By Thomas Chen/SHU Assistant Athletics Director for Digital Media & Communications SOUTH ORANGE – Five influential individuals who made a significant impact on Pirate Athletics have received the call to be inducted into the Seton Hall University Athletics Hall of Fame, including Kristen Downing ’97 of women’s tennis, Andre McCloud ’86 of men’s basketball, Father Frank […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo Jr. announced on that about $4.5 million will be distributed to 16 Essex County municipalities and 39 non-profit community organizations through the Community Development Block Grant program and the Emergency Solutions Grant program on Tuesday, March 1. The CDBG and ESG programs are funded through […]
ORANGE, NJ — Orange fire Director Kenneth Douglas reads to children at the Montclair Child Development Center, 261 William St., Orange for National Read Across America Day, on Wednesday, March 2, in celebration of Dr. Seuss’ birthday.
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Sam and Rose Paparatto make their fried peppers, an old family tradition, for friends at Green Hill in West Orange. Photo Courtesy of Amy Simon
Craig Andrew Heins passed away at the age of 60. He died quietly at home, in Clermont, Florida, on February 21, 2016, after battling pancreatic cancer. Craig was the devoted husband to Emily, loving father to Christopher, and beloved brother to Charles and wife Barbara, Cheryl and husband John. An Uncle to […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Words Bookstore presents writer and cancer survivor Jay Erickson on Friday, March 4, at 7:30 p.m. Erickson will be reading from his debut poetry collection, “Bloom.” When author Jay Erickson was diagnosed with advanced metastatic cancer in 2013, he used poetry as a means to make sense of the experience and communicate […]
NEWARK, NJ — NJ Transit Rail Operations faces the prospect of a system-wide shutdown should the membership of its rail union opt to participate in a work stoppage. This would result in the complete suspension of NJ Transit rail service, affecting more than 160,000 customers who ride the system on a typical weekday. In the […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The down-to-earth Scott Kelly returned to Earth on March 2 after 340 days aboard the International Space Station. Astronaut Kelly, a West Orange native, was helping NASA to study the effects long-duration spaceflight can have on the human body. While Scott Kelly’s health was being monitored aboard the ISS, his twin […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — On Feb. 23 Police arrested a suspect in the Feb. 5 shooting of a Maplewood man in the area of Walker and William streets, according to a release from the Union Police Department. Following an investigation, the suspect, Isaiah “Zay” Jackson, who has addresses in both Newark and South Orange, was […]
MAPLEWOOD / SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Yet again, a Superior Court judge has rejected a bid from a former Maplewood teacher to dismiss charges that she sexually assaulted six male students. Superior Court Judge Michael L. Ravin on Feb. 29 denied a motion from Nicole Dufault to reconsider his Dec. 18, 2015, ruling that denied […]