BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Wednesday nights are for cars in Bloomfield, as long as the Bloomfield Cruisers and the Bloomfield Center Alliance have anything to say about it. The group, made up of car and motorcycle enthusiasts, has partnered with the town’s business organization for the last few summers, parking their classic cars on a block […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Irvington Council President Renee Burgess has seen a lot — both positive and negative — happen in Irvington, having been born and raised in the township. Now, as part of a team led by Irvington Mayor Tony Vauss, Burgess is taking what she has seen and is using it to inform her […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Alex Caprio Animal Control Facility in West Orange received two new benches and a table in an outdoor seating area used for adoptions. It was part of an Eagle Scout project completed by Connor Seid of Troop 2 in West Orange, with assistance from Sebastian Ordonez and Hayden Silva, also […]
ORANGE, NJ — Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish in Orange kicked off its jubilant 125th anniversary celebration July 18 with a grand event honoring the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, involving floats, food and a visit from Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, archbishop of Newark. The festivities kicked off with a procession during […]
NEWARK, NJ — On July 21, the NJ Transit board of directors authorized the expenditure of $49.7 million in federal and state funds to implement local transportation programs for fiscal year 2022, providing services for senior citizens, persons with disabilities, the economically disadvantaged and rural residents. Each of the programs extends or complements existing NJ […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The Glen Ridge Historical Society has new digs. Recently moved into a space at the Glen Ridge Congregational Church, the Glen Ridge Historical Society is back up and running after a pandemic hiatus of a year and a half, and is ready to welcome researchers back with open arms. On the […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — A malfunction in the filtration system shut down the Maplewood Community Pool on Saturday, July 17, and sent a number of children to the hospital with vomiting and difficulty breathing. The pool was shut down for the rest of the day and was reopened on July 18; staff tested the water and […]
NEWARK, NJ — The NJ Transit board of directors adopted the 2021 update to “A Five-Year Capital Plan,” along with the Fiscal Year 2022 authorization to secure funding, on July 1. “A Five-Year Capital Plan” is an unconstrained vision of projects to demonstrate opportunities for safety, service, reliability, resiliency, sustainability and other improvements critical to […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The June 21 end-of-year Board of Education meeting featured its semiannual Parade of Honors recognitions for the notable achievements of staff and students. Roosevelt Middle School students Rhianna Giuliano and Violet Kohlstein won the Outstanding Community Service Award for their environmental health work; Liberty Middle School students Natalia Feliz, Justin Lopez […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — The Suburban Essex Chamber of Commerce Foundation has named four 2021 scholarship recipients: Belleville’s Vivian Shu Yi Li, who will attend Northeastern University in Boston, Mass., and Cybel Cobbinah, who will attend Emory University in Atlanta, Ga.; Bloomfield’s Gwen Reoch, who will attend Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minn.; and Glen […]