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By Chris Sykes, Staff Writer

Board of Education President Anthony “Tony” Vauss is known for being the host with the most when it comes to throwing parties, and his next big event is scheduled to take place Feb. 22 at 5 p.m. at Marlo’s Lounge on Lyons Avenue and every Irvington education stakeholder is invited to attend.

“I met with all the PTAs and parent coordinators and we decided to hold an event for all the faculty and staff and administrators,” Vauss said. “Then I met…

By Chris Sykes, Staff Writer

Tonight, the Irvington Unit of the NAACP will hold its monthly meeting where the main topic of discussion will be a report of Gov. Christopher Christie’s appearance at Christian Love Baptist Church two weeks ago.

The meeting is scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m. inside Greater New Point Missionary Baptist Church. Kathleen Witcher, the president of the Irvington NAACP, said that she hopes to get a large turnout for tonight’s meeting because there…

By Chris Sykes, Staff Writer

Fresh off his annual State of the State Address in Trenton, Gov. Christopher Christie came to Irvington last week to hold his first ever town hall meeting in an urban area at Christian Love Baptist Church on Lyons Avenue.

“It was the second strangest venue for us since I delivered the State of the State Address,” Christie said on Jan. 19. “Yesterday I was at a mall in Voorhees. Today I’m at a church that epitomizes what a church should be at its…

By Chris Sykes, Staff Writer

On Saturday, the Irvington Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Committee held its 27th annual Legacy of a Dream commemorative tribute to the life and work of the iconic civil rights leader and human rights champion.

The Jan. 14 event once again took place in the Irvington High School auditorium. The guest speaker was Pastor Jerry Smith of Christian Pentecostal Church and this year the 2012 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Award was presented to…