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29 Jun ESSEX COUNTY EXECUTIVE DIVINCENZO HOSTS ESSEX COUNTY LGBTQ PRIDE MONTH CELEBRATION Star of Essex County Awards are Presented to Cathy Renna, National LGBTQ Task Force Communications Director; Dr. Marybeth Boger, Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students at NJIT; and Sakia Gunn, a posthumous honoree who lost her life in an attack 20 years ago

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Newark, NJ – Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr., the Essex County Office of LGBTQ+ Affairs and the Essex County Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning Advisory Board hosted the Essex County LGBTQ Pride Month Celebration on Wednesday, June 28th. During the ceremony, DiVincenzo...

23 Jun ESSEX COUNTY EXECUTIVE DIVINCENZO ANNOUNCES OPENING OF NEW WALLY CHOICE COMMUNITY CENTER AND PRACTICE FOOTBALL FIELD IN ESSEX COUNTY GLENFIELD PARK

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Montclair, NJ – Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. announced the opening of a new, larger Wally Choice Community Center and synthetic grass surface practice football field in Essex County Glenfield Park on Thursday, June 22nd. The improvements are part of the County Executive’s...

31 May ESSEX COUNTY EXECUTIVE DIVINCENZO AND THE DIVISION OF SENIOR SERVICES CELEBRATE ESSEX COUNTY’S ANNUAL OLDER AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH Legend Awards are Presented to Five Essex County Senior Citizens

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Cedar Grove, NJ – Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. and the Essex County Division of Senior Services hosted the Annual Essex County Older Americans Heritage Month Celebration on Wednesday, May 31st in the Essex County Robert O’Toole Building in Essex County Cedar Grove...

30 May ESSEX COUNTY EXECUTIVE DIVINCENZO HOSTS ANNUAL ESSEX COUNTY JEWISH HERITAGE CELEBRATION Star of Essex Awards are Presented to Jill Hirsch, District Director for the Office of Congresswoman Mikie Sherrill, and Rabbi Marc Katz of Temple Ner Tamid in Bloomfield

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Newark, NJ – Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. hosted the Annual Essex County Annual Jewish Heritage Celebration on Tuesday, May 30th. The festive event recognized the influence and positive impact that Jewish people have had, and continue to have, on the economy and...

22 May ESSEX COUNTY EXECUTIVE DIVINCENZO ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF 2023 ESSEX COUNTY SENIOR CITIZEN LEGACIES WRITING CONTEST

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Cedar Grove, NJ – Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. and the Division of Senior Services announced the four winners and four honorable mention recipients of the 2023 Essex County Senior Citizen Legacies Writing Contest during an awards luncheon at the Robert O’Toole Community...

19 May ESSEX COUNTY EXECUTIVE DIVINCENZO ANNOUNCES IMPROVEMENTS TO LITTLE LEAGUE/SOFTBALL FIELDS IN ESSEX COUNTY BROOKDALE PARK ARE COMPLETED

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Bloomfield/Montclair, NJ – Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. announced that a project to update the Little League/softball fields in Essex County Brookdale Park in Bloomfield/Montclair with synthetic grass playing surfaces on the infields has been completed. The upgrades will enhance usage of the...

18 May ESSEX COUNTY EXECUTIVE DIVINCENZO ANNOUNCES PLANS TO CONSTRUCT NEW FAMILY COURTS BUILDING IN NEWARK AND NAME IT AFTER THE LATE NJ STATE SENATOR WYNONA LIPMAN The “Essex County Wynona Lipman Family Courts Building” will replace the Court Facility in the Wilentz Building

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Newark, NJ – Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. outlined plans to construct a new eight-story building on Branford Place in Newark for the Family Court Division of the Essex Vicinage of State Superior Court. He also is recommending that the building be named...

15 May ESSEX COUNTY EXECUTIVE DIVINCENZO DEDICATES “HOUSTON STEVENS LITTLE LEAGUE FIELD” IN ESSEX COUNTY IVY HILL PARK IN HONOR OF COMMUNITY LEADER AND NEWARK RESIDENT HOUSTON STEVENS County Executive Also Announces Modernization of Little League Field and Construction of Football/Soccer Field are Complete

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Newark, NJ – Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. dedicated the “Houston Stevens Little League Field” in Essex County Ivy Hill Park in Newark in honor of community leader and Newark resident Houston Stevens. DiVincenzo said naming the field in Stevens’ honor is recognition...

11 May ESSEX COUNTY EXECUTIVE DIVINCENZO ANNOUNCES PLANS TO REHABILITATE ESSEX COUNTY PARKS ADMINISTRATION BUILDING Building will Receive Comprehensive Update and have Historic Elements Preserved

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Newark, NJ – Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. announced plans to rehabilitate the Essex County Parks Administration Building in Newark. The project includes preserving the building’s historical features and modernizing office and work areas. “The building at 115 Clifton Avenue in Newark has been...

08 May ESSEX COUNTY EXECUTIVE DIVINCENZO ANNOUNCES NEW JOB TRAINING AND CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAMS AT ESSEX COUNTY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY Initiatives will help Inmates Rejoin the Workforce after being Released

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Newark, NJ – Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. was joined by former Governor James McGreevey and the Essex County Correctional Facility Civilian Task Force on Monday, May 8th to announce new job training and continuing education programs for inmates at the Essex County...