MILLBURN, NJ — Paper Mill Playhouse has selected students to be a part of the theater’s prestigious Summer Musical Theatre Conservatory for 2022. Members of the competitive conservatory, who earned coveted spots in the various age companies, are directed and choreographed by Paper Mill Playhouse’s professional artistic staff in a fully produced, original concert titled […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The Glen Ridge Police Department has recently upgraded the body cameras all of its 23 officers wear while on duty. According to Sgt. Matthew Koc, the information technology administrator, the equipment purchase was possible with a $57,000 state grant. The office of the state attorney general, he said, instituted a newer […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Insider NJ has released its 2022 “LGBTQ-plus Power List,” which features 100 spots for the most politically influential members of the LGBTQ community in New Jersey. “There’s a pronounced and conspicuous glass ceiling for LGBTQs in New Jersey politics,” the introduction to the list reads. “Sure, the gatekeepers are happy to […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — Seton Hall University’s Center for Community Research and Engagement social work professor Juan Rios and community practitioner in residence Jamila T. Davis were honored by the city of East Orange for their work in bringing the innovative Mental Health Peer Coaching program to high school students. Rios and Davis conducted the […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Alan A. Siegel, formerly of Irvington, is marking his 50th anniversary as president of Clinton Cemetery Association in Irvington this summer. Elected to head the nonsectarian nonprofit cemetery company in 1972, Siegel is the 16th person to serve in that capacity since the cemetery was chartered by the state legislature in 1844. […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — In June, for the eighth year in a row, the Shaugers’ Timothy Groves Memorial Scholarship was awarded to seniors at West Orange High School on West Orange Senior Awards Night. At this year’s ceremony, which was held on June 2, 18 graduating students received scholarships through the Timothy Groves Memorial Scholarship, […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo Jr. announced July 19 that Fitch Ratings upgraded Essex County’s bond rating to “AA-plus with a positive financial outlook,” up from an “AA-plus rating with a stable financial outlook.” This is the first ratings upgrade Essex County has received from Fitch Ratings since 2017. Earlier […]
NEWARK, NJ — The Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine welcomed its newest class of 159 students with a white coat ceremony on July 18 at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark. The future physicians donned their distinctive coats during the ceremony, starting their journey toward acquisition of a Medical Degree, which will be […]
Joseph R. DeAngelis Jr., 71, passed away on Thursday, July 21, 2022 at Mountainside Hospital in Glen Ridge. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral from the O’Boyle Funeral Home 309 Broad St. Bloomfield on Monday at 9:00 a.m. The funeral mass will be offered at St. Lucy’s Church at 10:00 a.m. Entombment […]
NEWARK, NJ — Acting N.J. Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Philip Sellinger announced a state-federal partnership designed to ensure access to reproductive health care for New Jersey residents and those from out of state who seek such care in the Garden State, according to July 20 […]