Editor’s note: The following article was posted by UConnHuskies.com. ORANGE – University of Connecticut junior cornerback Jamar Summers has been named to the Watch List for the 2016 Jim Thorpe Award, which is presented to the best defensive back in college football by the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame. The Thorpe Award Winner is selected […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – Maplewood native Matthew Becht has been named associate director of marketing of the Metropolitan YMCA of the Oranges, the largest association of YMCAs in New Jersey. Becht, who joined the Metro YMCA in 2012 as marketing specialist, “uses his creative talents to advance the Y’s six branches and promote the organization as […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The screening of “The Good Dinosaur” as part of Free Movie Night at OSPAC, 4 Boland Drive in West Orange, though previously scheduled for Aug. 2, has been rescheduled to Aug. 23 at 8 p.m. due to weather.
WEST ORANGE – Baseball came alive in West Orange this past spring season. In its second year since the West Baseball Committee tasked the Police Athletic League with overseeing the Travel Baseball program, the PAL continued to provide a competitive and educational experience for its talented young athletes. Tryouts were held in January, followed by […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — South Orange Public Library, with the support of Global SOMA, hosted its annual summer production by The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey’s Next Stage Ensemble. Pictured, the cast of this year’s touring production of “Twelfth Night” takes a bow to enthusiastic audience applause. Photo Courtesy of Melissa Kopecky
WEST ORANGE, NJ — An open house for Operation HOPE Angel volunteers will be held Wednesday, Aug. 17, at 7 p.m. at the West Orange Public Library meeting room, 46 Mt. Pleasant Ave. Operation HOPE — Heroin Opiate Prevention Effort — gives an addict who voluntarily asks for help the opportunity to be placed into […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — South Orange resident Andre Preoteasa held a security seminar at the Baird on July 28, at which attendees had a conversation about how to approach home video security. The conversation was led by a panel, including Sgt. Adrian Acevedo of the South Orange Police Department, Lonnie Scher of Accutronic Systems Inc. […]
SOUTH ORANGE/MAPLEWOOD – South Orange/ Maplewood’s 9U Cougars baseball team won the New Providence Green League championship on Friday night, July 27. The Cougars clinched the title with a thrilling 12-11 victory over Florham Park in the championship game. The championship capped a great season for the 9-year-olds who went 11-1-1.
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — From 1986 to 2001, WSOU 89.5 FM’s Monday Night Mayhem melted the faces of heavy metal listeners in the New York market with what was then some of the hardest, loudest and most aggressive music on the airwaves. In honor of the 30th anniversary of WSOU’s current loud rock format, the […]
John Patrick McDermott Esq. (Jack), 70, of Bloomfield, passed away on Wednesday July 27, 2016 at Van Dyk Manor in Montclair surrounded by his loving family. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral from the O’Boyle Funeral Home, 309 Broad St. Bloomfield on Monday at 8:30 AM. The funeral mass will […]