MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The St. Joseph’s Celtic’s CYO JV 5 blue boys basketball Meola team defeated the other JV blue boys Thompson team, 26-23, on Sunday afternoon. John Pirone led the scorers with 15, with Henry Aaron contributing 5, Kieran Dawkins getting 4 and Conor Cavanaugh getting his first bucket of the season. Dawkins was […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Elbow Benders, pictured, are one of the champion bowling teams at Daughters of Israel. The competition grew stiff during National Bowling Month in January.
LIVINGSTON, NJ — Teen Tikkun Olam members of Temple B’nai Abraham are collecting formal dresses, appropriate for proms, for Project G.L.A.M., a project of WGIRLS Inc. Project Granting Lasting Amazing Memories was created to provide underprivileged girls with prom dresses and accompanying accessories so that they are able to enjoy the rite of passage of […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — West Orange Hispanic Foundation will hold a special meeting Sunday, Feb. 26, at 2 p.m. at 315 Main St. in West Orange. This event will feature a panel discussing one’s rights as an immigrant. Panelists include Assemblyman John McKeon, West Orange Mayor Robert Parisi and immigration attorney Fernando Marin. For more […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ – Sophomore guard Mya Bembry had 21 points, 13 rebounds, six steals and four assists; junior guard Nahtali Simpson had 11 points and senior guard Dawn Flood had eight points to lead the third-seeded West Orange High School girls’ varsity basketball team to a 45-42 home win over sixth-seeded Montclair in the […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — On Feb. 13, the South Orange Board of Trustees, in conjunction with the Nikhil Badlani Foundation, hosted a traffic safety artwork unveiling at the Baird Center. The artwork was created by children at the village’s annual National Night Out and consists of four panels, each depicting a scene illustrating a different […]
LIVINGSTON, NJ — Rosh Chodesh is the Hebrew term for the beginning of the month on the Jewish calendar; this time has evolved into a women’s holiday in some circles. Temple B’nai Abraham’s Sisterhood joins together, led by Rabbi Faith Joy Dantowitz, a few times a year to welcome the new month with conversation, learning, […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — “One of the key ingredients that made American higher education great is at risk,” said professor Martin J. Finkelstein, of the Department of Education Leadership, Management and Policy in the College of Education and Human Services at Seton Hall University. To address this threat, Finkelstein released his latest book, “The Faculty […]
EAST ORANGE, ORANGE, NJ — For the second year in a row, Bibi Taylor, the wife of East Orange Mayor Lester Taylor, and Dr. Karma B. Warren, the wife of Orange Mayor Dwayne Warren, will join members of the Montclair Chapter of Drifters Inc. in sponsoring a unique coat giveaway program, named “Coffee & Coats” […]
BAYONNE, NJ — McCabe Ambulance personnel showed their prowess in their life-saving abilities by taking first place in a statewide emergency medical services competition. Certified Emergency Medical Technicians Amber Henderson, 23, and West Orange native Russell Cahn, 25, took top honors at the competition held at the New Jersey Statewide Conference on EMS in Atlantic […]