A new restaurant is set to open on Valley Rd. with a grand opening celebration Saturday. Mayor Parisi with officiate the ribbon cutting ceremony. Come out, enjoy some food and support business in the Valley.

Heritage Restaurant & Lounge
442 Valley Road
Saturday, February 4, 2012
Ribbon Cutting Celebration with Mayor Parisi @ 2pm

Heritage will be a restaurant and lounge with food and music that can host special events or parties too.
www.heritagerestaurantusa.com

Photo: Steven Lawler, courtesy of Luna Stage via patch.com

Mi Casa, Tu Casa is a fantastic new production featuring a five-member band and a pair of host storytellers who guide their guests through an engaging line-up of Latino folksongs and fables, seasonal poems, holiday musical favorites, and personal anecdotes of family traditions. You’ll even have a chance to dance if you want!

Read a review in the West Orange Patch

Mi Casa Tu Casa runs through December 18
Tickets: $20 for Adults, $10 for Children 12 & Under
Saturday 3pm shows are pay-what-you-want.

Get tickets at lunastage.org or at the box office.
Luna Stage is located at 555 Valley Road.

The Valley Community Watch Elections were held on Monday night, November 28th at Hazel Avenue School. The new 2012/2013 Board members are listed below. All positions were uncontested.

Chairperson: Jonathan Ridley
Vice Chairperson: Jennifer Strozyk
Secretary: Bruni Nelson
Treasurer: Karen De Jong
Communications: Michael Clarke
Sergeant at Arms: Rose DeSena
Chair Emeritus: Juan Pintado

The term for the new Board begins on January 1st, 2012. Congratulations to everyone.

Liberty Mutual is offering ten $10,000 awards to fire departments where community members demonstrate their commitment to fire safety through their annual Fire Safety Pledge Program. For every resident that takes the online 10 question, multiple choice quiz, the West Orange Fire Department gets one point. Two grants will be awarded to the departments with the most points at the end of the contest. The contest ends Oct. 31 and winners will be announced in November. West Orange is competing in the medium size department group.

Help the WOFD by taking the Fire Safety Pledge Quiz.
Check out the Leader Board.

Please join us on Monday, October 17th for a general meeting of the Valley Community Watch and Civic Association.
Hazel Ave. School gym
7:30PM

On the agenda for the meeting:

A Visit from the Mayor
Mayor Parisi will give us an update on what’s been going on in town and will answer any questions you may have.

Elections for 2011 – 2013 Board of Trustees
Nominations for the Board of Trustees positions will be accepted at the meeting. The term is for 2011 – 2013.

All residents and business owners of the Valley neighborhood* are welcome to submit their candidacy for the following open positions:

• Chairperson
• Vice-Chairperson
•  Secretary
• Treasurer
• Communications
• Sgt at Arms
• Chair Emeritus

* See Article VIII – Membership of the bylaws to review eligibility rules for being a member and submitting a nomination.

All candidates must be present at the October 17th meeting and must be accompanied by a VCW neighborhood resident to second their nomination.

To learn more about the election procedures of the Valley Community Watch and Civic Association, and the roles and responsibilities of board of trustees members, read the VCW Bylaws.

For question or more information contact: Juan Pintado at vcw2000@aol.com or Jackie Fox at vshmf@comcast.net

Essex County has announced two free collection dates for residents to drop off household hazardous waste and unwanted electronic equipment. Items can be dropped off at the Essex County Fleet Maintenance Facility located at 99 Bradford Ave. in Cedar Grove.

Household Hazardous Waste Items
Saturday, October 1, 2011
8:30am to 4pm
Download the flyer

Household hazardous waste items can be discarded, including pesticides and herbicides, paint thinners and solvents, oil-based paint, chemistry sets, barbecue propane tanks, pool chemicals, photo developing chemicals, household batteries, fluorescent light bulbs and ballasts, products that contain mercury, car batteries, home fire extinguishers, aerosol spray paint and automotive fluids.

Computer and Electronics
Saturday, October 15, 2011
9am to 3pm
Download the flyer

Computers and other unwanted electronics can be discarded, including computers, monitors, printers, fax machines, scanners, telecom equipment, speakers, televisions, keyboards, main frames, VCRs, stereos, DVD players, toasters, irons and cellular telephones.

You must provide proof of Essex County residency at the site. For more information, please call the Essex County Utilities Authority at 973-792-9060 or visit the Essex County website.

The annual carnival was cancelled due to rain. The new date for the spring will be announced at a later time. Original details are here.

Saturday, September 24, 2011
12:00pm to 4:00pm
Hazel Avenue School upper school yard

The Hazel School Fall Carnival is a fun, welcome back event for students, families and friends. It is also one of the main fund raisers for the school PTA. Games, rides, face painting, food and back by popular demand, the dunk tank!

This year’s list of dunkees includes: Mayor Parisi, Assemblyman John McKeon, Councilman Sal Anderton and Councilman Joe Krakoviak among others.

Read about last year’s carnival here.

www.hazelpta.org

Sunday, September 18, 2010
Town Hall
12pm to 3pm

The town picnic is a great opportunity to get to know your neighbors, learn about some of the organizations in town and generally find out what’s happening. The mayor and council members are usually on hand along with representatives from various town departments. Valley Community Watch will have a table. Stop by and say hello.

Food, games and live music.

Download the flyer from the West Orange Township website

Saturday, September 17, 2010
1pm to 4pm
555 Valley Road
(973) 395-5551
info@lunastage.org
www.lunastage.org

In celebration of the start of their second season as part of the Valley Arts District, Luna Stage is holding a free open house party. The afternoon will feature live music by Deivito Garcia and Michael Aquino, two of the co-creators of Luna’s upcoming holiday show in December.

There will be food, face-painting and games for kids, tours of the theatre, and an opportunity to learn more about all of the programming Luna has in store for the 2011-2012 season, especially the world premiere opening production of Ben Clawson’s The Dangers of Electric Lighting, a commissioned play about Thomas Edison; and Luna’s greatly expanded education program which now has a full curriculum of classes for kids and adults.