WEST ORANGE, NJ — Ben Barres, a neuroscientist and West Orange native who taught at Stanford University, died at age 63 on Dec. 27 — 20 months after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Barres led the charge in researching glial cells, which are nerve cells in the brain, and was a strong advocate of women […]
MAPLEWOOD / SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The South Orange-Maplewood Board of Education met for the first time in 2018 on Jan. 3, swearing in new board members Robin Johnson Baker and Anthony Mazzocchi and swearing in Elizabeth Baker for her second term. The reorganization meeting also resulted in the election of the year’s officers and […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — At the Jan. 9 West Orange Township Council meeting, the first of the new year, Councilwoman Susan McCartney took on the role of president, succeeding Councilman Joe Krakoviak, who served as president for 2017. Photos by Amanda Valentovic
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — For the next month, the 1978 Maplewood Arts Center will be home to “Fresh 10.0,” the 10th annual Advanced Placement Art Students Exhibit, featuring work by students from six different high schools in Essex and Union counties, including Columbia High School. The CHS artwork will hang in the gallery on Springfield Avenue […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Police Department is in the process of implementing Take Me Home, a program that will help law enforcement officials locate and safely bring home special-needs children, seniors and others who are at a high risk of wandering away from home. According to West Orange Police Chief James Abbott, […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — After 10 years of service, West Orange Board of Education member Laura Lab retired from her seat, and was honored by a host of former colleagues and members of the community at the Dec. 18 BOE meeting. The rest of the board and Mayor Robert Parisi, along with parents of students […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Board of Education approved a plan to make an SAT prep class mandatory for all West Orange High School students at its Dec. 18 meeting. The class will be equivalent to 68 hours of SAT prep work and will replace the SAT Bootcamp program currently offered at WOHS. […]
NEWARK, NJ — In a room on the third floor of the Newark Museum, a group of high school students gather for an after-school program that teaches them not only about art and what’s in the museum, but the skills they will be using when they are in the so-called “real world” after they receive […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — West Orange High School students became engineers Monday, Dec. 11, when they gathered to build circuits with Liter of Light, a nonprofit organization that aims to bring affordable and sustainable solar light to people without access to electricity. A crowd of students, teachers and town officials came together to make the […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The B’nai B’rith Federation House celebrated its 25th anniversary at the Dec. 11 South Orange Board of Trustees meeting, with residents and employees filling the seats of the South Orange Performing Arts Center. Owned by the Jewish Community Housing Corporation of Metropolitan New Jersey, the building houses seniors in need of […]