Thursday, January 19, 2017

Photo of the Day 1/19/17


This sign for The Orange Machine and Manufacturing Company remains near the Highland Avenue Train Station.

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Wednesday, January 18, 2017

Photo of the Day 1/18/17


This photo was taken at Cameron Field in South Orange.

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Tuesday, January 17, 2017

Photo of the Day 1/17/17


This photo shows South Jefferson Street in Orange at sunset.

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Monday, January 16, 2017

Photo of the Day 1/16/17


This photo shows a gaslight in South Orange.

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Sunday, January 15, 2017

Photo of the Day 1/15/17


This mural is located along Valley Road in West Orange.

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Saturday, January 14, 2017

Sheriff's Office Plans New Patrol Headquarters in Newark


Newark, New Jersey: A new law enforcement building is planned for Newark.

City records show that the Essex County Sheriff's Office is planning a new headquarters for its patrol division in Fairmount neighborhood of the city's West Ward. The building is slated to rise at 525-545 West Market Street, at the corner of Sussex Avenue. 

Currently, most of the property is a gated vacant lot that is owned by the City of Newark. The site sits adjacent to Interstate 280, and is across the street from the former United Hospital site, which is being converted into the Essex County Donald M. Payne, Sr. Vocational-Technical Campus. 

Comito Associates, PC, of Newark, is listed as the project architect and engineer. Records from the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission database show that Gregory Comito, the firm's founder and president, has donated $6600 to the campaign of County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo, Jr.  since 2008, in addition to funds towards the Essex County Democratic Committee.

Newark's Central Planning Board approved a courtesy review of the project during its meeting on January 9th.

The Essex County Sheriff's Office Patrol Division is currently based in the Essex County Park Commission Administration Building on Clifton Avenue. The division took over the Essex County Division of County Police in 2006.

Photo: Essex County Sheriff Armando Fontura

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Photo of the Day 1/14/17


The ice skating rink at the Meadowland Park tennis courts in South Orange has returned.

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Friday, January 13, 2017

Photo of the Day 1/13/17


This photo shows the Nia Fellowship Baptist Church, previously home to Ridgeview Community Church, in West Orange.

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Thursday, January 12, 2017

Photo of the Day 1/12/17


This photo shows a view of the abandoned Hospital Center at Orange, also known as Orange Memorial Hospital, from West Orange with Jersey City in the distance.

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Wednesday, January 11, 2017

PHOTOS: President-Elect Donald Trump Holds Press Conference in Manhattan


New York, New York: Hundreds of reporters and photographers packed the lobby at Trump Tower in Midtown Manhattan on Wednesday morning for President-elect Donald Trump's first formal press conference in months. 

President-elect Trump was joined by Vice President-elect Mike Pence, attorney Sheri Dillon of Morgan Lewis, Sean Spicer, Rudy Giuliani, Stephen Bannon, Kellyanne Conway, Ivanka Trump, Eric Trump, and Donald Trump, Jr, and responded to a select number of questions from reporters sitting in the first four rows. 

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Above: Major Garrett of CBS News asks President-elect Trump a question


Above: Trump speaks to reporters


Above: Sheri Dillon speaks to the media


Above: Piles of folders that Trump claimed were "all just a piece of the many, many companies that are being put into a trust to be run by my two sons" were placed next to the podium

Above: Vice President-elect Mike Pence at the press conference


Above: Sean Spicer and Mike Pence









Above: Protesters gathered outside of Trump Tower


Above: Reporters prepare to broadcast from outside of Trump Tower

Above and Below: Staff attempt to block Essex County Place from taking a photo near the folders following the press conference





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