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02 Feb ESSEX COUNTY EXECUTIVE DIVINCENZO ANNOUNCES GROUNDHOG DAY PROGNOSTICATIONS FROM TURTLE BACK ZOO’S ESSEX EDWINA Resident Groundhog Does Not See her Shadow, Predicts Early Spring Weather and the Rams Winning the Super Bowl

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West Orange, NJ – Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. announced that Essex Edwina, Essex County Turtle Back Zoo’s resident groundhog, saw her shadow and is predicting another six weeks of colder weather. Essex Edwina made her prediction during Turtle Back’s annual Groundhog Day...

16 Apr ESSEX COUNTY EXECUTIVE DIVINCENZO ANNOUNCES OPENING OF NEW ENTRANCE AND TRAIN MAINTENANCE BUILDING AT ESSEX COUNTY TURTLE BACK ZOO

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West Orange, NJ – Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. announced that the projects to modernize the public entrance and construct a new train maintenance building at Essex County Turtle Back Zoo have been completed. The two projects total about $8.6 million of improvements...

20 Feb ESSEX COUNTY EXECUTIVE DIVINCENZO ANNOUNCES PLANS TO CONSTRUCT A 900-CAR PARKING DECK AT THE ESSEX COUNTY HALL OF RECORDS COMPLEX

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Newark, NJ – Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. announced plans to construct a 900-car parking deck at the Essex County Government Complex in Newark on Tuesday, February 19th. The new spaces are part of an ambitious initiative to provide additional parking spaces, create...

30 Jan ESSEX COUNTY EXECUTIVE DIVINCENZO, ESSEX COUNTY SCHOOLS OF TECHNOLOGY AND CONSTRUCTION TRADES UNIONS SIGN PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENT FOR ESSEX COUNTY WEST CALDWELL SCHOOL OF TECHNOLGY EXPANSION AND MODERNIZATION PROJECT

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Newark, NJ – Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. joined with the Essex County Schools of Technology to sign a Project Labor Agreement with local construction trades unions on Wednesday, January 30th. The agreement ensures that union workers will be hired to work on...

18 Jan ESSEX COUNTY EXECUTIVE DIVINCENZO ANNOUNCES PLANS TO DEVELOP AN ALL ACCESS PLAYGROUND AND NEW COMMUNITY CENTER IN ESSEX COUNTY WATSESSING PARK

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Bloomfield/East Orange, NJ – Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. announced plans to build an all access playground, new community center and on-site parking lot in Essex County Watsessing Park on Friday, January 18th. The new all access playground will be the first of...

02 Jan ESSEX COUNTY EXECUTIVE DIVINCENZO, ESSEX COUNTY SHERIFF FONTOURA AND ESSEX COUNTY SURROGATE KENNEY ARE SWORN INTO OFFICE

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Newark, NJ – Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr., Essex County Sheriff Armando Fontoura and Essex County Surrogate Alturrick Kenney were sworn into office during an afternoon inauguration ceremony in the Essex County Donald M. Payne, Sr. School of Technology on Wednesday, January 2nd....

26 Dec ESSEX COUNTY EXECUTIVE DIVINCENZO ANNOUNCES THE REOPENING OF THE CENTRE STREET BRIDGE IN NUTLEY

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Nutley, NJ – Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. announced the Centre Street Bridge in Nutley was reopened to motor vehicle and pedestrian traffic on Monday, December 24th. Opening the roadway before the end of the year was a promise the County Executive made...

18 Dec ESSEX COUNTY EXECUTIVE DIVINCENZO PRESENTS AWARDS IN 14th ANNUAL SUSTAINABLE HOMES AND HABITATS GINGERBREAD CONTEST Holiday Contest Helps Raise Awareness about Nature and the Environment

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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 14th Annual Sustainable Homes and Habitats Gingerbread Contest on Monday, December 17th. There were 35 entries in...

30 Nov ESSEX COUNTY EXECUTIVE DIVINCENZO ANNOUNCES NEW SYNTHETIC GRASS SURFACE BEING INSTALLED ON ROBERTO CLEMENTE FIELD IN ESSEX COUNTY BRANCH BROOK PARK

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Newark, NJ – Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. announced on Thursday, November 29th that work to modernize the Roberto Clemente Field in the Essex County Branch Brook Park Middle Division was underway. The improvements are part of the County Executive’s ongoing initiative to...

24 Oct ESSEX COUNTY EXECUTIVE DIVINCENZO DEDICATES BRONZE BUST OF FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED IN ESSEX COUNTY BRANCH BROOK PARK “Father of Landscape Architecture” Consulted on Design of Branch Brook Park

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Newark, NJ – Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. dedicated a bronze bust of renowned landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted in Essex County Branch Brook Park Prudential Concert Grove in Newark on Wednesday, October 24th. Often referred to as the “Father of Landscape Architecture,”...