ESSEX COUNTY EXECUTIVE DIVINCENZO ANNOUNCES RECORD ATTENDANCE AT ESSEX COUNTY TURTLE BACK ZOO FOR 12TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR New Annual Attendance Record is 755,240

Roseland, NJ – Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. presented awards to the children and families who participated in the Essex County Environmental Center’s 12th Annual Sustainable Homes and Habitats Gingerbread Contest on Tuesday, December 20th.  There were 37 entries in this year’s...

Cedar Grove, NJ – Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. announced the completion of the 77-acre Essex County Cedar Grove Park and the Robert J. O’Toole Community Center on Fairview Avenue in Cedar Grove on Monday, December 12th. Developed on the site of the...

Newark, NJ – Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. presented the Seventh Annual Essex County Veterans Day Observance in Essex County Veterans Memorial Park in Newark on Thursday, November 10th. During the ceremony, the County Executive recognized U.S. Military Veterans and Essex County employees...

Nutley, NJ – On Monday, November 7th, Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. joined with representatives from the Nutley Educational Foundation, Nutley Public School District and the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission to announce that the outdoor classroom and amphitheater in Essex County Yanticaw Park...

West Orange, NJ – Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. announced a partnership with the non-profit Sea Turtle Recovery from Northfield, N.J., to operate the Prudential Sea Turtle Recovery Center at Essex County Turtle Back Zoo. Currently under construction, the Sea Turtle Recovery Center...

Newark, NJ – Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. was joined by Atlanta Braves Special Assistant to the General Manager Bo Porter on Thursday, October 27th when he announced the modernization of the Bill Hicks Baseball Field in Essex County Weequahic Park with a...

West Orange, NJ – Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. outlined plans to develop the Ronald J. Mount Lion and Hyena Exhibit at Essex County Turtle Back Zoo in West Orange on Wednesday, October 26th. The exhibit is named after the late Ronald J....