LIVINGSTON, NJ — Newark Beth Israel Medical Center and Children’s Hospital of New Jersey President and CEO Darrell K. Terry Sr. received the 2022 President’s Award from the NAACP of the Oranges & Maplewood. The branch hosted its 109th annual Thurgood Marshall Freedom Fund Gala at Cedar Hill Golf & Country Club in Livingston on […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Promising young designers from West Orange High School attended the Family, Community and Career Leaders of America State Leadership Conference in Cherry Hill on March 22 and returned with seven gold medals, seven silver medals and three bronze medals, according to an April 14 press release from the school district. The […]
ORANGE, NJ — Orange High School competed against Bloomfield in a track-and-field dual meet at Bloomfield’s Foley Field on Thursday, April 14. The Tornadoes will visit Millburn in a dual meet on Thursday, April 21, and visit West Essex in North Caldwell on Wednesday, April 27, in a tri-meet with West Essex and Belleville. Orange […]
WAYNE, NJ — As communities face a critical shortage of health care workers, 31 Berkeley College graduates affirmed their commitment to service on Friday, April 15. The Berkeley College School of Health Studies honored 17 graduates of its Licensed Practical Nurse to Bachelor of Science in Nursing program and 14 graduates of its Practical Nurse […]
NUTLEY, NJ — A member of the Nutley community has nominated Superintendent of Schools Julie Glazer for the 2021-2022 National LifeChanger of the Year program. LifeChanger of the Year is an annual program sponsored by the National Life Group Foundation that recognizes and rewards the best K-12 teachers and school employees from around the country. […]
NEWARK, NJ — Augustine A. Boakye will be inaugurated as Essex County College’s ninth president in a ceremony on Thursday, May 5, at 10 a.m. in the Cleo Hill Sr. Physical Education Building on the college’s Newark campus. Boakye was appointed interim president on July 21, 2020. He was officially appointed president by the college’s […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Halcyon Park Easter Egg Hunt this past Saturday, April 16, brought many smiles to neighborhood residents. This was the annual event’s 12th year under the leadership of Halcyon Park Neighborhood Association President Daniel Natal.
EAST ORANGE, NJ — On Monday, April 11, at approximately 12:45 p.m., an employee was shot to death in an East Orange store located at the corner of Springdale Avenue and Lincoln Street. Essex County Prosecutor’s Office spokesperson Katherine Carter told the Record-Transcript that the victim was Gregorio Reyes, 60, of Newark. According to surveillance […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield High School softball team defeated West Orange, 7-6, at Carla Ward Memorial Softball Field at Clark’s Pond South on Wednesday, April 20, to improve to a 5-5 record on the season. Senior Hope Kornstein went 3-for-4 with a double, a homer, five RBIs and two runs scored; sophomore Victoria Feliciano […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield High School baseball team dropped a tough 12-10 decision to Morris Knolls on Wednesday, April 20, at Bloomfield Middle School field. Sophomore Evan Freid went 4-for-5 with three singles, a double, an RBI and a run scored; junior Tyler Bell was 2-for-4 with a single, a double, two RBIs and […]