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TOWN INFORMATION Formal Name: City of Orange Township Area: 2.201 sq mi (5.700 km2) Population: 30,134 (2010 Census) Government Type: Faulkner Act Mayor-Council This form of government provides for the election of a mayor and five, seven, or nine council members. All council members may be elected at large, or some may be elected by wards; they may be partisan or nonpartisan, and serve fouryear concurrent or staggered terms. There may be up to ten administrative departments. Mayors in this system are vested with broad executive power. WEBSITES City Website: www.ci.orange.nj.us City Council Website: www.orangetwpnjcc.org Board of Education: www.orange.k12.nj.us Public Library: www.orangepl.org
TOWN INFORMATION ELECTED OFFICIALS Federal: 10th Congressional District Senate: Donald Payne Jr / D, Newark House: Cory Booker / D, Newark, Bob Menendez / D, Paramus
State: New Jersey’s 34th State Legislative District Senate: Nia Gill / D, Montclair Assembly: Thomas P. Giblin / D, Montclair, Britnee Timberlake / D, East Orange
New Jersey Essex County
LOCAL Mayor: Dwayne D. Warren Council President Tency A. Eason / North Ward, 2022 Jamie Summers-Johnson / South Ward, 2022 Kerry J. Coley / East Ward, 2022 Harold Johnson Jr. / West Ward, 2022 Adrienne Wooten / At-Large, 2020 Christopher G. Jackson / At-Large, 2020 Donna K. Williams / At-Large, 2020
City of Orange Township
TOWN INFORMATION CITY ADMINISTRATION: 29 North Day Street, Orange NJ 07050 973.266.4005 Mayors Hotline: 973.280.1621 Administrator: Christopher Hartwyk 973.266.4010 Deputy Clerk: Joyce L. Lanier 973.266.4025 Planning + Public Works: Marty Meys 973.266.4030 Schools Superintendent: Dr. Gerald Fitzhugh 973.677.4000 Police Director: Todd Warren 973.266.4111 Fire Director: Kenneth M. Douglas 973.266.4230 Animal Control 973.266.4107 Building & Construction 973.266.4099 City Planner 973.266.4217 Code Enforcement 973.266.4098 Cultural Affairs 973.266.4045 Finance Department 973.266.4021 Health Department 973.266.4071 Municipal Court 973.266.4161 Recreation 973.266.4045 Social Services 973.266.4086 Tax Collection 973.266.4034 Vital Statistics 973.266.4068 Zoning Officer 973.266.4092
ORANGE NEW JERSEY
B R I E F
H I S T O R Y
B R I E F H I S T O RY: Orange was initially a part of the city of Newark, but it was originally known as “Newark Mountains”. On June 7, 1780, the townspeople of Newark Mountains officially voted to adopt the name Orange. At the time, there was a significant number of people in favor of secession from Newark. However, this would not occur until November 27, 1806, when the territory now encompassing all of the Oranges was finally detached. On April 13, 1807, the first government was elected, but not until March 13, 1860 was Orange officially incorporated as a city. Immediately, the new city began fragmenting into smaller communities, primarily because of local disputes about the costs of establishing paid police, fire, and street departments. South Orange was organized on January 26, 1861; Fairmount (later to become part of West Orange) on March 11, 1862; East Orange on March 4, 1863; and West Orange (including Fairmount) on March 14, 1863. Orange was an industrial city from the outset. Early settlers found a profuse growth of hemlock trees, an ideal supply of tannic acid for the tanning industry, and boot and shoe-making factories soon flourished. Orange was once the hat-making capital of the United States. The industry can be traced there to 1792. By 1892, 21 firms were engaged in that trade, employing over 3,700 people in plants that produced about 4.8 million hats, which had a combined value in excess of $1 million. Several brothers founded the “No-Name Hat Company” in Orange before one of them moved on to make fedoras in Philadelphia under the family name, “Stetson.” By 1921, however, only five hat-making firms were left, many having departed for places such as Norwalk and Danbury, Connecticut. By 1960, all had left.
Beer was a major industry in Orange beginning in the early 1900s, when the three Winter Brothers of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, arrived in the city and built the first brewery. The Orange Brewery was
B R I E F H I S T O RY: constructed in 1901 at a reported cost of $350,000. The production of beer ceased with prohibition in 1920, and after the repeal of the Volstead Act in 1933, the brewery was sold to John F. Trommers of Philadelphia. Trommers brewed beer under that label until 1950, when the concern was again sold to Liebmann Breweries, Incorporated, which bottled Rheingold Beer. Eventually, after several additional owners, the plant was closed permanently in 1977. Other notable firms located in Orange were the Monroe Calculating Company, manufacturers of the patented adding machines of the same name, and the Bates Manufacturing Company, producers of office accessories such as staplers and stampers. The United States Radium Corporation was a notorious resident of Orange. This firm refined ore and extracted the radium used to make luminous paint
for dials and hands of watches and other indicators. It was only years later that the terrible carcinogenic effects of this material became known, and the polluted site of the factory became a thorn in the side of the city. Orange has produced such notables as baseball’s Monte Irvin and heavyweight boxer Tony Galento. Actor William Bendix lived and worked here for a short while. Presidents, presidential candidates, and governors visited. Orange held major celebrations for its 100th anniversary, and another when it turned 150. Once a multi-ethnic, economically diverse city, Orange suffered indirectly from the 1967 riots in Newark (even though Newark and Orange do not share a border) and directly from the construction of Interstate 280 through the heart of the downtown area, triggering
middle-class “white flight� from aging industrial towns to the new automobile suburbs being built in western Essex County and elsewhere. By the end of the 1970s, Orange had many of the urban ills normally associated with larger cities. However, the city still includes well-maintained homes and streets. In 1982, citizens voted overwhelmingly to change the designation of Orange from a city to a township, thereby making it eligible for federal Revenue Sharing funds. In 1985, the State of New Jersey named Orange as a State Urban Enterprise Zone, creating tax breaks and investment incentives.
