By Chris Sykes, Staff Writer 

The fifth grade students, teachers, administrators and staff at Grove Street Elementary School want the world to know that they ranked No. 1 in New Jersey and No. 8 nationally thanks to the First In Math online teaching program and the 24 GAME. 

The program and…

By Chris Sykes, Staff Writer

Score one for people power.

Last week the majority of the Essex County Board of Chosen Freeholders voted not to approve Medco Environmental LLC’s application for access to the county’s solid-waste management program that would have been another step on the road to…

By Chris Sykes, Staff Writer

On April 25, the Municipal Council held the much-anticipated public hearing on the Medco Environmental LLC medical waste disposal company’s application to the Essex County Board of Chosen Freeholders for permission to open a new autoclave treatment facility inside an…

The Irvington High School girls' track and field team won the girls' team title at the Big Blue Invitational on Saturday April 21 at Schools Stadium in Newark.

The IHS boys' team took third in the boys' team standings.

Girls' team scores:

Girls: Irvington, 97 points; Toms River South,…

Photo: Irvington High School boys’ and girls’ track and field athletes pose with the championship trophy in front of IHS after winning the Blue Devil Classic championships last Saturday at Shabazz Stadium in Newark.

The Irvington High School boys’ and girls’ track and field teams swept…

By Chris Sykes, Staff Writer

On Monday the township held a rally and protest action for slain Florida teen Trayvon Martin, The rally was held near sundown on the steps of the Municipal Building in Civic Square.

Prior to that, Mayor Wayne Smith and others associated with the event urged any and…

Students from seven local high schools gathered to compete in the the 16th annual Essex County Consumer Bowl on March 19 at the Essex County Vocational Schools West Caldwell Tech. Irvington High School’s team, which won, will participate in the regional competition on April 19 at the Essex County Hospital Center in Cedar Grove.

The members of the Irvington High School team are: Cassandre Louis, Brittany Newby, Jenny Michel, Josmar Adames and Chiamaka Udoye. Four of the members — Louis,…

By Chris Sykes, Staff Writer

Last week West Ward Councilman and Municipal Council President John Sowell held a meeting with a select few members of the Irvington business and residential community inside the Clerk’s Office in the Municipal Building in Civic Square.

The Clerk’s Office also doubles…

By Chris Sykes, Staff Writer

Mayor Wayne Smith has officially announced that he is seeking to succeed the late Donald Payne Sr., as the representative of the 10th Congressional District. Payne died from colon cancer two weeks ago.

The 10th District currently includes parts of Newark, East Orange, Orange, Hillside, Roselle, Irvington, Rahway, Jersey City, Montclair and parts of the City of Elizabeth. However, because of recent redistricting decisions, by the time the…

By Chris Sykes, Staff Writer

The Irvington Unit of the NAACP is asking township residents to attend the upcoming March 28 public hearing that could decide if the county receives permission to open a solid-waste treatment facility on Grove Street.

According to Kathleen Witcher, president of the Irvington Unit of the NAACP, the public hearing will be held at the Hall of Records, 465 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., in downtown Newark at 7:30 p.m.

She said the meeting…