WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Police Athletic League held its 23rd annual golf outing fundraiser on Monday, Aug. 28, with 80 people spending the afternoon on the sunny golf course, followed by dinner at the Brooklake Country Club in Florham Park. The money raised will support West Orange PAL’s youth baseball, football and […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange School District’s pre-school program will open its doors to young children and parents on Wednesday, Sept. 6, when the new school year begins at a new location: The Life Christian Church on Northfield Avenue. Moving from Kelly and Redwood elementary schools, 70 pre-school students will now be attending […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Approximately 80 West Orange residents marched down Main Street and held a candlelit vigil on Thursday, Aug. 17, to show their support for the victims of violence in Charlottesville, Va., as well as to stand up against the white supremacist rallies and terror attacks at the University of Virginia that occurred […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Mayor Robert Parisi appointed a new West Orange municipal judge at the Aug. 15 Township Council meeting: Dawn Donohue. Donohue comes to West Orange from her position as the Union Township municipal prosecutor, where she had been since 2009. Prior to working in Union, Donohue was a criminal defense attorney for […]
MAPLEWOOD / SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School Marching Band launched its 2017 season on Aug. 21, opening a weeklong band camp on the school’s campus to learn a new halftime show and teach the band’s newcomers how to march. The sounds of woodwind and percussion instruments rang through the hallways on the […]
WEST ORANGE / SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — A documentary made by Philip Kayal and Abe Kasbo that premiered at Seton Hall University last year is now making its way to national television. PBS is airing the documentary “The Arab Americans” on NJTV on Thursday, Aug. 31. The film, which tells the stories of Arab groups […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — As a new school year begins, the West Orange High School marching band is preparing for its first halftime show of the season. The band’s new performance, titled “Rome: The Eternal City,” will debut at Suriano Stadium on Friday, Aug. 18, when the students return from their weeklong band camp in […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Four 80-year-old oak trees were cut down in the parking lot of the Shillelagh Club on Prospect Avenue on Tuesday, Aug. 1, amid a dispute about whether the club had obtained the necessary permits to cut them. The West Orange Tree Protection and Removal Ordinance reads: “Any person desiring to cut […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — On Monday, Aug. 14, a sizable crowd descended on the Maplewood Farmers Market to take advantage of the fresh fruits and vegetables being sold, as well as artisanal food. The Maplewood Farmers Market takes place on Mondays, from 2 to 7 p.m., at 1848-1852 Springfield Ave., between Yale and Oberlin streets. Ample […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Hispanic Foundation is teaming up with the West Orange Arts Council and the West Orange Public Library to create a monthlong art exhibition for display at the library and the West Orange Arts Center from Friday, Sept. 15, to Saturday, Oct. 14. “¡Bienvenidos a las Artes!” is looking […]