about two weeks into his tour but this video Orange Water really hit home Rose Lisa New Jersey native Chris Gethard to star in Big Lake on Comedy Central The Star Ledger August 16 2010 Accessed January 17 2011 via Associated Press John J Giblin The New York Times December 21 1975 Accessed February 18 2016 Bondy Halley Whoopi Goldberg moving to West Orange The Star Ledger October 5 2009 Accessed January 17 2011 Staff Maclyn S Goldman The New York Times November 21 1977 Accessed November 1 2018 Maclyn S Goldman a New Jersey State Senator from 1965 to 1967 and founder of the Goldman Goldman Caprio law firm of East Orange N J died Friday in his home at 6 Spring Hill Drive in West Orange N J Raymond E Goldstein Curriculum Vitae University of Cambridge Accessed May 28 2016 Biography Allan Gorman Accessed October 21 2015 Allan Gorman currently maintains a studio practice in Kearny NJ and resides in West Orange NJ Acts of the General Assembly of the State of New Jersey p 910 I Collins 1873 Accessed May 27 2016 An Act to change the name of Thomas Frost Haskell Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly the State of New Jersey That the name of Thomas Frost Haskell of the township of West Orange in the county of Essex be and the same is hereby changed to Llewellyn Frost Haskell Approved January 29 1873 Lee Eunice Hopping towns former Orange mayor may run for W Orange mayor in 14 says he s lifelong resident The Star Ledger December 3 2013 Accessed October 30 2014 Hawkins 34 says he s a lifelong West Orange resident who lived in Orange for roughly seven years including his four years as mayor Giase Frank Sky Blue FC selects Maya Hayes with their first round pick in NWSL Draft The Star Ledger January 17 2014 Accessed October 30 2014 Hayes from West Orange finished her Penn State career with 71 goals and 21 assists in 89 games 80 starts and had 17 game winning goals Fiedler Terry The key players A look at the top five bidders for the Vikings Roger Headrick The anti hero Star Tribune June 28 1998 Accessed March 11 2023 Roger L Headrick Age 62 Hometown Born in West Orange N J resides in Wayzata McManus Jane Will Hill suspended 6 games ESPN New York May 30 2014 Accessed October 30 2014 The Giants signed Hill a native of West Orange New Jersey in 2012 as a free agent Berman Zach NBA Draft 2011 Kyrie Irving taken as No 1 pick by Cleveland Cavaliers The Star Ledger June 23 2011 Accessed August 6 2011 Kyrie Irving a St Patrick alum and West Orange native became the No 1 pick in this year s NBA Draft when the Cleveland Cavaliers made him their franchise player Feeney Michael J Saddle River home is base for Ja Rule s new MTV reality series The Record November 7 2015 Accessed November 8 2016 Atkins and his wife met as teenagers growing up in Hollis Queens and have been together ever since As his career took off they moved to West Orange and then married in 2001 and moved to Saddle River Roche Megan Former Radio City Rockette Still Shares Joy of Dance p 53 Mt Olive Life December 2019 Accessed July 13 2020 Jennifer Jones a Rockette that began her journey in 187 hails from Randolph A proud graduate of Randolph High School and County College of Morris Jones also holds a special place in the history books as she was the first African American Rockette ever cast As for her life today she currently resides in West Orange a b via Associated Press Space flight by Giffords s husband in doubt CBC News January 10 2011 Accessed January 17 2011 Gus Keriazakos Society for American Baseball Research accessed June 28 2018 Major Army Command Says Farewell to Four Star Commander Archived November 29 2007 at the Wayback Machine United States Army Materiel Command press release Accessed November 19 2007 Kern was raised in West Orange NJ and graduated from West Orange High School La Gorce Tammy New Jersey s Magic Moments The New York Times October 30 2005 Accessed November 1 2018 Take Goffin and King s Pleasant Valley Sunday Nudged by Mr Kirshner who lived in South Orange in the early 1960s Mr Emerson began Jerry Goffin and Carole King at that time a married couple moved from Brooklyn to West Orange They lived kind of uncomfortably in this suburban setting with swimming pools in the backyard and barbecues They were rock n roll songwriters after all They also lived very near Pleasant