MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ – Thirteen-year-old national foil fencing champion Zander Rhodes won Gold in the Junior Women’s Foil event at the Mission Regional Junior Cadet Circuit 2016 (Region 3) tournament held on Long Island, N.Y. This A3 rated event attracted 73 top-level fencers from many states and earned Rhodes her A 2016 rating. Rhodes demonstrated […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ – The West Orange United Soccer Club’s Cosmos and Gunners enjoyed impressive victories. The Cosmos U8 boys had a another big win last weekend. Coach Saul Figueroa’s boys faced Verona SC boys in an anticipated showdown. However, the Cosmos were no match to the visiting team. The West Orange boys played possession […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — West Orange township employees showed up in force with Mayor Robert Parisi on Sept. 21 at the Essex Green ShopRite to raise awareness of hunger and hunger insecurity in Essex County. In addition to Parisi, the contingent included business administrator Jack Sayers, police Chief James Abbott, fire Chief Pete Smeraldo, township […]
NEWARK, NJ — The Rutgers School of Law-Newark Alumni Association will hold its annual recognition gala and cocktail reception on Wednesday, Nov. 9, at 15 Washington St. in Newark, the site of the former Rutgers Law School building, which recently underwent a multi-million dollar renovation. The Rutgers School of Law-Newark Alumni Association will honor three […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The annual Daughters of Israel Women’s League “Shop, Lunch and Play” event was held Monday, Sept. 26, at Crestmont Country Club in West Orange. Once again a huge success, the event, which included a card party, luncheon and vendor boutique, was underwritten by Marcia Robbins-Wilf. All proceeds from the event went […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Joseph A. Unanue Latino Institute invites you to its annual fundraiser gala, “Rumba 2016!,” to be held at the New York Athletic Club on Wednesday, Oct. 19. This year, distinguished honorees include New York Yankees legend Bernabe “Bernie” Williams; Lillian Rodriguez Lopez, vice president of sustainability and customer PAC support […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — At a special meeting on Sept. 29, the South Orange-Maplewood Board of Education approved two new administrators: Melissa Butler as the interim K-12 supervisor of English language arts and Dion Patterson as assistant principal at Maplewood Middle School. Butler has been an ELA teacher at South Orange Middle School since September 2005. […]
CALDWELL, NJ — At a first-ever open house sponsored by the Essex Photo Club for the area’s amateur photographers, William Gutsch of Caldwell, former chairman of New York’s famed Hayden Planetarium, will discuss the intricacies of photographing the northern lights at a club meeting at the United Methodist Church of Caldwell, 8 Academy Road in […]
ROSELAND, NJ — Eight local residents received awards in the annual Essex County Parks Photography Contest. Winners were awarded in adult and youth categories and were recognized on Saturday, Sept. 24, during the annual Fall Family Festival at the Essex County Environmental Center in Roseland. “We congratulate the winners of the Essex County Parks Photography […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Classic Film Festival is looking for movie lovers who would like to serve on a steering committee to ensure the festival’s continuing success. Ken Mandel, who has been running the festival, is looking for help and for people with fresh ideas and energy who will rejuvenate the festival […]