GLEN RIDGE, NJ — In 2021, Essex County led the state with 3,864 stolen cars, according to the Glen Ridge Police Department in a March 30 release. As of March 25, there have already been 951 stolen cars in the county with the number growing each and every day. While many people may believe that […]
Victor Darpino, 92 years old of Belleville, NJ passed away in the loving arms of his wife on March 30, 2022. Born September 21, 1929 in Newark, NJ Victor is survived by his loving wife of 15 years, Editha, daughters Rose Reidy, Barbara Suma and husband James, his son Jeff Corsi and Anne Patrone, daughter-in-law […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The township of Bloomfield has recently partnered with RWJBarnabas Health to host a blood drive for the community and municipal employees. The blood collected at this drive will be used exclusively at RWJBarnabas Healthcare hospitals with at least 50 percent of the products going to Clara Maass Medical Center. The blood drive […]
MAPLEWOOD / SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — In an effort to address racialized housing inequities, the South Orange/Maplewood Community Coalition on Race is launching the Wealth Gap Equalizer Loan program with the goal of supporting a new generation of black and nonwhite Hispanic homebuyers in South Orange and Maplewood. According to the coalition in a March […]
NUTLEY, NJ — Proponent Federal Credit Union will open its newest loan center in Nutley, located at 173 Bloomfield Ave., the former site of Cavallo’s market, on Monday, April 11. Grand-opening festivities will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. from April 11 through 15. The walk-up window will be open for transactions and […]
BELLEVILLE, NJ — The Belleville High School baseball team scrimmaged North Arlington on Tuesday, March 29, and won, 4-3, on a very cold day. The Bucs threw six pitchers and all did a solid job, said head coach Joe Sorce. Senior righty Colin Cook started and struck out three batters in his one inning of […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — When St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Livingston closed its doors permanently, its popular thrift shop run by the Women’s Guild was relocated to Church of the Holy Spirit in Verona. Now known as the Heavenly Finds Thrift Shop, the shop selected Christine’s Kitchen, the weekly soup kitchen at Holy Trinity Episcopal […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The Women’s Club of Glen Ridge hosted its annual Favorite Doll Tea on Sunday afternoon, March 20. According to Asha Gormandy Lee, the chairperson of the club’s Ways and Means Committee, 177 tickets were sold to the event, which is in its 11th year. Attendance was purposely lower than in previous […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The South Orange–Maplewood School District broke ground on another portion of the Long Range Facilities Plan at South Mountain Elementary School on March 22, starting the 18-month process to build nine new classrooms, a courtyard and a revamped playground. The fifth project to get off the ground, South Mountain’s expansion is […]
NUTLEY, NJ — Ron Negra was cleaning out a closet at his mother’s house in Lacey Township in 2019 when he found a sealed box filled with decades-old letters from people located all around the country. They were responses to letters his mother, Agnes Negra, had written during World War II to families of soldiers, […]