Valley Way Muskat Jonathan Finding inspiration in a path that s not our own The Times of Israel December 29 2021 Accessed December 29 2021 Well Hailey grew up Modern Orthodox in West Orange and attended Kushner Academy La Gorce Tammy Music No Longer the Best Soul Singer Nobody Knows The New York Times February 19 2006 Accessed November 1 2018 After trying to find joy everywhere from Memphis to New York City Ms LaVette a ragged voiced veteran soul singer fades out with the pronouncement So I went to West Orange Blanding Michael Barbara Lee Wonder Woman Boston April 28 2015 Accessed February 26 2023 Lee grew up in a middle class Jewish home in West Orange New Jersey not white picket fence but close Love Rhoda M Georgia Mason Eleven Summers Alone in the Wallowas Native Plant Society of Oregon Accessed October 30 2014 Mason whose birth name was Georgia Mavropoulos was born in West Orange New Jersey on March 16 1910 the middle of three daughters of Greek immigrants Peter and Bessie Mavropoulos Staff Nick Massi Original Member of Four Seasons Pop Group Los Angeles Times December 30 2000 Accessed October 30 2014 Nick Massi 73 an original member of the vocal group the Four Seasons who handled bass vocals and vocal arrangements throughout the band s glory days The longtime resident of West Orange N J performed with several bands before joining Frankie Valli in a group called the Four Lovers Joshua Maurer Tour of Duty Pages Accessed November 30 2016 Born in New Jersey he attended West Orange High School and Sarah Lawrence College where he obtained a B A degree in political science and appeared in many student stage productions Staff McClellan House to Go In West Orange N J The Christian Science Monitor January 6 1938 Accessed January 17 2011 John F McKeon New Jersey Legislature Accessed October 30 2014 via Associated Press Joseph G Minish Ex New Jersey Congressman Dies at 91 The New York Times November 26 2007 Accessed November 26 2007 Mr Minish a longtime West Orange resident died at St Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston N J said Michael Brown of the Quinn Hopping Funeral Home in Livingston Ken Murray Just Sports Stats Accessed June 28 2018 DeVorkin David Oral Histories Gordon Newkirk American Institute of Physics June 1 1983 Accessed November 4 2015 DeVorkin Dr Newkirk I know you were born in Orange New Jersey on the 12th of June 1928 But I know nothing else about your family your early home life Could you give me a review Newkirk Until I went to college I lived in West Orange Charles W Nichols and Adelaide B Nichols v Commissioner Leagle Accessed October 30 2014 During the years 1955 and 1956 petitioner s home was in West Orange New Jersey It had about 16 rooms a recreation room and a swimming pool Gordon Jane via Hartford Courant Controversy Surrounds Handbook For Teen Girls Sun Sentinel March 15 2000 Accessed December 24 2021 Esther Drill and Rebecca Odes grew up together as best friends in West Orange N J learning about puberty and sex and experiencing all those crazy adolescent feelings Herzog Laura Broadway baby Hamilton star returns to N J alma mater NJ Advance Media for NJ com May 2 2016 Accessed June 13 2016 Onaodowan grew up in West Orange with his parents and five sisters and attended Gregory Elementary School Roosevelt Middle School and West Orange High School graduating in 2005 school officials said Bumiller Elisabeth Israeli Diplomat Is Man in Middle The New York Times September 17 2012 Accessed November 19 2012 Raised in a conservative Jewish family in West Orange N J Mr Oren worked on a kibbutz at 15 was educated at Princeton and Columbia immigrated to Israel and spent multiple tours in the Israeli Army including a job as spokesman during an infamous low point for the military its poor performance in the 2006 war in Lebanon Staff Frederick P Ott Edison Aide Dies Became Associated With the Inventor in 1874 Working in Small Newark Plant Assisted In Film Work Collaborated in Development of Motion Pictures Electric Light and Phonograph The New York Times October 25 1936 Accessed June 28 2018 West Orange N J Oct 24 Frederick P Ott for many years an associate of Thomas A Edison and who worked with the late inventor in the development of the electric light the phonograph and motion pictures died at his home here today Staff Q amp A