NEWARK, NJ — New traffic signal equipment was installed at the intersection of Park and Mount Prospect avenues in Newark on Wednesday, May 25. The improvements are part of a $6 million project to upgrade nine intersections along Park Avenue in Newark, East Orange and Orange. The intersection upgrades are part of the county’s ongoing […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — On May 23, Sustainable Jersey announced that West Orange was one of 35 N.J. municipalities, schools and school districts selected to receive a Sustainable Jersey grant funded by the PSEG Foundation. Proposals were evaluated by an independent blue-ribbon selection committee. The Sustainable Jersey grants are intended to help municipalities and schools […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — The Deliverance Jesus Is Coming Church is celebrating 46 years of service to the Irvington community and Essex County with a series of events held at 815 Springfield Ave. in Irvington. The membership presents a weekend itinerary, beginning Friday, June 3, at 7 p.m. with an evening service featuring guest speaker Evangelist […]
NEWARK, NJ — Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, an RWJBarnabas Health facility, has named Dr. Joshua J. Lee as the new director of lung transplant for its Advanced Lung Diseases and Transplant Program, the only lung transplant program in the state of New Jersey. Lee brings more than 10 years of expertise in pulmonary medicine […]
TRENTON, NJ — On May 25, acting Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced a directive instructing that law enforcement agencies no longer place individuals with municipal court bench warrants with bail amounts of $500 or fewer under custodial arrest. Instead, those individuals — who are already generally released after arrest — will now be given […]
NEWARK, NJ — A few months ago, Principal Charity Haygood of Avon Avenue Elementary School in Newark read a story to her students about the importance of giving back to their community. On May 23, her students took a huge step toward that goal when a community refrigerator was unveiled in the garden decorating the […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The Glen Ridge High School girls lacrosse team, under longtime head coach Beth Larkin, has advanced to the championship game of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s South Jersey, Group 1, tournament. The second-seeded Ridgers were scheduled to visit top-seeded Haddonfield in the championship game on Wednesday, June 1, after […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Class of 2022’s Destiny King, a Bloomfield College McNair Scholar and a member of the Honors Program, was recently recognized as a Council on Undergraduate Research award winner at the organization’s 2022 National Conference on Undergraduate Research for her presentation in the natural and physical sciences, titled “Twinkle, Twinkle, Variable Star, […]
NEWARK, NJ — On Thursday, May 19, the Essex County Board of County Commissioners held its annual Jewish Heritage Month event. This year, the board recognized Rabbi Max Edwards of Temple B’nai Abraham in Livingston; Caren L. Freyer, regional public affairs manager at PSEG; and Jill Hirsch, district director for U.S. Rep. Mikie Sherrill, who […]
VERONA, NJ — Khalil Abdullah, of Newark, caught the most fish in the boys’ 1-5 age category at the Essex County Fishing Derby in Verona Park on Wednesday, May 25, when he caught one fish. With him, from left, are his mother, Lalita Price; Essex County Executive Joseph N. Divincenzo Jr.; and Essex County Deputy […]