Youthful Columbia HS wrestling team hopes to surprise foes; Devin Rocha, Emmanuel Jackson, and Kevhan Bent lead way with medals at Irvington Tourney to start season

MAPLEWOOD – The Columbia High School wrestling team for the 2015-16 season is a very young and inexperienced group of wrestlers. The Cougars’ small team of about 21 wrestlers has 10 freshmen and only three seniors. Additionally there are only five returning varsity wrestlers. However, with a few wrestlers moving up from the youth team […]

Glen Ridge residents shop and fundraise

GLEN RIDGE, NJ — A Jingle Mingle holiday-shopping event and fundraiser was held at the Women’s Club of Glen Ridge in the evening of Thursday, Dec. 10. The event, hosted by the Glen Ridge Home and School Association, featured many vendors, offering items from food to fur coats. A portion of the proceeds were earmarked to […]

Park Avenue School in Orange receives $10,000 award

ORANGE, NJ — The technology coordinator of Park Avenue School in Orange, Denise Harlem, submitted an application and was selected as the one school in New Jersey to receive a $10,000 award — one school per state, one of 51 awards, including Washington, D.C. — from Code.org. Code.org has started an international movement to expose […]

Charles to head Union County Jail, lead ongoing reforms

WEST ORANGE, NJ — West Orange’s Ron Charles, who serves as president of the West Orange Board of Education, has been hired as the new director of the Union County Department of Corrections, Union County officials announced recently. Charles is a former associate director of the Essex County Department of Corrections, the state’s largest county […]

West Orange week of December 17th

OBITUARIES: • BUCHBINDER – Patty, of West Orange; Dec. 4. Mother. • FADER – Dr. Leon, of West Orange; Dec. 6. WWII vet, optometrist in Irvington. • KOZLOWSKY – Sheila, formerly of West Orange; Dec. 7. Mother, wife, sister. • O’CONNELL – Marilyn S., of West Orange; Dec. 8. Grandmother. • O’NEAL – Anita Salley, […]

Maplewood & South Ornage week of December 17th

OBITUARIES: • ANDREWS – Delores Norwood, of E. Orange, formerly of South Orange; Dec. 3. • BECKETT – Ann M., of Maplewood; Dec. 9. Was 81. • BROTHERS – Patricia Ann, formerly of Maplewood; Dec. 4. Grandmother. • FRANZONIA – Joseph A., of South Orange; Dec. 4. Construction worker. • HANSON – Helen Waldron, of […]

Bloomfield resident to perform at Lincoln Center

BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Bloomfield resident Corinna Sowers Adler is slated to make her debut in the Appel Room at Jazz at Lincoln Center on Sunday, Dec. 20, at 4 p.m. She was hand picked to sing on the new series, titled “Music Over Manhattan.” Sowers Adler was a nominee for the first-ever Tony Award for […]

Great character

BLOOMFIELD, NJ  — Bloomfield High School students named Characters With Character for the month of  November are, from left, Laura Mizhirumbay, Jaydin Ortiz, Ashley Amoako and Emmanuel Odekunle. Each month, selected BHS students are recognized for being a positive example to the school community by demonstrating exemplary character traits. These students are ‘Characters With Character.’ The […]

Bloomfield & Glen Ridge week of December 17th

OBITUARIES: • BIRMINGHAM – William J., of Bloomfield; Nov. 23. Husband, grandfather. • CHOFFO – Rose, of Bloomfield; Dec. 7. Was 87. • DERISI – Samantha Anne, of Bloomfield; Dec. 9. • GUGLIELMO – Gabriella, of Bloomfield; Dec. 4. Active in church, grandmother. • MATARAZZO – Cosimo “Cuz,” formerly of Bloomfield; Dec. 5. Draftsman. • […]

East Orange & Orange week of December 17th

OBITUARIES: • ANDERSON – Dewitt, of Orange; Nov. 28. • ANDREWS – Delores Norwood, of East Orange, formerly of S. Orange; Dec. 3. • DEL PLATO – Jean A., formerly of Orange; Dec. 6. Great-grandmother. • DRAKE – Doris J., of East Orange; Dec. 1. Mother, sister. • HARRISON – Sidney Otto Sr., formerly of […]