Irvington hosts local authors at library The Irvington Public Library will host its annual Black History Month Program on Saturday, Feb. 12 from 1 to 3 p.m. in the Children’s Room of the Library. The celebration will feature different African-American children’s authors from the community: Vanassa Brantley-Newton, author and illustrator of “Let FreedomSing,” “Presenting … Tallulah and Ruby” and the “Booker Boys” series; Antointette Gelin, author of “Dream Princess;” Veona Thomas, a…See More
Pop passed away earlier today, November 29th, 2010, quietly in his sleep surrounded by his family. We can best remember him by the joyful celebrations of his life, like his 100th birthday party, and by the music he created and left us to…
There's a simple solution. Those council members who want to take a trip should pay their own expenses like every other citizen. Perhaps they can have a bake sale to raise money for the trip. If they can convince every person in Orange that…
Councilwoman Tency Eason has hit on the correct answer to give Obama's administration when they whine over inheriting the poor economy from Bush. “If you had done your job then, these cuts and layoffs would not have been necessary in the…
We seem to never learn from the past. What made the Alexander Complex fail was cramming a whole lot of wellfare families into a small space with no follow-through on repairs and maintenance or education for the families on how to maintain their…
ORANGE LOSE TO CEDER GROVE IN A MATCH THEY COULD HAVE WON IF NOT FOR THE FORFEITS THEY HAD TO GIVE THE TEAM LOOKED TUFF WITH THE LIKES OF Shahin Gumber 132,Galbert Rivera 170 …See More
LIFT EVERY VOICE and SING - Opens our Reading of works by African American Authors and Poets throughout the month of February at least 1 hr. daily in the Orange Public Library Meeting Room. Open to all ages. Volunteer readers are invited to sign up ahead of time with the Children's Libarian; Listeners are invited to Drop In anytime.See More
January 23, 2012 is the Chinese New Year's day beginning the Year of the Dragon. The Children's Dep't. will have special programs and stories on Jan. 23rd - 24th. See particular times on individual days.See More
Display of books suggested for 3rd through 6th graders who have already read the Diary of a Wimpy Kid or one from that popular book series by Jeff Kinney. These are books that are either in a similar informal diary/notebook style, many illustrated with cartoons/doodles format. Others are books of a different style, more narrative and more fully developed characters, about typical issues faced by children in 4th-8th grade surrounding friendship, bullying, school, and family relationships.See More