NEWARK, NJ — Members of the Muslim community came together at Luis Muñoz Marin Elementary School in Newark for an iftar sponsored by the Newark Board of Education. During the month of Ramadan, during which observant Muslims fast from sunup to sundown, community members will attend iftars after sundown, at which they break the fast […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Elijah Minton, aka the Art Alchemist, a West Orange High School graduate and up-and-coming urban artist, partnered with West Orange High School AP art students and the Nikhil Badlani Foundation to design “Hope,” a street mural to slow down traffic near Hazel Elementary School. The community was invited to join in […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The remains of a soldier from Bloomfield killed during World War II will be interred at Arlington National Cemetery on May 13. Graveside services for Army Sgt. Larry S. Wassil will be performed by Everly-Wheatley Funerals and Cremation of Alexandria, Va., preceding the interment. A Bloomfield native, Wassil was assigned to Company […]
NUTLEY, NJ — The ongoing pandemic has put a spotlight on inequities in the health care system, especially among the most marginalized members of the community, including immigrants, the elderly and people from lower incomes who lack access to medical care, technology and health information. They are confronted with barriers to health equity, such as […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — On the eve of Yom Hashoah, the Holocaust Remembrance Day, Rachel Bielski Cayne and Jessica Bielski Akhavan spoke to David Perez’s Roosevelt Middle School history class about their grandfather Zus Bielski and the partisan Bielski Brigade’s heroic efforts that rescued 1,200 Jews in the Novgorod forest during Wolrd War II. The […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Bloomfield Public Library is participating in the NJHealthConnect@Your Library program, which was created in order to address health inequities within New Jersey by providing an iPad that comes preloaded with one-click access to N.J. crisis lines, New Jersey’s COVID-19 Info Hub and the teen-targeted site “Positive Youth,” which offers resources on combating […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — The 200 Club of Essex County, which was founded in 1966 to assist the families of police officers and firefighters killed in the line of duty, will hold its 56th annual Valor Awards luncheon on Tuesday, May 10, at Nanina’s in the Park, 540 Mill St. in Belleville. The cocktail reception […]
SOUTH ORANGE – South Orange resident Brodie Snyder, a senior wide receiver and defensive back at Montclair Kimberley Academy, was recently honored as the Cougars’ Essex–Hudson Scholar–Athlete during the annual dinner held by the Essex–Hudson Counties Chapter of the National Foundation and College Hall of Fame at Mayfair Farms in West Orange. “Congratulations to MKA […]
Shamir Levine, age 87, passed away on Tuesday, April 12, 2022, in Brick, New Jersey. Shamir, was a lifelong resident of New Jersey, who resided in Glen Ridge for 50 years. She was a graduate of Montclair State University & Bloomfield College with bachelors’ degrees in Art History and English Literature. She and her husband […]
NUTLEY, NJ — The township of Nutley, with the help of Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo Jr., unveiled its new ambulance, a state-of-the-art emergency medical transport vehicle with communication response abilities that are second to none, in April. With emergency medical services now falling under the purview of the Nutley Fire Department, the need […]