Unbeaten Glen Ridge HS girls basketball team defeats Verona

Unbeaten Glen Ridge HS girls basketball team defeats Verona

GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The Glen Ridge High School girls basketball team defeated Verona High School 36-33 on Thursday, Jan. 12, at Verona. Glen Ridge then defeated Barringer High School 56-22 on Saturday, Jan. 14, at Barringer in Newark. All Glen Ridge High School athletic events were postponed following the death of GRHS junior Nathan […]

West Orange HS Sports Media Association hits 1 million photo views

West Orange HS Sports Media Association hits 1 million photo views

WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange High School Sports Media Association (WOHSSMA) is celebrating an incredible milestone – 1 million views of their 10,000+ photos captured since the organization’s inception in spring 2022! This is a remarkable achievement that showcases the dedication and hard work of the team behind the camera. The photos include […]

Bloomfield Chorale is seeking new voices

Bloomfield Chorale is seeking new voices

BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Do you love to sing and are looking to join an established chorus? The Bloomfield Chorale is seeking all voices — soprano, alto, tenor and bass. The chorale is one of the oldest community choruses in New Jersey, having been founded in 1933 during the Great Depression. Members rehearse and learn in […]

Broadway veterans to star in Vanguard’s February production of ‘Passing Strange’

Broadway veterans to star in Vanguard’s February production of ‘Passing Strange’

MONTCLAIR, NJ — Broadway veterans Dwayne Clark, of South Orange, and Brandi Chavonne Massey, of Montclair, will play Narrator and Mother in Vanguard Theater’s upcoming production of “Passing Strange,” joining Jason Tyler Smith, Newark’s Lawrence Dandridge, Amanda Rose Gross, A’ja Desormeau and J’royce Jata. Clark, Massey, and Dandridge appear courtesy of Actors Equity Association. Clark […]

New Jersey taxpayers now have until Feb. 28 to file for an ANCHOR rebate

New Jersey taxpayers now have until Feb. 28 to file for an ANCHOR rebate

ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — The state has extended the application deadline and is expanding eligibility for the new ANCHOR property tax relief program. The state extended the filing deadline to Feb. 28, from Dec. 30. To apply, visit the Division of Taxation’s website at nj.gov/treasury/taxation/anchor/. The state has also established an ANCHOR hotline at 1-888-238-1233. […]

Ceramics studio takes first retail spot in new Taylor Vose building in South Orange

Ceramics studio takes first retail spot in new Taylor Vose building in South Orange

SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — South Orange has a new addition to its arts-centric downtown: CLAY, a ceramics studio located at 10 Vose Ave. on the first floor of the new Taylor Vose building. The creation of ceramicist Lindsey Shevkun, founder of Indigo Road Studio, the space features nine wheels, two kilns, hand-thrown ceramics and houseplants […]

NJ bald eagle population continues to climb, with 250 active nests identified in 2022

NJ bald eagle population continues to climb, with 250 active nests identified in 2022

TRENTON, NJ — The bald eagle population in New Jersey continues to climb, according to the 2022 New Jersey Bald Eagle Project Report developed by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection’s Fish and Wildlife Division and the Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey, with 250 active nests identified last year, NJDEP Commissioner Shawn M. […]

Columbia HS girls swim team enjoys good efforts at county championships

Columbia HS girls swim team enjoys good efforts at county championships

MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School boys and girls swimming teams, under head coach Maggie Keenan, enjoyed great efforts at the Essex County Swimming Championships at New Jersey Institute of Technology on Monday, Jan. 16. The girls team finished in fourth place overall. The boys team placed seventh overall. Here are their top-six […]