Fathers conference to be hosted

Fathers conference to be hosted

EAST ORANGE — The City of East Orange will be hosting a Fathers Make A Difference Conference, a collaborative initiative of empowerment, enlightenment and engagement designed to strengthen fathers, families…

CHS girls fencing takes second place at Santelli

CHS girls fencing takes second place at Santelli

The Columbia High School girls fencing team finished second overall out of 50 schools at the 44th Santelli Championships at Drew University in Madison on Sunday, Jan. 12. Chatham won…

IHS grad is in championship game

IHS grad is in championship game

Irvington High School alumnus Adon Shuler will be playing for the national championship next week. Shuler, a 6-foot, 200-pound sophomore safety, will take the field with the University of Notre…

Locals playing for the college football national championship

Locals playing for the college football national championship

West Orange native Cody Simon will lead the eighth-seeded Ohio State University Buckeyes (13-2 record) in the College Football Playoff national championship game on Monday, Jan. 20, against seventh-seeded University…

Servants House is getting a makeover

Servants House is getting a makeover

Turning Point Community Services is reconfiguring and expanding its Servants House shelter facility. Grants from the Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey and the Schumann Fund for New Jersey have enabled…

EOSD gets Department of Labor grant

EOSD gets Department of Labor grant

EAST ORANGE —The East Orange School District has been awarded the Women and Minorities in Construction grant from the New Jersey Department of Labor. The grant, totaling more than $400,000,…

Krakoviak is elected council president

The West Orange Township Council selected Joe Krakoviak as council president and swore in a new member at their first meeting of the new year on Jan. 6. The Council…

Lady Bengalettes in the house

Lady Bengalettes in the house

Recently inaugurated, a squad of Bloomfield High School girls called the Lady Bengalettes have taken to the gym floor during boys and girls basketball games to energize fans with majorette…

Adams reelected as Maplewood mayor

Adams reelected as Maplewood mayor

MAPLEWOOD — The township held its annual reorganization meeting on New Year’s Day with council members reelecting Nancy Adams as mayor and the township clerk swearing Malia Herman into office…

West Orange hosts a menorah lighting

West Orange hosts a menorah lighting

MENORAH LIGHTING — Mayor Susan McCartney hosted the annual menorah lighting at West Orange Town Hall on Dec. 26. It was a festive event led by Rabbi Mendy Kasowitz of…

Maplewood lights the menorah

Maplewood lights the menorah

MAPLEWOOD — A menorah lighting ceremony was held Thursday, Dec. 26 in Ricalton Square on Maplewood Avenue. The event was led by Rabbi Sholom Bogomilsky of the Maplewood Jewish Center,…

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