MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School girls cross-country team finished in second place out of 16 schools at the Essex County championships at Brookdale Park in Bloomfield on Friday, Oct. 21. Junior Mae Dowling finished in second place out of 119 runners to lead Columbia. She was timed in 19 minutes, 42.90 seconds […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — On Friday, Oct. 21, the Seton Hall Prep cross-country teams ran at the Essex County championships at Branch Brook Park in Newark. In the varsity race, the Pirates finished in fourth place and were led by senior TJ Sparno, who finished in eighth place in 17:19.90. Other scorers were junior Benjamin […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Maplewood Police Chief Jimmy DeVaul, 53, died Oct. 21 at Lehigh Valley Hospital–Cedar Crest in Allentown, Pa. DeVaul will be remembered in Maplewood as a stabilizing force who became chief of the police department following an upheaval, a man who worked to improve the department’s culture and relationship with the community. DeVaul, […]
NUTLEY, NJ — “What makes great literature?” and “What makes great literature endure?” are two different questions, both of which will be addressed in Nutley Little Theatre’s upcoming production of “Third,” by Pulitzer Prize winner Wendy Wasserstein. In “Third,” college professor Laurie Jameson encounters an unusual student in her class on “King Lear,” which leads […]
BELLEVILLE / NUTLEY, NJ — The Nov. 8 midterm election will prove important for residents of Belleville and Nutley, both on the local and national level. On the national stage, Democratic incumbent Mikie Sherrill is fighting to keep her seat representing the 11th Congressional District against two challengers, Republican Paul DeGroot and Libertarian Joseph Biasco. […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — On Oct. 19, a fire damaged multiple buildings on Amherst Street near Central Avenue in East Orange. According to East Orange public information officer Connie Jackson, the four-alarm fire broke out at approximately 4:18 a.m. at 135 Amherst St. and quickly spread to three neighboring houses: 131, 137 and 139 Amherst […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — With nearly perfect attendance, the Our Lady of Sorrows cross-country team had the best performance of its season at the 20th annual Holy Trinity School Cross Country Invitational on Sunday, Oct. 23. An unusual format pitted single-grade runners against one another, rather than the usual two-grade format. Leading off as she […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The Glen Ridge High School girls tennis team enjoyed a great run this season. The second-seeded Lady Ridgers, under head coach Lisbeth Crouse, fell to top-seeded Verona in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s North Jersey, Section 2, Group 1 state tournament championship match on Tuesday, Oct. 18, to finish […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Essex Photo Club will hold its first meeting of the month on Thursday, Nov. 3, at 7:30 p.m. via Zoom for members and the public. Attendees will listen to a presentation on photographing mushrooms and fungi from Megan Madden, who has worked on assignments for Belgian Boys, Healthline and Milk Bar […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School boys soccer team defeated Wayne Valley, 1-0, on Saturday, Oct. 22. Carlos Corbacho scored with an assist from Garrett Dyson in the second half, and Sumner Verdun made five saves. Columbia, which improved to 10-7 on the season, seeks to make a good run in the upcoming […]