Spotlight Robert Zane Pearlman Archived July 18 2010 at the Wayback Machine Explorer Newsletter of the American Astronautical Society History Committee Issue 10 March 2010 p 16 Accessed February 24 2011 Hometown West Orange New Jersey via Associated Press HBO s Boardwalk Empire A Dramatic Getaway New Series Brings Prohibition Era Atlantic City N J to Life with Historical Accuracy Lavish Detail CBS News September 19 2010 Accessed October 25 2015 Inevitably noted for his baby face arresting blue eyes and pouty pillowy lips the 29 year old West Orange N J native seized on acting because I liked the attention And it kind of evolved into a craft a skill which was a positive thing in my life Then I came to New York I never really left Tribute To Judge Nicholas H Politan by Hon Bill Pascrell Jr Congressional Record p 2884 Volume 146 2000 Part 2 March 15 2000 Accessed April 16 2021 Mr Speaker I would like to call to your attention the deeds of an important member of my district Nicholas Politan of West Orange New Jersey Knox Erin sports nyhistory org ann probert Ann Probert New York Historical Society Accessed June 28 2018 Golf Born West Orange NJ Dec 31 1938 Ann Linen Probert grew up around the game of golf as she lived just a short distance from the 18th hole of the Rock Springs Country Club in West Orange Staff Paul C Reilly 94 Architect and a Catholic Lay Leader The New York Times September 13 1984 Accessed October 30 2014 Mr Reilly a native of New York City who later moved to West Orange N J graduated from Columbia University and early in his career was chief designer for the former New York City architectural firm of Thomas W Lamb Conrad Eileen John Renna He got where he is the hard way Asbury Park Press April 25 1982 Accessed June 28 2018 By virtue of the appointment the 61 year old West Orange resident a longtime political friend of Gov Thomas H Kean is chairman of the HFA the Mortgage Finance Finance Agency the Hackensack Meadowlands Development Commission and the Office of the Ombudsman for the Institutionalized Elderly Deputy Judge Advocate General U S Army Major General Stuart W Risch United States Army Accessed June 14 2021 Major General Stuart W Risch a native of Orange West Orange NJ was initially commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Field Artillery in 1984 Bodley Hal N Y Yankees Hall of Famer Phil Rizzuto dies at 89 USA Today August 15 2007 Accessed July 3 2008 Rizzuto who would have been 90 in September died Tuesday from pneumonia after living his last several years in declining health at a West Orange N J nursing home Roberts brings boxing back to the people Herald News August 15 1989 Accessed February 20 2022 via Newspapers com Marc Roberts a 29 year old entrepreneur is a man with a dream and a vision He was born in Newark grew up in West Orange now lives in South Orange The 1980 graduate majored in business marketing at American University of Washington D C and already has made a mint in real estate and other things including a cellular car phone business as co owner of Metropolis Cafe in Manhattan and his Total Entertainment Modeling Agency Raj Sunil Sunder December 8 2020 Brandon Scoop B Robinson details compelling journey into the world of covering the NBA In The Zone Retrieved December 14 2020 The Scoop Brandon Robinson YouTube February 1 2013 Archived from the original on December 15 2021 Retrieved December 15 2020 a b Fagan Joseph Romance Blossoms for Future President and First Lady in West Orange TAP into West Orange June 30 2013 Accessed June 28 2018 Douglas Robinson Sr and his wife Fanny Monroe Robinson came to West Orange about 1872 becoming a neighbor to General George McClellan along the ridge adjacent to Prospect Avenue But by 1894 Corinne Roosevelt Robinson so loved the country setting of Overlook that she persuaded Douglas to make the West Orange estate their principal residence The Robinsons and their four children then moved to West Orange and lived here year round from 1894 to 1911 Kaufman Michael T Peter W Rodino Dies at 96 Led House Inquiry on Nixon The New York Times May 8 2005 Accessed November 25 2007 Peter W Rodino Jr an obscure congressman from the streets of Newark who impressed the nation by the dignity fairness and firmness he showed as chairman of the impeachment hearings that induced Richard