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 […]
NEWARK / MONTCLAIR, NJ — The Oratorio Society of New Jersey will be performing its first live, in-person concerts since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic. The concerts will take place on Saturday, Nov. 20, at 8 p.m. at Union Congregational Church, 176 Cooper Ave. in Montclair, and Sunday, Nov. 21, at 3 p.m. at […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Seton Hall University alumnus and board chairperson emeritus Patrick M. Murray and his wife Mary Ann Pfaff Murray announced they are adding $2 million to their recent gift of $5 million to Seton Hall University, for a total gift of $7 million toward the university’s strategic initiatives. The Murrays’ philanthropy has […]
NEWARK, NJ — Anthony Reynolds, 28, of Newark, was sentenced to 41 months in prison for illegal possession of a machine gun, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession of an unregistered firearm, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced Nov. 10. Reynolds previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Brian R. […]
NEWARK, NJ — Rakeem McNair, 22, of Roselle, has been sentenced to 85 months in prison for his role in a Newark carjacking in which a firearm was brandished, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael Honig announced Nov. 10. McNair previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Madeline Cox Arleo to an information charging him with one […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — West Orange High School’s emotional rendering of “The Laramie Project” will be held on Nov. 12 and 13 at 7 p.m. in the high school’s auditorium, 51 Conforti Ave. The play is based on Moises Kaufman and the Tectonic Theater Project’s 18 months of journal entries and interviews with more than […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The top-seeded and unbeaten Seton Hall Prep soccer team defeated second-seeded Delbarton, 1-0, in the NJSIAA Non-Public A North championship game on Thursday, Nov. 11. Drew Ligotti. a senior, scored the goal in the first half on assists from senior Brian Sheehan and sophomore Eddie Krupski. Senior goalie Aidan Batista made […]