Bloomfield HS baseball players receive SEC honors

Bloomfield HS baseball players receive SEC honors

BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield High School baseball team, which finished with a 9-19 record this spring, featured five players who earned all-Super Essex Conference–American Division honors, as selected by the division coaches. First team: Nico Ong, senior catcher/outfielder. Second team: Tyler Bell, junior second baseman/pitcher. Brandon Piacenza, junior third baseman/pitcher. Honorable mention: Daniel Murawinski, […]

Bloomfield HS softball players gain all-SEC accolades

Bloomfield HS softball players gain all-SEC accolades

BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Three Bloomfield High School softball players earned all–Super Essex Conference–Liberty Division honors this season, as selected by the division coaches. First team: Hope Kornstein, senior first baseman. Honorable mention: Isabella Olaya, senior third baseman. Emily Tice, senior catcher/outfielder. Bloomfield, under longtime head coach Bob Mayer, finished with an 11-14 record this season. […]

Community concludes Orange Week 2022 with a bang

Community concludes Orange Week 2022 with a bang

ORANGE, NJ — June 11 was a great day at Monte Irvin Orange Park for the Orange Week 2022 Color Festival. All enjoyed Heywood Avenue’s Color Run, the East Orange School District’s STEM Festival, vendors, free raffles, zumba, yoga, the Mighty Marching Tornadoes, Heywood’s cheerleaders, Orange’s step team demonstration and the Orange Fire Department, with […]

Bloomfield Fire Dept. welcomes its first female career firefighter

Bloomfield Fire Dept. welcomes its first female career firefighter

BLOOMFIELD, NJ — June 7 was a monumental day in the Bloomfield Fire Department’s nearly 139-year history as the organization welcomed its first female career firefighter. Congratulations to Stephanie Orgueira-Aponte on her first day protecting the residents of Bloomfield. Orgueira-Aponte recently completed a rigorous training curriculum at the Passaic County Fire Academy, as well as […]

Bloomfield HS track-and-field athletes give good Group 4 efforts

Bloomfield HS track-and-field athletes give good Group 4 efforts

BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield High School track-and-field contingent gave good efforts at the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s Group 4 state championships at Franklin High School in Somerset on Friday and Saturday, June 10 and 11. On the girls side, senior Alyssa Valentin took 11th place with a throw of 102 feet, 3 […]

Columbia HS track-and-field athletes give good Group 4 efforts

Columbia HS track-and-field athletes give good Group 4 efforts

MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School track-and-field contingent gave good efforts at the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s Group 4 state championships at Franklin High School in Somerset on Friday and Saturday, June 10 and 11. On the girls side, sophomore Madison Stevens took eighth place in the shot put with a […]

West Orange HS thrower Olivia Prescott excels at the Group 4 state track-and-field meet; reaches Meet of Champs

WEST ORANGE, NJ — West Orange High School senior Olivia Prescott took second place in the girls discus and third place in the shot put at the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s Group 4 state track-and-field championships at Franklin High School in Somerset on Friday and Saturday, June 10 and 11. Prescott threw 128 […]