GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Glen Ridge’s Shade Tree Commission, under the leadership of Chairperson Elizabeth Baker, was awarded the 2021 New Jersey Urban & Community Forestry Achievement Award by the New Jersey Forest Service, the New Jersey Community Forestry Council and the New Jersey Tree Foundation during the Shade Tree Federation Awards Banquet on Oct. […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Impact100 Essex is now accepting applications for its new equity grants. The organization is funding three $15,000 unrestricted grants available to nonprofit organizations led by black, indigenous and other people of color in Essex County. “These grants are a response to the call for action for greater equity in the field […]
SUMMIT, NJ — Two-time N.Y. Giants Super Bowl champion David Diehl served as honorary chairperson of the Clara Maass Medical Center Golf Invitational on Monday, Oct. 25, at Canoe Brook Country Club in Summit. Diehl was joined by his longtime quarterback, Eli Manning, and many former teammates, as the annual event raised nearly $250,000 to […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange High School football team defeated Westfield, 28-14, in the quarterfinal round of the NJSIAA/Rothman Orthopedics, North Jersey, Section 1, Group 5, tournament held Nov. 5 in Suriano Stadium. Touchdowns by Makhi Green, Marcus Green, Jelani Williams, and Saboor Kariemm put the Mountaineers on top. Touchdowns by Paul Cerro […]
NEWARK, NJ — Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, an RWJBarnabas Health facility, has named Dr. David Seth Feldman the new section chief of advanced heart failure treatment and transplantation. Newark Beth Israel’s heart failure treatment and transplant program is one of the top 15 centers in the nation and one of only 6 percent of […]
NEWARK, NJ — Augustine A. Boakye has been selected as the ninth president of Essex County College by the college’s board of trustees following a national search. Boakye assumed the office Nov. 1, after serving as interim president since July 2020. “We look forward to a long and productive relationship with our new president, one […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — The 11th annual Mayapple Trail Runs were held Oct. 16 in the South Mountain Reservation. The races were organized by the volunteers of the South Mountain Conservancy with the support of the Essex County Parks Department. The USA Track and Field–sanctioned races provided an informal but supportive trail race environment for […]
NEWARK, NJ — A former Newark police officer has been sentenced to 46 months in prison for soliciting and accepting cash payments from a brothel owner in Newark in exchange for protecting brothels from police action, and for failing to report those cash payments on his personal federal income tax returns, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — A former pharmacy procurement technician has admitted to stealing prescription HIV medications from the pharmacy of the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in East Orange, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced Nov. 3. Lisa M. Hoffman, 49, of Orange, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Esther Salas in Newark federal court […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange 2021 Diwali celebration lit up the sky at The Rock, a 6-acre parcel acquired by the township in 2013 using Open Space funds, on Nov. 1 as the community gathered to celebrate the holiday, which this year runs from Nov. 4 through 9. Diwali originates from the Sanskrit […]