Elise Phillips Margulis

1 week ago | tapinto.net | Elise Phillips Margulis

SOUTH ORANGE, NJ -- With many eyes welling with tears, each town council member spoke of how Karen Hilton helped and taught them during their years on the council. Mayor Sheena Collum stated when it was time to approve the bills, “It's a little tough, but this will be the last approval of the bills for our Councilwoman Hilton.

1 week ago | tapinto.net | Elise Phillips Margulis

MILLBURN, NJ – The April 15 town council meeting agenda included rejecting five Paper Mill Carriage House bids and awarding four contracts because the cost of renovating and adding a second floor to the Paper Mill’s Carriage House Restaurant increased. The town council rejected some of the masonry work, site work, concrete work, exterior framing, sheathing and roofing work and windows. Members approved select masonry, site work and concrete work as well as structural steel.

1 week ago | tapinto.net | Elise Phillips Margulis

WEST ORANGE, NJ – Township resident Blake Michael, who has been a teacher and a special needs attorney, aspires to be a New Jersey State Assembly Member. One of his priorities is to promote and protect education. Michael reported that he’s running because of his concern about educational funding. “From special education attorneys to teachers, so many of us in the education field are deeply worried about what's happening at the federal level.

1 week ago | tapinto.net | Elise Phillips Margulis

WEST ORANGE, NJ -- Valerie Palma DeLuisi, Esq., Lt. Tito John’s attorney, spoke at the recent town council meeting about her client becoming a captain in the police department. “West Orange is home to approximately 50,000 residents and approximately 60% of them are minorities. The West Orange Police Department prides itself on recruiting and hiring minority officers.

1 week ago | tapinto.net | Elise Phillips Margulis

WEST ORANGE, NJ – Since 1907, Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, located at 315 Main Street in West Orange, has been a mainstay in the community. But what was once a packed church has given way to a drop in religious attendance, and its outreaches: the Holy Trinity-West Orange Food Pantry, Christine’s Soup Kitchen and the Thrift Shop, are struggling.