EAST ORANGE, NJ —The inaugural East Orange High School Basketball Hall of Fame. The induction class will be announced at a ceremony on Friday, May 20, at the Appian Way restaurant and banquet hall, located at 619 Langdon St. in Orange, from 6 to 10 p.m. Tickets must be purchased ahead of time by contacting Laurie […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — The Essex County Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs invites the public to participate in its 2022 fishing derbies. The free events will be held in seven locations in the Essex County Parks system. “Our fishing derbies are an excellent opportunity for our children to enjoy the historic Essex County […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — The Irvington High School golf program is enjoying an impressive season this spring. Led by head coach Thomas Larranaga, the team finished 7-3. They also qualified for the state sectional tournament at High Bridge Hills Golf Club on Monday, May 9., where they finished in 10th place with a score of 626. […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Darnel Burnette has hit the ground running after his recent graduation from Centenary University in Hackettstown, landing his dream job with Big 4 accounting firm Ernst & Young. A resident of Irvington, Burnette earned a Bachelor of Science in accounting and business administration, a challenging 150-credit program that prepares Centenary graduates to […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The seventh-seeded Bloomfield High School baseball team defeated 10th-seeded Glen Ridge, 10-6, in the first round of the Greater Newark Tournament on Monday, May 9, at Bloomfield Middle School field. The Bengals rallied for six runs in the bottom of the third inning to take an 8-5 lead. Tyler Bell went 2-for-2 […]
MAPLEWOOD / SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — On April 30, a team from Columbia High School won the 14th annual N.J. Chinese Cultural Project Contest at Seton Hall University. The team’s final presenters were Silas Silverman-Stollof, Irene Chen, Sabrina Mannion, Nigel Hu and Sophia Tierney. The other team members included Charlotte McCourt, Lola Christie and Abigail […]
MAKHANDA, South Africa — During the uncertainty of the past two years, Inkululeko, a nonprofit organization based in South Africa, collaborated with volunteer university students based in the United States to support South African high school students through one of the world’s strictest COVID-19 induced lockdowns. More than a dozen students from Bloomfield College, the […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Alturrick Kenney, the Essex County surrogate, will be the guest of the Irvington NAACP on Tuesday, May 17, at 7 p.m. at its in-person meeting at Greater New Point Baptist Church, 60 Paine Ave. in Irvington. The Essex County surrogate’s responsibilities include probating wills, appointing administrators for those who die without a […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The second-seeded Bloomfield High School boys volleyball team defeated seventh-seeded Millburn and sixth-seeded Newark East Side to advance to the Essex County Tournament championship. The Bengals rallied to beat Millburn in the quarterfinals on Tuesday, May 3, at home. After dropping the first game, 25-16, the Bengals won the next two games, […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — By the time he was in the fifth grade, Abba A. Onyeani — who is an eighth-grade English language arts teacher at Cicely L. Tyson Community School of Performing and Fine Arts — knew he wanted to create and write about his own fantasy worlds. “I thought it was cool to […]