Century of Columbia High School yearbooks now online

SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Maplewood Library’s collection of Columbia High School yearbooks is now available online at the library’s digital archive. The yearbooks date from 1915 to the present. All are available on the Internet, except for the latest 10 years, where access is restricted to the library buildings to protect the privacy […]

MPD looks to reinstate ‘Future Police Academy’

MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The Maplewood Police Department operates through community-oriented policing, with many officers who participate in teaching L.E.A.D. — Law Enforcement Against Drugs — which helps build relationships between students and officers in the elementary schools, according to a recent release from the police department. The “Future Police Academy” would be a way to […]

Active shooter profiling, coordinated response seminar in West Orange

WEST ORANGE, NJ — A statewide active shooter profiling and coordinated response seminar will be held Friday, May 6, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Wilshire Grand Hotel, 350 Pleasant Valley Way in West Orange. The seminar, hosted by Fairview Insurance Agency Associates, is focused on prevention and resolution of school shootings. The […]

Happy Passover at Green Hill

WEST ORANGE, NJ — Green Hill held an early Passover seder for residents. Cantor and activities assistant Mel Novick shared the story of Passover, the seder plate and the seder rituals with the elders. Jewish residents read from the Haggadah, the ceremonial prayer book. Residents enjoyed individual seder plates with egg, matzo, charoset and horseradish. […]

WOHS world languages department holds honor society inductions

WEST ORANGE, NJ — The world languages department at West Orange High School held its annual honor society inductions April 5 in front of proud parents and family members. “I like to open every forum that includes the study of languages by saying that I believe proficiency in a second or third language is one […]

Two Towns Triathlon returns

SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The third annual Two Towns Triathlon for Kids will be Saturday, June 18. This community event is sponsored by the South Orange and Maplewood departments of recreation and cultural affairs. Entrants must be residents of either South Orange or Maplewood and be between the ages of 7 and 14 […]

AABJ&D brings good deeds home with cookie bake

WEST ORANGE, NJ — Congregation Ahawas Achim B’nai Jacob & David in West Orange celebrated its second cookie bake hosted by the Jewish Family Service of JCC MetroWest on April 10. Cookie dough was donated by the Jewish Community Housing Corporation and labels were made by the WAE Center. Nearly 100 volunteers baked, packaged and […]

Students from Montclair High School win 2016 Euro Challenge

MONTCLAIR, NJ — At the final round of this year’s Euro Challenge competition, held April 19 at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, five teams emerged as the winners. Students from Montclair High School in first place; Ridgefield High School, Conn., in second place; Joel Barlow High School, Conn., in third place; Mount Saint […]

200 Club presents awards to county’s finest police and firefighters

BELLEVILLE, NJ — The 200 Club of Essex County, founded to assist the families of police officers and firefighters killed in the line of duty and the oldest such organization of its kind, will hold its 50th anniversary Valor Awards luncheon on Thursday, May 5, beginning at 11:30 a.m. at Nanina’s In The Park, 540 […]