NEWARK, NJ — Newark Symphony Hall, New Jersey’s largest black-led arts and entertainment venue, has hired former South Orange–Maplewood Board of Education member Chris Sabin as its first director of communications and social impact. Sabin brings with him more than two decades of experience engaging people and advocating for better outcomes. His experience includes management […]
John Lucian Zebrowski was born in Manhattan, New York on February 19 1954. He passed at age 67 from complications due to Covid 19 on December 23rd 2021 at Holy Name Hospital in Teaneck NJ John “Zeke” Zebrowski grew up with 2 brothers and 2 sisters in Jersey City before moving to Cranford for high […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation launched and announced the first awards of its Legacy Grants Program. These four nonprofit organizations in New Jersey received awards of $2,500 each: CivicStory in Summit, Creative Placemaking Communities in South Orange, Hackensack Riverkeeper in Hackensack and Network for Responsible Public Policy in Ridgewood. The […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — In its only game of the week, the Seton Hall Prep ice hockey team battled Bergen Catholic to a 5-5 tie at Richard J. Codey Arena in West Orange to make its record 10-9-2 on the season. Senior Max Toomey opened the scoring for the Pirates on an assist by sophomore […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Seton Hall Prep wrestling team went 0-4 last week in dual-meet competition to drop its record to 8-6 on the season. On Wednesday, Feb. 2, in their last home regular-season match at Frank J. Tracey Gymnasium, the Pirates lost 49-21 to Paramus Catholic. On Saturday, Feb. 5, Seton Hall traveled […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Kiley Capstraw, a senior, scored 19 points and added six rebounds, and sophomore Mya Bushrod had 8 points, six rebounds, two blocks and two steals to lead the fifth-seeded West Orange High School girls basketball team to a 47-35 win over No. 12 seed Cedar Grove in the first round of […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Bella Galatt, a junior, scored 11 points, and junior Shana Desir had 10 points, eight rebounds and three steals to lead the second-seeded Columbia High School girls basketball team to a 45-29 home win over No. 18 seed Verona in the first round of the Essex County Tournament on Saturday, Feb. […]
VERONA/GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The Verona–Glen Ridge high school ice hockey team defeated Montclair Kimberley Academy and Cranford to extend its winning streak to five games and unbeaten streak to 10 games to improve to 16-3-3 overall and 10-0-2 in the New Jersey Interscholastic Hockey League’s Kelly Division. GR junior Rowan Brennan had four goals […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — In an effort to address the health and wellness of African American men and longstanding disparities impacting men living in communities of color, the Oranges & Maplewood NAACP will host a virtual men’s health forum on Wednesday, Feb. 16, at 7 p.m. The event, titled “Membership Round Up: Men’s Health and […]
ORANGE, NJ — The 18th-seeded Orange High School boys basketball team had a good run in the Essex County Tournament. The Tornadoes upset No. 15 seed Newark Tech, 68-65, in overtime in the final preliminary round of the Essex County Tournament on Thursday, Feb. 3, in Newark. The Tornadoes avenged a 48-47 loss to Newark […]