President Andrzej Duda of Poland bestowed his nation’s Knight’s Cross of the Order of Merit upon Stanlee Stahl, the executive vice president of The Jewish Foundation for the Righteous (JFR), for her work in support of Polish rescuers of Jews during the Holocaust. The award was given to Stahl this month at Poland’s Permanent Mission […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Seton Hall Prep football team won its first game of the season, defeating Irvington 23-12 at Ralph C. Steele Football Complex at Irvington High School on Friday night, Sept. 22. The Pirates improved to 1-3. Irvington fell to 2-3. After the Pirates punted to Irvington after their first drive of […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The East Orange Campus High School football team defeated Bloomfield, 41-6, Friday, Sept. 22, at Foley Field in Bloomfield. The Jaguars earned their first win of the season, improving to 1-3. Bloomfield also moved to 1-3, coming off back-to-back shutout losses to West Orange and Livingston. The Jaguars made an immediate impact […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange High School varsity football team enjoyed its first win of the season in emphatic fashion. The Mountaineers defeated Bloomfield, 41-0, in their home opener on Friday night, Sept. 8, at WOHS’ Joe Suriano Stadium to improve to 1-1 on the season. Head coach Darnell Grant’s team will now […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — In response to the devastating, Feb. 6 earthquake in their native country, members of the borough’s Turkish community held a fundraiser and were uplifted by its success. Their effort, “A Turkish Night,” occurred April 22, at the Glen Ridge Congregational Church. More than 200 people attended and $42,000 was raised for […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The Glen Ridge High School girls basketball team’s incredible 18-game winning streak to start the season came to an end. The ninth-seeded Ridgers lost to top-seeded Immaculate Conception High School of Montclair 66-32 in the quarterfinals of the Essex County Tournament on Saturday, Feb. 4, at Immaculate Conception. Sophomore Riley O’Sullivan […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Seton Hall Prep ice hockey team went 1-1 last week to raise its record to 1-2 on the young season. On Monday, Dec. 12, the Pirates hosted St. Augustine Prep at Richard J. Codey Arena in West Orange and lost 4-2. Senior Max Downes opened the scoring for the Pirates […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — On Dec. 5, Kelly Elementary School and the West Orange Public Library co-hosted a Multilingual Library Night. Parents enjoyed a tour of the library, learning about the resources and programs available to their children and the community. Several families signed up for their first library cards and borrowed their first books. […]
MAPLEWOOD / SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — In the Nov. 8 election for South Orange–Maplewood Board of Education, the voters spoke and elected the “Students Come First” slate of challengers Nubia Wilson, Regina Eckert and William R. Gifford III. Current board members Thair Joshua, Erin Siders and Johanna Wright did not seek reelection. County Clerk Christopher […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange High School football program has been in existence for a long time. The Mountaineers can finally say they are state sectional champions! Playing in their first-ever state sectional championship game, the sixth-seeded Mountaineers defeated top-seeded and previously-undefeated Phillipsburg, 28-7, in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s North […]