WEST ORANGE, NJ — Junior Elijah Chilton was named the 2016 Poetry Out Loud winner at the 10th annual competition at West Orange High School on Jan. 6. Senior Kyla Trinidad was named as runner-up. Chilton competed with nine other students to represent the high school at the regional competition at the South Orange Performing […]
MAPLEWOOD – This past week, the Columbia High School varsity wrestling team visited two Super Essex Conference rivals, Millburn on Jan. 12 and Weequahic on Jan. 13. The grapplers split the meets. Millburn defeated Columbia, 49-30. Columbia defeated Weequahic, 48-18. At Millburn, the Cougar winners were 106-pound Joaquin Tianga and 220-pound Mansky Charles, each by […]
NUTLEY, NJ — St. Mary’s Rosary Society in Nutley will be hosting a fish and chip dinner on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 10, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. in the dining hall. Last seating will be at 6 p.m. Dinners are being prepared by a Lyndhurst restaurant and will be served in Msgr. Walsh Hall in […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — When the YMCA of the USA launched “Togetherhood,” its social responsibility initiative, in 2014, longtime South Mountain YMCA employee Tommy Donaldson led the effort at the Maplewood-based branch. The South Mountain Y was one of only 50 out of more than 2,700 YMCAs nationwide chosen to pilot the program, according to […]
Mrs. Carol Stahl Garben died on Saturday, January 16, 2016 in Glen Ridge. Visiting will be held in the Prout Funeral Home, (www.proutfuneralhome.com) 370 Bloomfield Avenue, Verona on Thursday, January 21 from 10 am to 12 Noon, with a Service to follow at 12 Noon. Burial will follow in the Restland Memorial Park, East […]
Ingrid Dorsinville Blenman Claude, 51, of West Orange, NJ, passed away on Wednesday, January 13, 2016. A Celebration of Claude’s life will be held on Thursday, January 21st at Christ Church, 68 Church St., Montclair, NJ 07042 with visiting from 10-11 am followed by a service at 11:00 am. The interment will follow […]
MAPLEWOOD – It was a week of celebrations for both the Columbia High School boys’ and girls’ fencing teams as they both defeated Newark Academy and Livingston High School. The Columbia boys’ fencing team knew it had to be in top form to fence against the strong and experienced team from Newark Academy. They trained […]
WEST ORANGE — The Cliffs at Eagle Rock in West Orange will be transformed into a “Winter’s Tale” to ring in the new year. The week-long experience is based on William Shakespeare’s famous play by that name. During the week of Jan. 25 till the end of the month, Cliffs residents will be greeted by Elizabethan costumed […]
Eleanor Barrow Schoch, of Glen Ridge, NJ, passed into eternal life on January 15, surrounded by her loving family at Jersey Shore University Medical Center. Born in Lansdowne, PA, on February 26, 1925, she was the ninth of twelve children. After graduating from Notre Dame Academy, she worked as a secretary for the […]
Margaret B. Linhoff (nee Kerekes) 78, of Bloomfield passed away on Thursday January 14, 2015 at Green Hill in West Orange. Relatives and friends were invited to attend the funeral mass at Sacred Heart Church, 76 Broad St. Bloomfield on Monday. Arrangements by the O’Boyle Funeral Home, 309 Broad St. Bloomfield. […]