ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Community groups are joining forces — for a fourth year — in Millburn next month for a children’s volunteering event to help youngsters in need. ‘Kids For Kids,’ organized by the Junior League of the Oranges and Short Hills, brings together local groups and children for a morning of hands-on volunteering […]
WEST ORANGE – The West Orange High School boys’ and girls’ Junior Varsity basketball teams won their respective Essex County Tournament JV championships on Friday, Feb. 26, at East Orange Campus High School. In the championship games, the boys’ JV team defeated Bloomfield Tech, while the the girls’ JV team defeated East Orange Campus HS. […]
NEWARK, NJ — On Thursday, March 10, the United Way of Essex and West Hudson Women’s Leadership Council will celebrate and honor three outstanding women who have created a legacy that expands the frontiers of possibility for generations to come. These extraordinary women have demonstrated character, courage and commitment to the community. “The Greater […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Gregory School students and staff joined together in the gymnasium Feb. 11 for a Black History Month assembly featuring students in kindergarten, first and second grades. Kindergarten classes opened the assembly with a memorized reading of a portion of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech, bringing applause […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Six exchange students from the Hangzhou Foreign Language School in China were formally welcomed to West Orange High School on Feb. 11 for a one-week visit accompanied by their teacher and chaperone, Liang Chen. In 2010, the Asia Society and Hanban, the Central Chinese Education Committee, selected the Chinese program of […]
By Gladstone Harris, Bloomfield College sports information director. BLOOMFIELD, N.J. – The Bloomfield College Bears baseball team uniforms will include a patch for the 2016 season honoring late pioneer of the athletic department Alfred R. Restaino Sr., the team announced on Thursday. Mr. Restaino Sr., who helped form the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC), passed away […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Seton Hall University and Hackensack University Health Network have named Dr. Bonita Stanton, a nationally recognized expert on pediatric medicine, as the founding dean of their new school of medicine, which is slated to open in fall 2018. She is expected to begin her new role in March. “Whether working with […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Each year, visitors look forward to gathering around Durand-Hedden’s 18th-century open hearth and experiencing how Maplewood residents of long ago cooked, ate and kept warm during long winter months. This year Durand-Hedden welcomes a new cook to its kitchen on Sunday, March 6, from 1 to 4 p.m. Deborah Peterson has demonstrated […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Daughters of Israel Fine Dining program on the Healthcare Foundation of NJ Special Care Unit at Barnhard Pavilion took place Feb. 2. The event featured waiters clad in formal attire serving up gourmet fare that included chicken florentine and roasted prime rib. Above, Daughters of Israel resident Bobbie Frank, left, […]
Antoinette L. Salimbene (nee Petrecca), 87, passed away on Wednesday February 24, 2016 at her daughters home in Budd Lake surrounded by her loving family. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral from the O’Boyle Funeral Home, 309 Broad St. Bloomfield on Monday at 9:00 AM. The funeral mass will be […]