MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The renovation of Underhill Field is continuing this summer. The project, which includes installing a new turf field, bleachers and press box, is scheduled to be completed by the end of the summer. Photos by Joe Ragozzino.
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Rotary Club Scholarship Committee, recently awarded scholarships to eight graduating seniors, all of whom live in West Orange. This year a total of $11,000 was awarded to the eight recipients, as follows: Yasmeen Abouelnaja plans to study biology and environmental science at Fairleigh Dickinson University. She was the […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — For the fourth time since 1999, Gebroe-Hammer Associates has arranged the sale of Ridgewood Commons, a 66-unit five-story multifamily midrise located at 10 N. Ridgewood Road in South Orange. Gebroe-Hammer Executive Vice President David Jarvis exclusively represented the seller, 10 North Ridgewood Road LLC, and procured the unnamed buyer, a private […]
TRENTON, NJ — The Department of Environmental Protection has launched a pilot workforce development program to help the state of New Jersey develop the next generation of environmental protection, conservation and stewardship leaders while also providing an avenue for young adults from open space–constrained communities to engage with nature as they provide valuable stewardship services […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Bloomfield High School head baseball coach Mike Policastro is conducting his 16th annual Bengals summer baseball camp at Bloomfield Middle School’s field for players ages 7-15, or grades 2-8. The camp will be held for three weeks: July 11-15, July 18-22 and July 25-29, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily. A […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield High School baseball team finished with a 9-19 record this past spring, but the Bengals enjoyed one major highlight — they reached the Greater Newark Tournament championship game for the first time since 1997. The GNT is considered the Essex County tournament. Though they lost decisively to perennial powerhouse Seton […]
NUTLEY, NJ — For almost two decades, the Nutley High School baseball team program has been one of the best in Essex County under the guidance of Bob Harbison. A 1984 NHS graduate, Harbison has guided NHS teams on great runs in the county and state tournaments. After 18 seasons, not counting 2020 when COVID […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force and the East Orange Police Department are investigating the fatal shooting of Antwan McAdoo, 42, of Burlington, N.C., according to a July 18 press release from the ECPO. On Friday, June 15, East Orange police were dispatched to Elmwood Park on a […]
NEWARK, NJ — The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office’s Homicide Major Crimes Task Force, which includes detectives from the Newark Police Department, is investigating the fatal shooting of Rasheed Mells, 24, of Irvington, according to a July 18 press release from the ECPO. On Saturday, July 16, officers from the Essex County Sheriff’s Office alerted the […]
NEWARK, NJ — The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Major Crimes Task Force, which includes detectives from the Newark Police Department, is investigating the fatal shooting of Rabel Ramos-Gomez, 46, of Belleville, according to a July 18 press release from the ECPO. On Sunday, July 17, Ramos-Gomez was shot while working in his corner grocery […]