OBITUARIES: • FALCONE – Gregory, of West Orange; Feb. 3. Retired from W.O. DPW. • GROEL – Berdine, formerly of West Orange; Jan. 24. Grandfather. • HITTNER – Marvin M., of West Orange; Jan. 28. WWII vet, salesman, father.
OBITUARIES: • COLOMBRITO – Colleen Mary, formerly of East Orange; Feb. 2. Wife, mother. • DANIELS – Doris Bagley, of Orange; Jan. 28. Educator, great-grandmother. • RICIGLIANO – Giovina, formerly of East Orange; Jan. 31. Great-grandmother.
OBITUARIES: • CATALANO – Lita C., of Bloomfield; Jan. 30. Wife, grandmother. • GINSBURG – David J., of Glen Ridge; Feb. 3. Library board trustee. Husband. • LEVANDOSKI – Joan, of Bloomfield; Jan. 30. School teacher, library founder. • PAGE – Janet M., of Bloomfield; Jan. 25. Chairman of church trustee board. • UNNASCH – […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Two competing drug distribution rings, operating out of the same address, were shut down on Wednesday, Feb. 3, and four suspects were arrested as the result of simultaneous raids conducted by a law enforcement narcotics task force comprised of Essex County sheriff’s detectives and officers from the Irvington and Bloomfield police departments. […]
Vailsburg resident was member of 1965 championship basketball team
VAILSBURG, NJ — Vailsburg resident Al Sameer Green Holman was at the seventh annual holiday party hosted by Richard Wilder and the Class of 1967 of the South Side High School, now named Malcolm X Shabazz High School in Newark, in January. His grandfather, Leonard Holman, was presented posthumously with a bronze plaque honoring the […]
MAPLEWOOD – The Maplewood/South Orange St. Joseph CYO basketball teams enjoyed fine play this past weekend. The St. Joe’s Pee Wee Red 4th Grade boys had a tough loss on Sunday afternoon, Feb. 7, against St. Helen’s/Edwards 20-10. A tough St. Helen’s defense limited the offense and the team went into the half down 8 to 4. […]
MAPLEWOOD – The energy was palpable at the New Jersey Fencing Alliance in Maplewood when the Columbia High School boys’ fencing team was preparing for their state tournament meet against Montclair High School. As well prepared as they were, they knew that they were in for a tough night given the strength of Montclair’s saber […]
NUTLEY – Both the Nutley High School boys’ and girls’ varsity bowling teams placed first in the Essex County Athletic Directors’ Tournament on Monday afternoon, Feb. 8, at Eagle Rock Lanes in West Orange. The teams are under the guidance of head coach George Ackerman. The girls’ team won the title for the second year […]
MAPLEWOOD – Columbia High School wrestling team had a busy and tough week. The Cougars wrestled five meets and participated in a Freshman and JV tournament. During the week, the grapplers lost to a good Irvington team, 63-12. Columbia wrestled only seven of the 14 weight classes and won two. The winners were 120-pound Devin […]
By Joe Ragozzino and Daniel Jackovino BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Fed up with being forced to play against non-public schools that have the advantage of drawing student-athletes from anywhere in the region, Bloomfield High School Athletic Director Steve Jenkins, in a Dec. 29 letter to Superintendent Sal Goncalves, asked the Board of Education to adopt a policy […]