WEST ORANGE, NJ — A dancer’s destiny is decided before she is born.… The nature of polygamy is brought to the screen.… A passion for baking propels a woman’s career.… The cultural disconnections about intimacy and a marriage proposal takes on a life of its own.… These captivating stories and several others will be presented […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Carteret Elementary School recently held its annual Grandparents Day in the school gym. Organized by special education teacher Rachael Ciliento, the event dates to 1989. Ciliento said about 150 grandparents were in attendance this year. “It promotes togetherness,” she said, “having conversations between grandparents and the children.” Sixth-grader Sami Kabakibi, in a […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Zeman School of Oheb Shalom Congregation in South Orange recently hosted a “Who is Your Hero?” program in the sukkah. Community leaders and Oheb members came to speak to the students about what makes a hero and shared stories of their own personal heroes. Pictured from left are Rabbi Mark […]
Helen L. Boyden (nee Busteed) 96, passed away on Thursday, October 20, 2016 at the Waterview Center in Cedar Grove. A funeral mass will be offered at Sacred Heart Church in Bloomfield at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday. Interment will take place at Immaculate Conception Cemetery in Montclair. Please express condolences at www.oboylefuneralhome.com Born in […]
MONTCLAIR / WEST ORANGE, NJ — ReelAbilities is the largest disability film festival in the country and will be hosted from Oct. 30 through Nov. 5 at Montclair State University and at JCC MetroWest in West Orange. The festival is dedicated to promoting awareness and appreciation of the lives, stories and artistic expressions of and […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Essex County recently released its 2016 leaf collection schedule for county roads. Residents whose properties are on county roads may place their leaves in biodegradable bags or sweep the loose leaves into piles at the curb. To organize leaf collection on county roads, Essex County is divided into four sectors. There […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — There will be a march and rally in Maplewood on Saturday, Oct. 22, which is the 21st National Day of Protest, to “stop police brutality, repression and the criminalization of a generation.” At 10 a.m., participants will assemble at Gleason parking lot, on Parker Avenue below Valley Street; this will be followed […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Union for Reform Judaism is offering an “Introduction to Judaism” class at Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel, 432 Scotland Road in South Orange, starting Wednesday, Nov. 9. Why take the course? Perhaps you are Jewish yet, when you were younger, you didn’t learn what you’d like to know about the culture and […]
LIVINGSTON, NJ — Livingston Community Players invites youngsters with special needs and their chaperones to a performance of the Broadway musical “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown.” The show is based on the Peanuts comic strip created by Charles Schultz. It is a series of vignettes, whose main focus is Charlie Brown, a little boy […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The third annual Heroes for Children 5K and Family Fun Walk was held Oct. 1 at the South Mountain Recreation Complex’s Clipper Pavilion in West Orange. More than 300 neighbors, community members and friends donned their favorite superhero costumes for a fun-filled day to help raise awareness about child abuse and […]