Police aim to save lives with, ‘Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over’

GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The Glen Ridge Police Department made the following announcement: If you’re enjoying the holidays with a drink, The Glen Ridge Police Department has a message for you: Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over. Due to the increase in drunken-driving-related fatalities around the holidays each year, law-enforcement agencies across America will be […]

Bloomfield & Glen Ridge week of December 10th

OBITUARIES: • BROWER – Forrest A., formerly of Glen Ridge; Oct. 1. EO Hospital administrator. • CLEMENTI – Ann L., of Bloomfield; Dec. 1. Homemaker, cook, grandmother. • CRECCO – Marion, of Bloomfield; Nov. 28. Former assemblywoman, mother. • DEL GUERCIO – Clara, of Bloomfield; Nov. 29. • FIZZAROTTI – Jennie, formerly of Bloomfield; Nov. […]

East Orange & Orange week of December 10th

OBITUARIES: • PINCKNEY – Thelma L., of East Orange; Nov. 27. Grandmother. • ROBINSON – Odessa B., of Orange; Nov. 25. Union schoolteacher, grandmother. • SCOCOZZA – Anthony “Ski,” formerly of East Orange; Dec. 1. Korean War vet. • SECTION – Troy Lee, of Melbourne, Fla., formerly of East Orange; Sept. 27. Chef. • STABILE […]

Irvington & Vailsburg week of December 10th

OBITUARIES: • D’URSO – Anthony N., formerly of Irvington; Nov. 25. Business owner, father. • JOHNSON – Fuquan, of Irvington; Nov. 25. Father, grandfather, great-grandfather. • MUHAMMAD – Patricia E., of Irvington; Nov. 24. Customer service associate.

Angelo J. Spalletta

    Angelo J. Spalletta, 90, passed away on Sunday, December 6, 2015 at Clara Maass Medical Center in Belleville.    Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral service at the O’Boyle Funeral Home 309 Broad St. Bloomfield on Saturday at 10:00 a.m. Interment Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in East Orange. Visitation is on […]

UConn football standout Jamar Summers named to First Team on All-AAC

ORANGE – Jamar Summers, a sophomore cornerback for the University of Connecticut football team, was named First Team All-American Athletic Conference as the league announced its postseason honors on Wednesday, Dec. 1. Summers, an Orange High School graduate, led the American Athletic Conference in interceptions with seven during the regular season, which also placed him […]

Local Girl Scouts exemplify giving-back in service project

MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Girl Scout Troop 20245 completed a monthlong service project, collecting more than 4,000 travel-size toiletries and assembling more than 230 kits for Bridges Outreach, a Summit-based nonprofit organization that provides food, clothing and basic necessities to thousands of homeless people in New York City, Newark and Irvington. The kits included items […]

Helen “Kris” Galate

     Helen “Kris” Galate, (nee Krenzel), 95, of West Orange passed away Sunday December 6, 2015 of natural causes. She was 95 years old.     Visiting will be held on Thursday December 10, 2015 at The Dangler Funeral Home of West Orange, 340 Main Street West Orange, from 4 to 8 PM.   […]

Troy Lee Section

Gifted chef, dear father, grandfather, brother    Troy Lee Section, 52, of Melbourne, Fla., passed away Sept. 27, 2015, after a long illness. Born in Newark, N.J, on May 26, 1963, he was preceded in death by parents, Lee O. Section and Addie C. Section.    Troy was the proud father of Jihadd Lee Section, […]