MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School Wrestling Hall of Fame committee is proud to announce its 2024 honorees, the great 1990-91 team. Under head coach Len Cuppari, the squad finished the year with an impressive 15-3 record, the District 10 championship and a second-place finish in the Iron Hills Conference, Essex County Tournament […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield High School football team fell to Montclair, 48-14, at Foley Field in Bloomfield on Sept. 12. The Bengals hopes to get their first win of the season when they visit Barringer in Newark at Schools Stadium on Friday, Sept. 20. Kickoff is at 7 p.m. Photos Courtesy of Jerry Simon […]
A 34-year-old township resident was peacefully taken into custody after a nearly day-long standoff with police on Nesbit Terrace. Karim M. Brunson, 34, of Irvington faces charges of harassment and weapons possession from the incident. He was being detained in the Essex County Correctional Facility pending an appearance in the Essex County Central Judicial Processing […]
MADISON, NJ — Drew University men’s soccer head coach Lenny Armuth recorded his 400th career victory on Wednesday evening, Sept. 4, with his team’s 1-0 non-conference win over Western Connecticut University in Ranger Stadium. A native of Maplewood, Armuth is a Columbia High School graduate, who played for late legendary CHS head Gene Chyzowych, who […]
West Orange resident Ciarán Brosnan recently captured a national title at the Irish Under 17 Track and Field National Championships. On July 21, Ciarán, 16, traveled back to Ireland to represent his father’s track club, An Ríocht, at the National Championships. Despite having raced extensively up and down the East Coast of the United States […]
The new school year started last week for the 7,228 students in the South Orange-Maplewood School District. The school year began, Thursday, Sept. 5, with Columbia High School Principal Frank Sanchez back on campus after he was reinstated to his position over the summer following a tumultuous six months that saw him arrested on assault […]
C’MON, GET HAPPY! — A purple-robed Adam Sandler has been filming ‘Happy Gilmore 2’ in South Orange. Sandler is making the sequel to the 1996 film for Netflix with Kyle Newacheck directing. Details of the plot have not been released. The original movie was about a hockey player who turned to golf after things didn’t […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield High School football team will host Montclair High School on Thursday, Sept. 12, at Foley Field at 6:30 p.m. The Bengals lost to Nutley High School. 20-7, in the home opener on Friday, Sept. 6, to move to 0-2. Montclair also is 0-2. Photos Courtesy of Jerry Simon Bloomfield vs. […]
SOUTH ORANGE — The Joseph A. Unanue Latino Institute at Seton Hall University will welcome political strategist and philanthropist Luis A. Miranda Jr. for a fireside chat on Thursday, Sept. 19, at 6 p.m. The fireside chat will feature a personal and interactive discussion with Miranda on his life, Latino culture, community activism and his […]
UPPER MONTCLAIR, NJ — The Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center will host their annual Yogi Berra Tribute Day, with free admission for all Museum visitors, on Sunday, Sept. 22. The date coincides with the day of Yogi’s passing in 2015, and also commemorates the day in 1946 when he played his first game in […]