WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Human Relations Commission held a vigil on the steps of Town Hall on April 13 in support of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, and the #StopAsianHate movement. The event was led by HRC Chairperson David E. Jones, who provided remarks and introduced several commission members, as well as […]
CALDWELL, NJ — Melissa Brady Petrillo first started noticing that few children’s books had characters with disabilities when she was in her undergraduate children’s literature class taught by Trish Verrrone at Caldwell University. “Right away I wanted to do more research,” Petrillo said. She did an evaluative study and realized there was a lack of […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Despite the pandemic, the Nikhil Badlani Foundation Youth Advisory Board has continued to surpass its mission goals to evaluate, generate, develop and implement specific traffic safety plans. On April 9, West Orange High School YAB students kicked off their Distracted Driving Awareness Month campaign by distributing specially-designed signs to be placed […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — West Orange High School has received a $10,000 Sustainable Jersey for Schools grant funded by the New Jersey Education Association. “We are so pleased and thankful for the awarding of this grant from Sustainable Jersey Schools,” West Orange Superintendent of Schools Scott Cascone said. “Not only does it represent a vital […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — A year and counting into the COVID-19 pandemic that forced performance venues everywhere to reimagine the way theater works, West Orange’s Luna Stage is on its way to reopening for in-person events. A $20,000 grant from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, along with grants from the Orange Orphan […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — After nine years as artistic director/curator of the Wildflower Sculpture Park in the South Mountain Reservation, Tricia Zimic is handing over the reins to Newark artist Lisa Sanders. Sanders, who has two permanent pieces in the sculpture park, will be supported by a team devoted to the visual arts and the […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — RWJBarnabas Health, the largest academic health care system in New Jersey, has been recognized by Jersey Cares as the recipient of its 2021 Pandemic Corporate Partner of the Year Award for its efforts to provide relief and assistance throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. “We are honored and humbled to receive the Pandemic […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Public Library and West Orange Arts Council present “Play Ball! Art and Sports” on Thursday, April 22, at 7 p.m. Award-winning art history lecturer Janet Mandel will visually illustrate the excitement, drama and human connection that come from sports. This event will take a look at how sports […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The newly re-formed West Orange Women’s Club held the first of what its members hope will be many golf clinics for women at Rock Spring Golf Club on March 20 and 21. In 2019, discussions to re-form the WOWC began. The effort was spearheaded by Board of Education Vice President Jennifer […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Building tepees in the woods from natural sticks can be an exciting team-building activity filled with imaginative play. Unfortunately, when these structures are built in protected areas, such as South Mountain Reservation, there are unforeseen negative consequences, the South Mountain Conservancy warns. Tepees are generally built off-trail from fallen limbs. Removing […]