MAPLEWOOD, NJ — This coming Monday and Tuesday, May 8 and 9, the pedestrian walkway along the NJ Transit tracks and the south pedestrian tunnel at the northwest corner of the Village Coffee lot will be closed. Barring bad weather, the new sidewalk will be installed those two days, as well as the plaza at […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — interACT Theatre Productions presents the big comedy “Sister Act: The Musical” this month. The show runs for three weekends, opening this Friday, May 5, and closing Saturday, May 20, at the Baird Theatre on Three. Special guest E. Clayton Cornelious, who played a lead role in the U.S. tour in 2012, […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel, the Reform synagogue in South Orange, invites area residents of all ages to the following programs in May: On Sunday, May 7, at 7 p.m., TSTI will screen the film “Bethlehem,” by Israeli director Yuval Adler, about Israeli counterterrorism. The screening will be followed by an interactive discussion […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Liberty Middle School production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Cinderella” is sure to provide a great family-friendly evening of entertainment as some of West Orange’s rising stars sing and dance their way into the audience’s hearts. A cast and crew of more than 25 students has been working for months with […]
Team earns two medals, three automatic bids to National Championships, and a top placement for expanded entries into Nationals
On Saturday, April 29, the Nutley High School Raider Crew team headed to Camden County for the Rowing State Championships held on the Cooper River. Coach Kevin Smyth’s varsity girls took advantage of their high seeding as both the junior and lightweight fours took home bronze medals. Smyth’s junior four has rowed the same […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Friends of the West Orange Public Library and supporters got together Sunday, April 30, at the library, to celebrate the completion of the library’s exterior facade repairs and interior improvements; the first anniversary of the formation of the Friends; and to say thank you to the township, library board, library director […]
SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — To celebrate Older Americans Month this May, there will be a variety of activities, speakers and events by, for or of interest to residents over 60 in South Orange and Maplewood. Wednesdays at 10 a.m., seniors are invited to join in weekly walks using the new Maplewood Department of […]
PHILADELPHIA — A new National Park Service report shows that nearly five million visitors to national parks in New Jersey spent $160,500,000 in the state in 2016. That spending resulted in 2,368 jobs and had a cumulative benefit to the state economy of $221,900,000. “The national parks of the Garden State attract visitors from across […]
EWING, NJ — At an April 25 event, Sustainable Jersey for Schools announced the 34 New Jersey schools selected to receive a Sustainable Jersey for Schools grant funded by the PSEG Foundation. Four $10,000 grants and 30 $2,000 grants were distributed to fund a variety of projects including an outdoor science lab, sustainability curriculum, school […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Eliana Kissner, a native of South Orange and a singer of Jewish music, both sacred and secular, has expanded her repertoire. She will focus on a program of Middle Eastern Music on Sunday, May 7, at 3 p.m. at Kol Rina, 60 Valley St. in South Orange. Also performing with her […]