WEST ORANGE, NJ — West Orange Knights are the new Essex County Travel League champions. From left are West Orange’s Jhensen Touze, assistant coach Chris Codey, Stephen Niamke, Alex Massung, Jermaine James, Darius Phillips, Anthony Pasquale, Marley Stewart, Augustine Okpe, David Thorpe, Koran Swinney and head coach Richard Codey. The team ended its season at […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Seton Hall University community is excited to welcome Walter Veltroni, the former mayor of Rome, on Tuesday, March 14, in the University Library Beck Rooms at 6 p.m. He will discuss Italy’s cultural role in the international debate on migration. Professor Gabriella Romani and Dean Andrea Bartoli will host the […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The St. Joseph’s CYO basketball teams enjoyed fine efforts in semifinal playoff action. The JV Sixth Grade Green team defeated St. Helen’s 40-20 in a semifinal playoff game at St. Joseph’s to clinch the team’s second straight championship game appearance. The Celtics wasted no time, scoring on a set play off the […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The State Individual Fencing Championships were held on Sunday, March 5, at the Montgomery High School and marked the final event on the State High School Fencing Calendar for the 2016-2017 season. Foil fencer Jack Woods, a freshman at Columbia High School, won the Silver medal in the Individual Men’s Foil event […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The Columbia High School foil fencing squads for both the boys’ and girls’ fencing teams won Silver medals at the High School State Squad Fencing Championships last week. CHS girls’ foil squad fencers Marissa Viqueira, Camille Pham, and Hanae Garrison showed their experience and skills when they each consistently demonstrated strong fencing […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Members of Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel in South Orange rolled up their sleeves to participate in a community challah bake on Feb. 7 in the kitchen at Community FoodBank of New Jersey, located in Hillside. The event, “Kneading for Those in Need,” was sponsored by the Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest and […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Eleven of Golda Och Academy’s 10th-graders had the chance to reunite with the exchange students from the Colegio Israelita de Mexico ORT school in Mexico City last month as part of the GoAbroad Exchange Program. For the second consecutive year, the two schools have been paired to participate in a cultural […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The Maplewood Health Department will hold several events and clinics during the month of March. They are as follows: A presentation by Alzheimer’s New Jersey, “Understanding Memory Loss,” will be offered on Wednesday, March 8, from 10 to 10:30 a.m. at the Maplewood Community Center, 106 Burnett Ave. Memory loss that disrupts […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The 19th annual Building Tomorrows 5K Run/Walk will be Saturday, April 29, at the Clipper Pavilion in the South Mountain Recreation Complex in West Orange. The 5K will begin at 9 a.m., the family walk at 10:30 a.m. and the fun fest at 10:45 a.m. For entry fee information and complete […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — As part of Tuscan School’s Read Across America Week celebration, “The Cat in the Hat” visited with students in kindergarten through grade two on Feb. 27. Tuscan School was selected to receive a visit from “The Cat” by the New Jersey Education Association. Students were thrilled to meet one of their favorite […]