WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange High School boys soccer team has a clear-cut mission this season. The Mountaineers want to return to the county and state sectional finals. But this time, they want to win both. West Orange will visit Livingston on Friday, Sept. 9, in the season opener. The Mountaineers last season […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The Glen Ridge High School fall teams are getting ready for their seasons. Here are the schedules for football, boys soccer, girls soccer, field hockey and girls tennis: Football Sept. 2: at Cedar Grove, 7 p.m. Sept. 10: to be determined. Sept. 17: vs. Dumont, noon. Sept. 23: at Tenafly, 7 […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School fall teams will begin their seasons. Here are the schedules for football, boys and girls soccer, girls volleyball, field hockey and girls tennis: Football Sept. 1: at Livingston, 6:30 p.m. Sept. 10: at Paterson Eastside, 1 p.m. Sept. 17: at Irvington, 1 p.m. Sept. 24: at Hudson […]
WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development awarded $25 million to 181 public housing agencies experiencing or at risk of experiencing financial shortfalls, according to an Aug. 23 press release. This funding, provided by the 2022 Consolidated Appropriations Act, will enable PHAs to continue serving residents as they take steps to […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — It takes a community to cure childhood cancer. The St. Baldrick’s Foundation, a volunteer-driven charity dedicated to raising money for childhood cancer research, will host one of its signature head-shaving events at The Shillelagh Club, 648 Prospect Ave. in West Orange, on Saturday, Sept. 10. Dozens of men, women and children […]
MONTCLAIR, NJ — On Tuesday, Sept. 6, from 7:30 to 10 p.m., the Oratorio Society of New Jersey will begin rehearsals for its 70th anniversary season at Union Congregational Church, 176 Cooper Ave. in Montclair. The first concert of the season, scheduled for Nov. 19, will feature Mozart’s Requiem and Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy. Singers in […]
ORANGE, NJ — In his first game for the University of Connecticut football team, Orange native and redshirt sophomore quarterback Ta’Quan Roberson scored his team’s first touchdown of the season. Unfortunately, Roberson suffered a season-ending ACL injury in the game. Roberson, a transfer from Penn State, ran for a 1-yard touchdown in the first quarter […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — The Irvington High School football team defeated Woodbridge, 20-7, in the season opener on Friday night, Aug. 26, at Woodbridge in a Super Football Conference nondivisional game. The Blue Knights, under head coach Ashley “Smoke” Pierre, have extended their winning streak to eight games, dating back to last year when they won […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — During the New York Jets’ preseason game against the Atlanta Falcons on Aug. 22, the Irvington High School girls flag football team was honored at MetLife Stadium for winning the state championship this past spring. Photo Courtesy of IHS Athletics.
NEWARK, NJ — Five relics and a life-sized statue of St. Pio, the first priest in the Catholic Church’s history to bear the stigmata wounds of Jesus’ crucifixion, will be on public display at Newark’s Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart this September as part of the Saint Pio Foundation’s ongoing “I Embrace You” tour […]