Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Irvington township employees distributed Narcan and information about opioid addiction and treatment at a concert in June 2024.

Irvington township employees distributed Narcan and information about opioid addiction and treatment at a concert in June 2024. The township paid for the concert with national opioid settlement funds.

ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — A new report is accusing Irvington’s mayor and other town officials of spending funds that were supposed to be put to work battling the opioid epidemic on a “slush fund” for ...

The settlement money had been earmarked for drug prevention, treatment, or recovery from the deadly opioid epidemic that became a scourge of so many of the state’s inner cities. Irvington apparently ...

Officials in Irvington, New Jersey, had an idea. To raise awareness about the dangers of opioid use and addiction, the township could host concerts with popular R&B artists like Q Parker and Musiq ...

Last year, a scathing report issued by the Office of the State Comptroller took aim at how Irvington allegedly misspent hundreds of thousands of dollars earmarked for drug prevention, treatment, or ...

Last year, a scathing report issued by the Office of the State Comptroller took aim at how Irvington allegedly misspent hundreds of thousands of dollars earmarked for drug prevention, treatment, or ...