NUTLEY, NJ — Since she was 9 years old in 2018, Maryland teenager Eva Szechenyi, who is now 13, and about to become a bat mitzvah, has been donating part of her allowance to the Phoenix Center, an accredited private special needs school located in Nutley. Over the years, Eva has donated more than $500 […]
BELLEVILLE, NJ — Pandemic restrictions were unable to dampen the spirits of St. Peter’s School students, who recently celebrated Catholic Schools Week — an annual observance around the country that celebrates the contribution of Catholic schools to the community. Soon afterward, fourth-grade students at the school, accompanied by their teacher Carin Bartels, visited the pastor, […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — Brianna English, a junior, had 18 points and two assists, and senior Triniti Haskins had 12 points, five rebounds, five assists, two blocks and three steals, to lead the East Orange Campus High School girls basketball team past Nutley, 54-27, at EOCHS on Saturday, Feb. 19. Rakaya Cooper had 9 points, […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange High School girls basketball team, seeded sixth, will host No. 11 seed East Orange Campus in the first round of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s North Jersey, Section 1, Group 4, tournament on Monday, Feb. 28. The winner will face the winner of No. 3 Ridgewood […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Seton Hall Prep wrestling team performed quite well at the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s District 11 tournament at Morristown last Saturday, Feb.19. The Pirates entered 12 wrestlers, and eight have qualified for the Region 3 tournament on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 25 and 26, at West Orange High […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The Maplewood Library Foundation has reported that, in a few short weeks, hundreds of generous Maplewoodians pitched in to meet an anonymous matching grant of $50,000, according to a Feb. 16 press release. Maplewood Memorial Library is moving forward with plans to build a library for the 21st century, while remaining committed […]
CEDAR GROVE, NJ — Essex County NJ Republican Women President Carol Gallentine of Roseland, fourth from left, welcomes guests and 11th Congressional District Republican candidates to the organization’s Lincoln Day Dinner Snow Ball, held on Saturday, Feb. 12, at il Tulipano in Cedar Grove. The event celebrated President Abraham Lincoln’s birthday and gave club members […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The weekend before Valentine’s Day, Bloomfield residents got together at the Bloomfield Public Library to make gift bags for women at a local domestic violence shelter. The volunteers made and delivered 48 gift bags, which held body mists, shower poufs, lip glosses, nail polishes, teas, chocolates, Dunkin’ gift cards and magazines. At […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — This past Dec. 18, a jogger discovered three swastikas drawn on the sidewalk at the B’nai Shalom synagogue on Pleasant Valley Way. Immediately following the incident, the West Orange police launched an investigation. Although there was little to go on initially, a lengthy and persistent investigation has now resulted in an […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Neighbors in a quiet West Orange residential neighborhood were awakened by a predawn fire Sunday morning, Feb. 20, according to a press release from West Orange public information officer Joseph Fagan. The West Orange Fire Department responded at 4:27 a.m. to a house fire on Valley Way. Fire department personnel were […]