BELLEVILLE, NJ — Benedictine monk Augustine J. Curley was recently blessed as the third abbot at St. Mary’s Abbey in Newark during a Mass celebrated by Cardinal Joseph Tobin. Curley grew up in Belleville and graduated from St. Peter’s School in 1970, along with his twin sister, Cathy, who is seen with him after the […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield High School football team is looking to get back on the winning track. The Bengals lost to East Orange Campus, 52-12, on Saturday afternoon, Sept. 24 at Paul Robeson Stadium in East Orange. Bloomfield, which was coming off a 33-26 victory over Livingston in the previous week, moved to 1-3 […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — The East Orange Campus High School football team rolled to a 52-12 win over Bloomfield on Saturday afternoon, Sept. 24, at Paul Robeson Stadium. It was the first win of the season for the Jaguars, who improved to 1-3. The East Orange Campus Jaguars had an agenda this week when a […]
ORANGE, NJ — The Orange High School football team fell to Barringer, 25-14, on Friday, Sept. 23. The Tornadoes lost for the third straight time to move to a 1-3 record. The OHS Tornadoes came into this week’s contest against Barringer with one thing in mind: stop those Blue Bears in their tracks. On the […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The members of the West Orange Township Council welcomed the players and coaches of the West Orange Police Athletic League 14U travel team to council chambers on Sept. 20. The council presented the players with certificates in recognition of the team winning the USABL Metro Division Summer League Championship. The team […]
Elizabeth (Betsy) Greig Amato passed away peacefully on Saturday, September 17, 2022 at her daughter’s home in Florida, surrounded by her family. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the visitation at the O’Boyle Funeral Home 309 Broad St. Bloomfield on Friday, October 28, 2022 from 4-8 p.m. A service will be held during the […]
NEWARK, NJ — Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka announced Sept. 20 that Crystal Rosa has been appointed communications director for the city of Newark. Rosa has been serving as the city’s press secretary for the past four years and will continue to do so. “Ms. Rosa has been an outstanding spokesperson for the city of […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held Sept. 21 to celebrate the opening of the West Orange Early Childhood Learning Center at the Community House on Main Street. With the recent announcement that the West Orange School District would receive annual state aid to establish a preschool program, the Community House is one […]
SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The National Merit Scholarship Corporation announced the names of approximately 16,000 semifinalists in the annual 2023 National Merit Scholarship Program. Among the academically talented high school seniors named is one senior from Columbia High School, Holden U. Reeves. The semifinalists will compete for more than 7,250 National Merit scholarships […]
NEWARK, NJ — The NJ Transit board of directors continued to advance the zero-emission bus program with the awarding on Sept. 21 of a contract aligned with the existing Garage Modernization Program that will focus on bus system design and capital investment planning. The Zero-Emission Bus System Design and Investment Planning Study will develop and […]