WEST ORANGE, NJ — Roosevelt Middle School, located at 36 Gilbert Place in West Orange, will present “Seussical Jr.” on Friday and Saturday, April 28 and 29, beginning at 7 p.m. “Seussical Jr.” is a family-friendly adaptation of “Seussical,” the Tony-nominated musical that features several Dr. Seuss books and characters weaved into a tale of […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo Jr. announced the opening of two new natural habitat-themed animal exhibits at Turtle Back Zoo on Monday, April 17. One exhibit is for Andean condors and the other exhibit combines giant anteaters and maned wolves. The new exhibits are part of the county’s ongoing initiative to […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — A team of Stillman School of Business students from Seton Hall University won the CFA Institute Research Challenge for the Americas. The team advanced to this level of the competition after being crowned regional champs at an event sponsored by the New York Society of Security Analysts. With this latest victory […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Adler Aphasia Center was recently granted a $5,000 gift from The Provident Bank Foundation in Morristown to support the center’s satellite program at the JCC MetroWest in West Orange for people with aphasia and their families. The grant will also support the Adler Aphasia Center’s Aphasia Communication Groups located in seven […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Linda and Rudy Slucker Religious School at Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel in South Orange recently sponsored a pound fit class to benefit Girls Helping Girls. Period., which distributes feminine hygiene products to girls and women in need. Approximately two dozen women, whose children attend the religious school or are synagogue members, […]
CEDAR GROVE, NJ — Essex County will hold a Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day on Saturday, May 6, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Old Essex County Hospital Center, 125 Fairview Ave. in Cedar Grove. Materials being collected at the Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day include pesticides and herbicides, paint thinners and solvents, oil-based […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Aetna and RWJBarnabas Health announced a new agreement that will be effective April 22. Aetna members, who receive care at any of the RWJBarnabas Health hospitals and facilities, or from RWJBarnabas Health physicians, will continue to be covered at the in-network level of benefits available. As a result of this agreement, […]
LIVINGSTON, NJ — On Thursdays, May 11, 18 and 25, at 7 p.m., at Temple B’nai Abraham, 300 E. Northfield Road, Livingston, TBA Congregational Learning will present “The Holocaust: The Machinery of Mass Murder,” led by Jill Tejeda. A lifelong temple member and Holocaust scholar, Tejeda is a history teacher at Livingston High School; her […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — West Orange continues to honor the memory of Police Officer Edward J. Brennan, who joined the department circa 1917. On Thursday, April 20, the township held a ceremony to commemorate Brennan’s dedication to the township and to remember his service. Brennan was the first West Orange police officer to die in […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — SOMADEMS will host Democratic gubernatorial candidates Phil Murphy and Bill Brennan at the group’s third “Meet the Governor” candidates forum on Tuesday, April 25, from 7 to 10 p.m. at The Woodland, 60 Woodland Road in Maplewood. RSVP to http://tinyurl.com/mxlxeas. “We are pleased to welcome New Jersey’s Democratic candidates to the Maplewood […]