MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office announced on Aug. 6 that a 20-year-old Newark man had been arrested and charged with the June 6 murder of Moussa Fofana, an 18-year-old Maplewood resident and Columbia High School junior. Yohan Hernandez was charged with murder, aggravated assault, unlawful possession of a weapon and possession of […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The Glen Ridge Community Pool’s swim team spent the summer swimming laps at the pool on Bloomfield Avenue, after a hiatus in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The team, which is a member of the Suburban Swim League and comprises swimmers between the ages of 6 and 17, didn’t actually […]
SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Talk of a merged fire department that serves both Maplewood and South Orange resurfaced at the South Orange Board of Trustees’ first in-person meeting since the beginning of the pandemic. At the July 26 meeting, the trustees were joined by the members of the Maplewood Township Committee, and, while […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Administrators in the Bloomfield School District addressed sustainability in the schools at the July 20 Board of Education meeting, after residents wrote in to the public comment portion of the meeting to ask about green initiatives. Solar panels were mentioned several times, with Assistant Superintendent Joe Fleres saying that, in order to […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Fresh off being named the No. 1 point guard in the Class of 2024 in the country by ESPN, Elliot Cadeau is heading to Sweden. The West Orange resident and Bergen Catholic High School sophomore will be playing with Sweden’s U18 National Team, first training for a week with the team […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Sharila Stewart spent a lot of time watching the Bravo cooking show “Top Chef” in 2020, when she was stuck at home during the COVID-19 pandemic quarantine. She was reading about the show online when she came across an application to be on a spinoff of the show, for which home cooks […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The 2020-2021 school year was a tough one for students and educators all over the country, but it ended with at least one bright spot in Bloomfield: Superintendent of Schools Sal Goncalves was named the Essex County Superintendent of the Year, in recognition of his leadership, communication, professionalism and community involvement by […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Township Council decided it was necessary to acquire the redevelopment property on Main Street that is owned by Prism Capital Partners with a resolution and an ordinance on first reading at its July 13 meeting; this would turn phases 2 and 3 over to the town to decide […]
SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — After his contract was not renewed at the end of the 2020-2021 school year, former Columbia High School choir director Desmond Moulton requested a Donaldson hearing, which allows nontenured teachers to make their case before the Board of Education. The South Orange–Maplewood BOE did not take action at the […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The Glen Ridge Women’s Club will be turned into a museum of dolls from July 30 through Aug. 1. A collection of more than 300 dolls, all donated to the organization by member Roberta Rubin D’Ull in advance of her move out of town, will be on display at the club’s […]