M Nixon to resign as president died yesterday at his home in West Orange N J He was 95 Holson Laura M The Media Business Recording Industry Lobbyist Plans to Leave Her Position The New York Times January 23 2003 Accessed November 6 2012 Even as a young woman growing up in West Orange N J Ms Rosen 44 the daughter of the town s first city councilwoman showed a taste for power brokering Kleinman Max Soaring Above the Net Jewish Federation of Greater Metrowest NJ July 30 2008 Accessed May 25 2021 At first glance Tamir Goodman and Jeffrey Rosen share little in common Jeff grew up in West Orange and expanded his family business Rose Art Industries into a major manufacturer of toys stationery and arts and crafts Staff N J Statehouse to honor Sherry Ross New Jersey Devils March 22 2010 Accessed April 11 2011 The resident of West Orange NJ has covered the Stanley Cup Finals on 15 occasions while attending the Kentucky Derby six times Skelly Richard Jumpin Johnny Sansone bringing the blues to Red Bank Asbury Park Press June 30 2017 Accessed November 21 2017 Harmonica player vocalist accordionist Jumpin Johnny Sansone a West Orange native will be accompanied by guitarist John Fohl who rose to prominence as an excellent ensemble lead guitarist with Dr John s Lower 911 small group Duke Katherine The Beauty of Coding Amherst Magazine Spring 2014 Accessed June 28 2018 Lyndsey Scott 06 has graced the runway for Victoria s Secret Louis Vuitton and Fendi She wrote of her years as a skinny bespectacled teen in West Orange N J bullied by classmates and of her later physical and professional development into a fashion model a role that has undeniable perks but in which many people are shocked to find out that I m anything other than an airhead she wrote that I was a comp sci major and that I program iOS apps for example Senate Action New Jersey Legislative Digest June 22 2000 Accessed November 21 2017 To Be A Member Of The New Jersey Historical Commission Carol Selman of West Orange Mueller Mark Rutgers oldest alumnus Walter Seward dies at 111 The Star Ledger September 15 2008 Accessed January 29 2011 Long celebrated as the oldest Rutgers alumnus the West Orange resident also was believed to be the most long lived New Jerseyan and the third oldest man in the United States according to the Gerontology Research Group a California organization that tracks the world s most venerable people Wilson Judy Crown Heights riot fact fiction and plenty of blame Archived July 12 2018 at the Wayback Machine New Jersey Jewish News June 8 2006 Accessed June 20 2018 Edward S Shapiro is too skilled a historian to believe that there is one truth but he is committed to exploring the varying narratives examining the language of each and skewering the biases in Crown Heights Blacks Jews and the 1991 Brooklyn Riot University Press of New England the first and only book on the first and only anti Jewish riot in American history Although he has lived in West Orange since 1969 where he and his wife Daryl belong to Congregation Ohr Torah and Congregation Ahawas Achim B nai Jacob and David cities fascinate him Ginsberg Johanna Local scholar organizes conference on history of Modern Orthodoxy Archived September 16 2013 at the Wayback Machine New Jersey Jewish News June 1 2006 Accessed June 28 2018 A West Orange scholar is the co organizer of the first ever conference in America on the history of Modern Orthodoxy to be held June 13 15 in Scranton Pa Marc B Shapiro who holds the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Chair in Jewish Studies at the University of Scranton said the conference will take a historical view of the movement in order to explore its meaning for today Wakin Daniel J Alfredo Silipigni 74 Who Founded an Opera Company Dies The New York Times March 29 2006 Accessed June 2 2008 Alfredo Silipigni a conductor and specialist in lesser known Italian operas who founded the New Jersey State Opera and ran it for four decades died on Saturday in Livingston N J He was 74 and lived in West Orange N J Dr Eve Elizabeth Slater National Institutes of Health Accessed October 29 2016 Eve Slater was born in 1945 in West Orange New Jersey The 50 Greatest New Jersey Sports Figures Sports Illustrated December 27 1999 via Associated Press Andy Stern of the SEIU longtime powerful labor boss