Green Hill in West Orange celebrates love

WEST ORANGE, NJ — Students from the West Orange Pleasantdale School made Valentine’s Day cards for everyone at Green Hill in West Orange and Our Lady of the Lake Confirmation students made heart-filled goody bags. In the afternoon, Green Hill residents were serenaded by musician Danny Bacher.

Middle school honors informational presentations

WEST ORANGE, NJ — Superintendent Jeff Rutzky will hold a series of presentations to provide information regarding the middle school honors program in the West Orange School District. Parents and guardians with children in grades five through seven may attend any one of the three honors meetings. The three honors presentations will be the same […]

Friday Fish Fries offered by St. Andrew’s during Lent

SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — St. Andrew & Holy Communion Episcopal Church, located at 160 W. South Orange Avenue in South Orange, will host a Fish Fry each Friday during Lent — Feb. 19 and 26, and March 4, 11 and 18 — from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. The event on Feb. 19 will feature Fishing […]

New Jersey Fencing Alliance to host prestigious Steve Sobel SYC & Cadet International tournament at NJ EXPO Center, Feb. 26-28

MAPLEWOOD – For the sixth year in a row, the New Jersey Fencing Alliance is proud to announce it will host the Steve Sobel Super Youth Circuit (SYC) & Cadet International tournament from February 26 to 28 at the New Jersey Convention and Exposition Center. This is the largest fencing event ever to be held […]

West Orange Township Council proclaims January Board of Education Month

WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Township Council presented a resolution to the members of the Board of Education proclaiming the month of January as School Board Recognition Month at the Feb. 9 council meeting. Superintendent of Schools Jeff Rutzky, BOE President Laura Lab, Vice President Mark Robertson and board members Irv Schwarzbaum and […]

Columbia HS wrestling team splits four matches to finish regular season; gears up for District 10 Tournament

MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE – This past week saw the Columbia High School varsity wrestling team conclude its regular season with four dual meets. As the rest of the season has gone, the grapplers wrestled well. But with too many forfeits and some injured wrestlers, the Cougars split, as they won two meets and lost two. The […]

Franklin A. Smith

   Franklin A “Frank” Smith, 81, of Port Charlotte, FL passed away on Wednesday February 10, 2015.     Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral service at the O’Boyle Funeral Home, 309 Broad St. Bloomfield on Saturday at 10 AM. Interment with military honors will take place at Arlington Cemetery in Kearny. […]

Realtor open house in WO

WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Public Relations Commission invites Realtors to the official township of West Orange Realtor open house on Monday, Feb. 22, from 9 to 10:30 a.m. in the Liberty Middle School Cafeteria, 1 Kelly Drive. The event is to inform local Realtors about West Orange’s services and value to buyers […]

‘From Farm to Suburb: The Birth of College Hill’

MAPLEWOOD, NJ — If you live in the College Hill section of Maplewood or the surrounding area, you may have wondered how this neighborhood came to be. It wasn’t always a suburban community and didn’t always feature streets named for famous colleges: Amherst, Bowdoin, Colgate, Harvard, Oberlin, Rutgers, Wellesley and Yale. In fact, the moniker […]