KinderSmile Foundation’s documentary featured in film festival

KinderSmile Foundation’s documentary featured in film festival

A documentary produced by two dentists about the implications of a lack of access to dental health care is set to be shown during the Garden State Film Festival. “Oral health is the gateway to total health and being,” said Dr. Michal Herman, DDS, chief operating officer of KinderSmile Foundation in Bloomfield. Herman and Dr. […]

Telling the story of a legendary woman

MAPLEWOOD — Sharon Shepard Levine and Lori Brown Mirabal met at Clinton Elementary School where both had children enrolled as students. That meeting led to a 20-year-effort to create what has become an award-winning documentary called “Gabriel’s Daughter, The Life and Legacy of Clara Brown.” The documentary reflects on the life and legacy of freed […]

Ceremonies celebrating Ramadan in West Orange, Maplewood

Ceremonies celebrating Ramadan in West Orange, Maplewood

West Orange and Maplewood both held Ramadan ceremonies over the weekend. A steady rain could not dampen the Ramadan celebration in West Orange on Saturday. Mayor Susan McCartney spoke at the event, thanking the organizers and the Department of Public Works for helping to set up the display of the Crescent moon in front of […]

Irvington man’s film chosen for festival

A film by an Irvington filmmaker will be shown at the Garden State Film Festival in March. “We are extremely proud to present ‘Equal Opportunity’ as a part of our 22nd Annual Film Festival, and to share this work with our global audience,” says Lauren Concar Sheehy, the festival’s Executive Director. “Equal Opportunity” directed by […]

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