WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Seton Hall Prep ice hockey team dropped two matches last week to fall to a 7-7-1 record on the season. On Monday, Jan. 10, Don Bosco defeated Seton Hall, 6-1, at Richard J. Codey Arena in West Orange. After Seton Hall fell behind 3-0, sophomore forward Daniel Kelly scored a […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Seton Hall Prep basketball team won three games last week, raising its record to 9-2 on the season. On Tuesday, Jan. 11, in their first home game of the season, the Pirates defeated Irvington 74-39. Junior forward Jackson Bleecker led the scoring with 23 points and five rebounds, while senior […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — The East Orange Campus High School boys basketball team defeated Orange High School, 52-50, Jan. 14 at OHS. Nahum Lewis had 24 points, 10 rebounds, two assists, one block and one steal; Kaiyri Barkley had 10 points, five rebounds and two assists; and Letrell Duncan had 10 points and two steals […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The following are highlights of Bloomfield High School swimming, track and field, and wrestling. Aly Breikaa had a memorable day at the Essex County Swim Championship Meet held at the natatorium on the campus of NJIT on Monday, Jan. 17. A sophomore, Aly placed second in both the 50-yard and 100-yard freestyle […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Police Department was awarded a $525,000 grant from the Bureau of Justice Association to partner with the Mental Health Association of Essex and Morris, according to Police Chief James Abbott at the Township Council meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 4. The grant will be used to send mental health […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The family of a second-grade student at Seth Boyden Elementary School is suing the South Orange–Maplewood School District and teacher Tamar Herman, in response to an allegation that Herman forcibly removed the student’s hijab from her head in October 2021. According to the lawsuit, the family is seeking damages for emotional […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Senior guard Julian Paulino had 15 points, six rebounds, four assists and two steals and senior forward Uma Kalu had 13 points, eight rebounds and two blocks to lead the Bloomfield High School boys basketball team to a 53-32 home win over Orange Jan. 15. With the win, the Bengals improved to […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Bloomfield High School graduate Sal Festa, Class of 1980, will be retiring at the end of this month, after 14 years as a Bloomfield School District employee. Festa, 59, worked as a custodian for the district — for two years at the high school, 10 years at Oakview Elementary School and, finally, […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — Councilwoman Amy Lewis introduced the public safety portion of the East Orange City Council meeting on Monday, Jan. 10, during which Police Chief Phyllis Bindi and Fire Deputy Chief Bruce Davis Jr. offered seasonal safety tips for all residents to keep in mind. Due to the shorter days and longer nights, […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — A year after the attack on the U.S. Capitol building that claimed five lives and injured more than 100, area residents turned out at Spiotta Park in South Orange to rally for democracy on Thursday, Jan. 6. Protesting the attempt by white supremacists to overturn Joe Biden’s election to the presidency, […]