MAHWAH, NJ — This past year, as communities across New Jersey and the country faced an array of challenges caused by the pandemic, concern over racial injustice unrest and natural disasters, unsung heroes stepped up to help feed, comfort and educate their neighbors, and in other ways protect public health and safety. On Friday, May […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Sisters Emma and Quinn Joy of South Orange founded Girls Helping Girls. Period, a nonprofit organization that provides feminine hygiene products to girls and adults who cannot afford them, and, as members of Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel, one of four houses of worship that supports the Interfaith Food Pantry of the Oranges, […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Two South Orange sisters are on a mission and eager to start the conversation about feminine hygiene as a public health issue through their nonprofit organization, Girls Helping Girls. Period. Run by Emma and Quinn Joy, the organization’s mission is to educate the community about the need for feminine hygiene products and […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — In 2014, Emma and Quinn Joy of South Orange, now ages 17 and 13, respectively, heeded the call to give back to the wider community when they founded Girls Helping Girls. Period., a nonprofit organization that provides feminine hygiene products to teens and adults who cannot afford them. Now, members of […]
By the Rev. Ivan Sciberras Catholic Schools Week was observed around the country between Jan. 28 and Feb. 2. It is a week in which we reflect on the positive influences of Catholic education on the life of our families and our Township of Belleville. Here at St. Peter’s – where we have been educating […]
Carmella Burgers of Nutley, NJ was called home Monday, January 8, 2024, passing away at the age of 86. She passed peacefully in her sleep, spending her last days and weeks surrounded by family. Carmella was born on August 29, 1937, in Newark, NJ to Donato and Rose (Corbo) Sierchio. She graduated from Barringer High […]
West Orange resident Joyce McGrath received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Office of the President of the United States for her extensive volunteer work. “Joyce has faithfully served our church as an ordained deacon, youth advisor, confirmation mentor and in many other volunteer positions during the past 20-plus years,” said Ellen Johnson, First Presbyterian […]
Joseph LoCarro passed away peacefully at the age of 97 in the presence of his loving children on Tuesday, June 21, 2023. Joe was born in 1925 to Jennie and Joseph LoCarro in Newark, NJ. At the age of fourteen, he left school and began learning how to earn a living and manage a business, […]
It is with great sadness that we share that Barton J. Saulino, 95, of Bloomfield, NJ, passed away on June 10, 2023. Born on February 13, 1928 in Belleville, NJ, Barton resided for the majority of his life in Iselin, NJ and Bloomfield, NJ. A World War II U.S. Navy veteran, Barton worked for nearly […]
NUTLEY, NJ — A Nutley woman’s story about the early days of the AIDS epidemic was one of the winners of the 2023 Essex County Senior Citizen Legacies Writing Contest. Linda Ann Buset of Nutley was among eight people celebrated during an awards luncheon at the Robert O’Toole Community Center in Cedar Grove Park on […]