BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Bloomfield High School senior Gerald Van Baelen finished in fifth place in the 126-pound weight class at the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s Region 3 tournament at West Orange High School on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 25 and 26. Van Baelen pinned Michael Hare, of West Morris, in 2:54 in the […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The 69th annual West Orange St. Patrick’s Day Parade will be held on Sunday, March 13, beginning at 12:15 p.m. at the corners of Mt. Pleasant Avenue and Main Street. In 2020, the Parade Committee selected Mellen Phillips Dangler as the 2020 grand marshal; however, the parade was postponed due to […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Justin Evans-Jenkins and Lensley Therlonge have punched their tickets to Atlantic City. The Irvington High School seniors finished in the top three of their weight classes at the New Jersey Interscholastic Athletic Association’s Region 4 wrestling tournament on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 25 and 26, at North Hunterdon. Evans-Jenkins finished in second […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The St. Joseph’s boys basketball varsity team, coached by Chris Wack and Will Nolan, had a busy and mostly successful weekend, Feb. 19-20. The seventh-eighth grade boys started the weekend with a 60-53 victory at St. Cassian’s. Player of the game Lawrence Hartman had 2 points, 10 rebounds, and three steals, […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — East Orange Superintendent of Schools AbdulSaleem Hasan sent a letter to the community on Feb. 23 to discuss the district’s plans in regard to Gov. Phil Murphy announcing Feb. 7 that, as of March 7, face masks will no longer be mandated for students, staff and visitors at schools and childcare […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School girls fencing team, under longtime co-head coaches Art “Doc” Paulina and Frank Mustilli, enjoyed another great season. The team finished as runner-up in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s state girls team tournament. The 10th-seeded Lady Cougars fell to top-seeded Montgomery, 19-8, in the state championship […]
NEWARK, NJ — Hakir Brown, 27, Newark, has admitted to scheming with at least one U.S. Postal Serviceemployee and others to steal credit cards from the mail and use the stolen cards for hundreds of thousands of dollars of retail and online purchases, First Assistant U.S. Attorney Vikas Khanna announced Feb. 25. He pleaded guilty […]
NEWARK, NJ — NJ Transit was recognized on Feb. 25 with three Leading Capital Construction Awards from the New Jersey Alliance for Action. NJ Transit is being honored for work on the Portal North Bridge Project construction phase, as well as construction at Lyndhurst and Perth Amboy stations. “We are very proud that NJ Alliance […]
SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — On Feb. 7, Gov. Phil Murphy announced that the school mask mandate will no longer be in effect statewide as of March 7. In that same announcement, the governor also noted that local school districts can make determinations as to whether they should continue with mask mandates. On Feb. […]
LIVINGSTON, NJ — The West Essex YMCA recently launched its annual fundraising campaign to help ensure that everyone in the local community has access to vital community programs and resources that support youth development, healthy living and social responsibility. “Throughout our communities, countless people know and depend on the Y, but we’re so much more […]