GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Lt. Col. Mark Archer of the U.S. Air Force and a member of the Glen Ridge Class of 1992, has won the 2016 Outstanding Officer of the Year. This annual honor is awarded to the officer who displays superior leadership, outstanding job performance, community involvement, and personal achievement. Archer is currently […]
EWING, NJ — Sustainable Jersey recently selected four public school districts — including the South Orange-Maplewood School District — and four municipalities to receive Sustainable Jersey grants funded by the Gardinier Environmental Fund. Grants were distributed to fund projects including electric vehicle infrastructure and demonstration, energy efficiency upgrades to buildings and more. “Investments in local […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Orange-West Orange UNICO presented Henry Chang Jr., who is ill, and father Henry Chang with a $175 check and a $125 gift card at Regal Bank in West Orange. From left are UNICO member Frank Gonnella, UNICO President Frank Paolercio, Henry Chang Jr., Henry Chang, and UNICO member Tina Parsons of […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Mayor Robert Parisi revisited one of his favorite places at West Orange High School — woodshop — to collect 25 handmade wooden toys for township children. Parisi shook hands with several of the students, who were happy to participate in the three-week project. Cars, helicopters, trains and more with working parts […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Timothy Tilghman, horticulturalist and head gardener at Untermyer Gardens, will introduce the Maplewood Garden Club to this garden, which is also a public park in Yonkers, N.Y., at the club’s meeting on Monday, Jan. 9, at 7:30 p.m. at Maplewood Memorial Library, 51 Baker St. in Maplewood. In 1899 Samuel Untermyer purchased the […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Seton Hall University has received a $6 million addition to a $2 million estate gift commitment from an anonymous donor to support the department of chemistry and biochemistry. The combined $8 million gift is one of the largest in Seton Hall’s history. The gift will endow a faculty chair in the […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The first injured sea turtles arrived last month at New Jersey’s new and only long-term sea turtle rehabilitation center, the Sea Turtle Recovery at Turtle Back Zoo. The 10 Kemp’s ridley sea turtles were transported from the New England Aquarium in Massachusetts, where the season has already brought nearly 450 cold […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Oheb Shalom Congregation in South Orange will screen “Stateless” and lead a post-movie discussion on Saturday, Jan. 7, from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at at the synagogue, 170 Scotland Road. The documentary “Stateless” tells the story of thousands of Soviet Jews who fled their home country, only to find themselves stranded […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Betty Maddalena Foundation, formed in 2011 following the death of beloved West Orange educator Betty Maddalena, has donated 63 Stand2Learn desks at a cost of $14,000 throughout all schools in the district. The initiative was begun by Christine Aker, a learning disabilities teacher consultant in West Orange who is also […]
LIVINGSTON, NJ — On Wednesday, Jan. 18, at 6:45 P.M., Temple B’nai Abraham’s Sisterhood and Social Action Committee will co-sponsor the 23rd annual Women’s Interfaith Forum, celebrating Martin Luther King Jr.s legacy, at the temple located at 300 East Northfield Road in Livingston. Since 1994, the Temple B’nai Abraham Women’s Interfaith Forum has gathered women […]