WEST ORANGE, NJ — On June 15, one week after the West Orange Rotary Club gave away more than $18,000 to local community organizations, its members gathered for a luncheon reception at Mayfair Farms to award $18,500 in scholarships to 17 college-bound students from West Orange High School and Seton Hall Prep. According to Scholarship […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — New Jersey Transit facilities planners got a sneak peek of a West Orange High School engineering project June 13, when juniors Mya Bembry and Bryce Nelms showed off the prototype of a solar-powered bus shelter they have been working on in their engineering and design solutions class. The project was developed […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Officials and residents gathered in the Pierro Gallery at the Baird Community Center to discuss the proposed renovation plan to the building and share their input on the project in a town hall-style meeting June 13. The village has hired The Biber Partnership AIA, a Summit architectural firm, to develop a […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Township Council approved a resolution with a 4-1 vote at its June 12 meeting to hire Heyer, Gruel and Associates, a Red Bank-based planning and consulting firm, to prepare and present a redevelopment plan for the Essex Green and Executive Drive property, which was deemed an “area in […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Shillelagh Club ended a weeklong fundraiser, during which it raised $1,000 for Paws Animal Rescue as a participant in Negroni Week, a national fundraising effort in which bars sell Campari-based drinks and donate portions of the proceeds to charities. The Shillelagh Club’s “A Drink for Your Paws” event […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Rotary Club hosted residents and community organizations at Mayfair Farms for its annual Community Service Awards Luncheon on June 8, awarding $18,700 to 22 local and national nonprofit groups. The funds for the awards were raised during events held throughout the year, and go toward supporting organizations that […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Pedestrian beacon signals were recently installed on Kelly Drive thanks to the efforts of a Liberty Middle School eighth-grader and a petition he started that amassed 395 signatures in support of the safety measure. Soham Bhatnagar decided to start the initiative while researching a school project on traffic safety. The project […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — West Orange Assistant Superintendent Eveny de Mendez and world languages supervisor Felix Plata returned to the West Orange Board of Education with an update to the proposed changes to the English Language Learners program at the June 4 BOE meeting, after board members expressed concerns about the changes presented at the […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Columbia High School alumni and students gathered in the school’s library for the annual Columbia High School Scholarship Fund reception June 7, to meet the donors who provided the funds for their scholarships and share their continuing education plans. The 95-year-old nonprofit organization has given away more than $1.3 million in scholarships […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Board of Education approved a resolution at its June 4 meeting to hire a third-party law firm to investigate allegations made by members of the public that a Gregory Elementary School employee improperly used student funds to pay her personal property taxes in 2016. The resolution was passed to “ensure […]