MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Maplewood Library will launch its new book bike, the latest concept in mobile libraries, with a ribbon cutting on Saturday, Nov. 20, at 9:30 a.m. in front of the Hilton Branch, at 1688 Springfield Ave. Funded by the Maplewood Library Foundation and Fringe Collaborative, the book bike was purchased in memory of […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — It was an exciting Veterans Day morning on Nov. 11 as a Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter landed on Conforti Field at West Orange High School. A team of National Guardsmen arrived with the helicopter, brought in from Lakehurst as part of the Air Force Jr. ROTC training program. After disembarking, […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — In the Bloomfield Fire Department’s efforts to provide continual training, the department’s members participated in a firefighter success workshop earlier in November. In the workshop “10 Biggest Mistakes Firefighters Make With Their Fitness,” Chief Dan Kerrigan and Capt. Jim Moss shared how firefighters of all fitness levels can successfully overcome the most […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — The East Orange YMCA is offering one month of free swim lessons to children who enroll in the Y’s free preschool program. The East Orange Y full-day preschool program is open to East Orange residents ages 3 and 4 with the program running from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through […]
TRENTON, NJ — In a little more than two months since President Joe Biden declared a major disaster in New Jersey for the remnants of Hurricane Ida, more than $518 million in federal funds have been provided to New Jersey residents to aid in their recovery, according to a Nov. 12 press release from FEMA. […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — West Orange Elks will hold its annual Elks Hoop Shoot Contest for children ages 8 to 13 on Sunday, Nov. 28, in the Roosevelt Middle School gym, 36 Gilbert Place in West Orange. Registration begins at 1:30 p.m. and the contest begins at 2 p.m. The contest is free; each contestant […]
NEWARK, NJ — Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka announced Nov. 12 the investment of $19 million for violence reduction initiatives over the next three years. The city of Newark will soon issue a request for proposals inviting community-based organizations that serve youths and adults in Newark to participate. The proposals must detail the organization’s plans […]
MADISON, NJ — On Nov. 6, in-person and virtual guests raised crucial funds for the South Orange Performing Arts Center at its 2021 gala, held at Drew University in Madison. Some of the most memorable parts of the evening were paying tribute to honoree Diana Hart and presenting the SOPAC Lifetime Achievement Award to Grammy-winning […]
SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The South Orange–Maplewood School District has partnered with MediMobile to offer an additional COVID-19 testing site every Wednesday from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Board of Education building, in the district meeting room, 525 Academy St. in Maplewood. Testing continues every Saturday at Columbia High School, in the […]
NEWARK, NJ — Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig and acting N.J. Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck announced Nov. 10 the creation of a joint federal-state Civil Rights Criminal Enforcement Initiative to enhance coordination in the investigation and prosecution of federal, state and local cases involving civil rights violations by law enforcement officers and others […]