SCHOOLS Orange High School / 9th - 12th / 400 Lincoln Avenue Orange Preparatory Academy / 8th - 9th / 400 Central Avenue Rosa Parks Community School / Pre-K -7th / 369 Main Street Cleveland Street Elementary / Pre-K - 7th / 355 Cleveland Street Forest Street Elementary / Pre-K - 7th / 651 Forest Street Heywood Avenue Elementary / Pre-K - 7th / 421 Heywood Avenue Lincoln Avenue Elementary / Pre-K - 7th / 216 Lincoln Avenue Oakwood Avenue Community School / Pre-K - 7th / 135 Oakwood Avenue Park Avenue Elementary / Pre-K - 8th / 231 Park Avenue Newcomers Academy of Orange / 9th - 12th / 123 Cleveland St Orange Early Childhood Center / Pre-K - Kindergarten / 397 Park Avenue Scholars Academy Formerly Mt.Carmel / K - 8th / 268 Capuchin Way
PARKS AND RECREATION 8 city parks totaling 12 acres, as well as City-owned lots, and 3 in-ground swimming pools. Alden Street Park Open Space Bell Stadium
Berkley Tennis Club This is a nonprofit,member-owned, outdoor tennis club located in 311 Tremont Place in the South Ward. The club, founded in 1917, has six courts that are open daily from mid-April to the end of October. The Club is sanctioned by the United States Tennis Association (USTA).
Football Field Central Park 2 Basketball Courts 6 Tennis Courts 1 Pool 1 Playground Area 1 Baseball Diamond 1 Running Track 1 Leisure Area 1 Recreation Building
Monte Irvin Orange Park Monte Irvin Orange Park serves the City of Orange with athletic fields, walking paths, and a playground. The park hosts a variety of free concerts annually each summer and is one of the original Olmsted designed landscapes in the Essex County Park System.
Colgate Park 2 Basketball Courts 1 Pool 1 Playground Metcalf Park 2 Basketball Courts 1 Pool 1 Playground Military Commons .5 Acres Open Space Ropes Park
South Mountain Recreation Complex The South Mountain Recreation Complex is nestled along Northfield Avenue and Cherry Lane in West Orange. The complex features a variety of recreation opportunities including Turtle Back Zoo, Codey Arena, MiniGolf Safari, the children’s Regatta Playground, Paddleboating, a 1.7 mile walkway, and the Clipper Pavilion picnic shelter.
1 Basketball Court 1 Splash Pad 1 Playground Corner of North Day / Alden Street .91 acres Open Space Orange Valley I Baseball Diamond
South Mountain Reservation The South Mountain Reservation, covering 2,110 acres, is a nature reserve that is part of the Essex County Park System. It is located in central in portions of Maplewood, Millburn and West Orange, and borders South Orange, between the first and second ridges of the Watchung Mountains.
BULK RECYCLING
TRASH
RECYCLING PAPER
RECYCLING
E-WASTE
NEWSPAPER / CARDBOARD
CO-MINGLED GLASS / PLASTIC
APPLIANCES / METAL ITEMS
BUNDLED AND TIED OR BAGGED
BOTTLES AND ALUMINUM CANS
1ST FRIDAY OF EACH MONTH
JUN 2
OCT 5
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16
23
30
JUL 3
7
11
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25
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DEC 7
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SEP 1
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NOV
AUG 4
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GARBAGE IS EVERY WEDNESDAY & SATURDAYS
LEAF COLLECTION STARTS OCT 15TH - DEC 15TH Note: Weather and the amount of leaves to be picked up
Biodegradable leaf bags will be available for
can affect the City’s ability to complete the pick ups by the
Orange Residents while supplies last at Brook
above date. It is not necessary to call during leaf season for
Alley Garage, 24 South Center Street, Orange,
collection. There will be multiple collections during leaf season
between the hours of 12:30—3:00 p.m.
throughout the City. All leaves and/or yard waste MUST be bagged in BIODEGRADEABLE paper bags only. All branches
Grass, Cut It and Leave It Program
must be cut and tied in bundles no longer than four feet in
Grass clippings are a major part of Essex
length. Leaves CANNOT be piled in the streets at any time.
County’s municipal solid waste stream, and
DO NOT place leaves near any catch basins. Bagged leaves
like other highly recyclable materials–such as
should be placed for pick up by the curb, not in the street.
newspapers, plastics, glass and aluminum ,
Landscaping Contractors and Property Owners are prohibited
recycling grass clippings can help reduce the
from blowing any type of yard waste into the street. Following
amount of waste to landfills.
leaf season, bagged leaves and tied brush can be picked up by appointment only.
What can you do to help? It’s real simple. Just leave your grass clippings on the lawn when you mow
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