WEST ORANGE, NJ – The Essex County Parks Department invites the public to participate in “Ales N’ Tails Oktoberfest” at the Turtle Back Zoo. Visitors will be able to sample more than 50 craft beers during a festive evening benefiting the Essex County Parks Foundation. “Ales N’ Tails Oktoberfest” will be Saturday, Oct. 1, from […]
NEWARK, NJ — Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo Jr. hosted the county’s annual Latino Heritage Celebration on Friday, Sept. 16, in the Essex County Hall of Records in Newark. With an array of colorful flags representing 22 Latino countries as the backdrop, DiVincenzo led a spirited celebration to pay homage to the rich culture and […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Columnist and cookbook author Mark Bittman will be speaking and signing copies of his newest cookbook, “How To Bake Everything,” at Words Bookstore in Maplewood on Thursday, Oct. 6, beginning at 7:30 p.m. Bittman will be joined in conversation with food critic and writer Peter Meehan. Bittman is a former New York […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — On Sunday, Sept. 25, South Mountain Yoga celebrated 10 years of serving the community of South Orange. South Mountain Yoga offers yoga and meditation classes for new and established yogis of all shapes, sizes and ages. The studio marked the occasion with an outdoor yoga practice and potluck open to students […]
Dorothy Kleipe, 92 of Bloomfield, NJ passed away on September 25. Dorothy is predeceased by her parents Joseph and Josephine, her husband Peter, son Kenneth and daughter in law Donna Jean. She is survived by her two loving sons Paul and Peter with his wife Donna Lee, 4 grandchildren Shawn, Sara, Rayn, Zachary, 2 […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ – The West Orange United Soccer Club’s Cosmos and Gunners enjoyed impressive wins. The Cosmos U8 boys continued their winning streak with 7-1 win over Ironbound SC in Newark. Coach Saul Figueroa’s boys played very fluid soccer. The team quickly controlled the game and took a commanding lead in the first few […]
NUTLEY, NJ – The Nutley High School boys’ varsity soccer team defeated Belleville, 5-0, Saturday morning, Sept. 24, in Belleville to improve to a 4-3 record. The first goal came from junior Iyla Udalov’s header off a throw-in from junior Dan Caraballo. The second came from senior captain CJ Haddock off a feed from Udalov. […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The South Orange Train Station celebrates its 100th anniversary this year. To commemorate this historic occasion, South Orange Village and NJ Transit are hosting a centennial celebration this Saturday, Oct. 1, from 6 to 9 p.m. on Sloan Street in front of the station. Built in 1916 by architect Frank J. […]
MONTCLAIR, NJ — The Jewish Cultural Society, which serves northern New Jersey, will observe Rosh Hashanah on Sunday, Oct. 2, at 7 p.m. and Yom Kippur on Tuesday, Oct. 11, at 8 p.m. in rented space in the Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 67 Church St. in Montclair. Both erev hour-long programs of secular humanistic readings and […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Students at Hazel and Washington elementary schools had the opportunity to code and program their own robots during the summer through a special grant award, “The Innovate NJ Summer Blended & Learning Grant,” targeted for Title I schools. West Orange was one of only 12 school districts to receive the $98,200 […]