MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — South Orange and Maplewood residents celebrate the New Year with various performers and vendors on Dec. 31 at the Woodland in Maplewood. The annual First Night funfest had returned for another successful year of uniting the community as the clock reaches midnight and a new year starts. — Photos Courtesy of Michael […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — South Orange and Maplewood residents looking for a good time on New Year’s Eve need go no further than the local high school, as First Night Maplewood South Orange hosts its annual New Year’s Eve celebration at Columbia High School on Parker Avenue in Maplewood on Thursday, Dec. 31, from 4 to […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Hazel Elementary School held a successful English-as-a-second-language event on Oct. 27, providing an opportunity for the Hazel community to gain knowledge and obtain tools and resources to help their children succeed at school and at home. For families who do not speak English, navigating the school website and communicating with teachers […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Between 800 and 1,000 people gathered Aug. 6 at Meadowland Park for South Orange’s National Night Out festivities, celebrating the village’s first responders while waiting for the sun to set to watch a movie outside. The national holiday, which started in the 1980s as a way for communities to get to […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ (updated Sunday Feb. 19, 5:42 p.m.) – The No. 1-seeded Glen Ridge High School boys’ varsity basketball team hopes to make a strong run in the postseason. The Ridgers, who had a stellar 18-5 record through Feb. 18, will host No. 16 seed North Star Academy in the first round of the North […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — A mother of two children attending Watsessing Elementary School, and the media specialist there, recently created the first Engineering Night at the school. The event was held Thursday, Feb. 11, in the gymnasium. It was planned to commemorate the Feb. 21 to 27 observance of National Engineering Week, which focuses scholastic attention on […]
A perfect show to celebrate Black History Month, “After Midnight” playing at the Paper Mill Playhouse allows us a glimpse into the Harlem Renaissance – a bygone era of the 1920s and 30s which took place in Harlem in New York City and was a revival of all things African American including music and dance. […]
METUCHEN, NJ — On a beautiful Saturday afternoon, Nov. 4, the Seton Hall Prep football team traveled to Metuchen to take on St. Joseph High School of Metuchen in the first round of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s Non-Public “A” playoffs. The Pirates defeated the Falcons 61-20 at The Brennan Family Field. Seton […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The Glen Ridge High School football team won a state sectional playoff game for the first time in more than four decades. The seventh-seeded Ridgers, under second-year head coach Manj Singh, upset No. 2 seed Waldwick/Midland Park high school, 33-26, in the quarterfinals of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s […]
The two candidates for Essex County Commissioner participated in a League of Women Voters debate on Oct. 4 in Livingston. Incumbent Democrat Leonard Luciano and Republican Adam Kraemer spoke in front of a small group at Livingston Community Center, discussing issues and offering why they were the right person to represent the 4th District on […]