to retire The Star Ledger April 13 2010 Accessed January 29 2011 Andrew Stern president of the Service Employees International Union and a West Orange native answers questions during an interview at his office in Washington on Thursday Feb 9 2006 Ackermann Peggy A political fight provides N J Supreme Court with apolitical legal mind The Star Ledger October 24 2010 Accessed July 9 2016 Residence Raised in South Orange lived in West Orange currently lives in Monroe Middlesex County About Mark MarkTrainor com Accessed January 17 2011 Oster Marcy Journalist Dadid Twersky dies Jewish Telegraphic Agency July 18 2010 Accessed July 26 2019 David Twersky a veteran journalist and former kibbutznik has died Twersky died last Friday night at his home in West Orange N J following a long battle with cancer Byrne Kristin A career that s hitting some high notes Jewish roles are starting to sit better with West Orange s Brandon Uranowitz now starring in Falsettos New Jersey Jewish News October 14 2016 Accessed August 26 2021 He could not stay away from theater for long however going on to act in school productions at Montclair Kimberley Academy and then at NYU s Tisch School of the Arts Lappin Joan Jury Finds Madoff Really Didn t Do It Alone Forbes March 27 2014 Accessed October 25 2015 He was really Albert Vilar not Alberto from West Orange New Jersey although he was born to Cuban parents Staff New Jersey Briefs The New York Times February 8 1973 Accessed March 27 2018 The New Jersey chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union announced yesterday that it would ask the United States Supreme Court to stay an election of the West Orange Board of Education until the name of a 16 year old high school sophomore was included on the ballot The A C L U said it was asking the Court to stay the election scheduled for next Tuesday until Stephen Vittoria was allowed to run for a place on the board Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey 1971 p 355 Accessed December 21 2022 Milton A Waldor Rep West Orange Senator Waldor was born in Newark New Jersey on September 28 1924 and was educated in the Newark Public Schools and was a graduate of Weequahic High School and Rutgers University Law School Barnes Mike Actress Evelyn Ward Dies at 89 The Hollywood Reporter January 11 2013 Accessed May 28 2016 The glamorous dark haired Ward a native of West Orange N J began her career as a Roxyette at New York s famed Roxy Theatre in the early 1940s then headed for Broadway Schmander Sherie Fox Charlotte Fowler Wells in Past and Promise Lives of New Jersey Women p 207 Accessed June 28 2018 When it was incorporated in 1894 she became president of the new Fowler and Wells Company and from that period to her death she lived in West Orange NJ Jordan Chris Hip hop phenomenon mixtapes go mainstream The Tennessean March 8 2005 Accessed November 5 2007 Whoo Kid who hails from West Orange N J has certainly diversified The Queens raised kid of Haitian parents starting spinning at 16 now he performs around the world with 50 Cent and on his own Fizgerald s Legislative Manual State of New Jersey Volume 194 Part 2 Volume 195 Parts 1 2 p 394 J A Fitzegerald 1971 Accessed June 3 2018 Kenneth T Wilson Rep West Orange Assemblyman Wilson the son of Mr and Mrs Kenneth H Wilson was born in Newark on March 20 1936 the eldest of two sons He attended the West Orange public schools and graduated in 1954 from West Orange High School Midler Caryn Scott Wolf Reveals His Secret Nickname People October 25 2006 Accessed January 17 2011 Edel Raymond A Mini Bio for Kids Ian Ziering The Record December 20 1992 Accessed September 29 2007 Ian a native of West Orange is a graduate of William Paterson College in Wayne Staff Jury To Get Tax Case Judge Holds Jersey Panel Must Pass on Zwillman Charges The New York Times February 28 1956 Accessed May 23 2012 Federal Judge Reynier J Wortendyke Jr ruled today that income tax charges against Abner Longie Zwillman of 50 Beverly Road West Orange must be submitted to the jury Sullivan Joseph F Jersey Man in Abscam Case Is Experienced With Inquiries Conspiracy Charges Dismissed Two Other Directors From Jersey Started as Tire Salesman Need for Advice Questioned Bid Rigging Indictment Message Termed Death Threat The 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