BELLEVILLE, NJ — The Belleville High School baseball team had a great game against Glen Ridge, despite losing 2-1, on Wednesday, April 27. “Colin Cook pitched six strong innings, allowing one earned run on four hits and struck out eight,” said Belleville head coach Joe Sorce in an email to the Belleville Post. “We faced […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The South Orange Elks Lodge No. 1154 hosted its second Ladies Night dance party for the Maplewood and South Orange community and it did not disappoint. The lodge was packed, and ladies danced for hours while Elk Preston Olson played the hits and took requests, keeping the dance floor jiving. Specialty […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — In the heart of one of Bloomfield’s highest-appreciating neighborhoods, Gebroe-Hammer Associates has arranged the trade of 39 multifamily units at 204 Berkeley Ave. for an undisclosed price, according to an April 27 press release. The firm’s brokerage team of Executive Vice President David Jarvis and President Ken Uranowitz represented the unnamed seller, […]
NEWARK, NJ — In April, Mount Vernon Elementary School in Newark held a white coat ceremony to induct eight new students into its Project Lead The Way Medical Detectives Program. The eight new inductees were welcomed into the program by an elite group of students from Cohort 1, who received their white lab coats on […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — The Sons of the American Legion Detachment of New Jersey Children and Youth Commission, along with Girl Scouts from two North Jersey troops, helped to satisfy the sweet tooth of veterans in the VA hospitals at both Lyons and East Orange with a drop-off on April 18 of more than $1,000 […]
MILLBURN, NJ — Jewish Family Service of MetroWest NJ will hold its annual gala, “An Evening of Laughter,” on Wednesday, June 1, outdoors at Congregation B’nai Jeshurun in Short Hills. The evening will feature a performance by comedian Ryan Hamilton. This year, JFS is honoring the legacy of Maxine Myers and renaming its volunteer department […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The 45th annual South Orange/Maplewood Interfaith Holocaust Remembrance Service, “Remember & Tell,” will be Sunday, May 15, at 4 p.m. at Oheb Shalom Congregation, 170 Scotland Road in South Orange. The service will be held in person with an option to watch via livestream. All are welcome. The link for the […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — For more than 15 years, the West Orange African Heritage Organization has hosted the Men Who Cook scholarship fundraiser for amateur to professional chefs and everyone in between. The fun will take place on Sunday, June 12, from 1 to 5 p.m. in the West Orange High School cafeteria, 51 Conforti […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — After two years of pandemic-related delays, the National Multiple Sclerosis Society is back to hosting fundraising walks in person and returned to the Clipper Pavilion in West Orange on April 24 for one such walk. Raising money for the national nonprofit that provides resources for people diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and […]
NUTLEY, NJ — Nutley High School indoor percussion ended its season on a high note at the beginning of April, when performers took home the USBands Scholastic Marching A championship in the first normal season in a few years. A version of marching band, indoor percussion eliminates all wind instruments and centers around the drum […]