MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ – Saturday, Sept. 10 kicked off the 51st season of Cougar Soccer with solid results. The Girls U14 Strikers went 4-0 to win the Essex Fall Tune Up Tournament. The Boys U9 Bolts, U12 Barcelona, and U13 Liverpool were triumphant in their opening games. Saturday also kicked off the Cougar Mini Kickers, […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ – Five hundred miles of summer running certainly paid off when the Columbia High School varsity boys’ cross country team won the Roxbury Invitational, their first competition of the season, on Saturday, Sept. 10. Under the direction of Coach Chris Faraone, Columbia’s new head coach, the team ran his intense program of […]
Luis A. Vanegas, 42, passed away on Friday, September 9, 2016. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the visitation at the O’Boyle Funeral Home 309 Broad St. Bloomfield on Tuesday from 4pm – 9pm. A service will be held at 7:00 p.m. Interment Wm C. Doyle Veterans Cemetery. Please express condolences at www.oboylefuneralhome.com. […]
Lawrence John Hesterfer, 85, of Cape May Court House, NJ died Saturday, September 3rd, 2016. “Larry”, who was born January 4th, 1931 in Montclair, NJ, was the son of the late LeRoy and Mary Hesterfer. Relatives and friends were invited to attend the funeral service at the O’Boyle Funeral Home 309 Broad St. […]
Antonio Rodrigues, 90, passed away on Sunday, September 4, 2016 at the Green Hill Nursing Home in West Orange. Relatives and friends were invited to attend the funeral at the O’Boyle Funeral Home 309 Broad St. Bloomfield on Wednesday Sept. 7th. Interment was private. Please express condolences at www.oboylefuneralhome.com Born in Massachusetts, Mr. […]
LIVINGSTON, NJ — This fall the Linda and Rudy Slucker NCJW/Essex Center for Women is celebrating its 35th anniversary, a milestone in its rich history of helping women to gain independence, self-esteem, life skills and career opportunities. The Center for Women was established in 1981 in response to a need for support for women within […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Essex County Turtle Back Zoo has earned accreditation from the Association of Zoos & Aquariums’ independent Accreditation Commission, according to a recent press release. Accreditation recognizes an institution’s commitment to providing quality animal care, education programs and promoting conservation. AZA made the announcement during its annual convention on Wednesday, Sept. […]
TRENTON, NJ — The New Jersey-based Arts Ed Now campaign will officially launch Sept. 12 during national Arts Education Week, with advocates featuring the initiative at local and statewide levels all week long. Spurred by the New Jersey Arts Education Partnership, N.J. State Council on the Arts, the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation and Americans for […]
ORANGE, NJ — State Senate President Stephen Sweeney came to St. Matthew African Methodist Episcopal Church in Orange on Thursday, Sept. 1, to discuss with several local elected officials his plan for public school funding, as an alternative to the new public school funding formula Gov. Chris Christie wants to implement. “We had some good, […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Civilizations may come and go, but ancient Egyptian culture, one of the earliest and greatest, has left an indelible impression throughout world history. HaGar AbdelRahman and John Branigan, guest curators in association with the master’s of arts program in museum professions at Seton Hall University explore the influence of ancient Egyptian […]