WEST ORANGE, NJ — For the past few years, Elliot Cadeau has been an inspiration to countless young basketball players and fans. The point guard from West Orange, who is enjoying a stellar career for the University of North Carolina basketball team, has created his own AAU organization and has brought two European youth teams […]
ORANGE — A community center is being built in Monte Irvin Orange Park where two baseball/softball fields in the park’s northern section are simultaneously being modernized. “When we started our initiative to re-imagine the community centers in our parks, it always was our intention to build a facility in Monte Irvin Orange Park which never […]
The East Orange School District has a new superintendent. The Board of Education announced last week that Christopher C. Irving had been hired as the district’s new superintendent and that he had started working on July 1. Irving has more than 14 years of experience in educational leadership and was most recently assistant commissioner of […]
WEST ORANGE — Nia Fellowship Baptist Church will be celebrating the 10th anniversary of the acquisition of their church building during the 10 a.m. worship experience on July 21. Nia Fellowship is the only African American Baptist Church in West Orange and is led by Pastor Alphonsus Platt. It was founded on Feb. 3, 2002. […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The 2013 U11 Bloomfield Thunder girls soccer team is currently ranked No. 17 out of 274 qualifying teams in the state following a first-place finish in the Elite Development Program’s Central Atlantic Premier III Blue division. At the beginning of the spring 2024 soccer season, coach John Babula made it a team […]
An investigation is underway into a house fire that claimed the lives of an adult and two of her grandchildren. Shortly after 11 a.m. on Saturday, July 13, the West Orange Fire Department responded to reports of a fire at a residence on Liberty Street, according to a press release from Essex County Prosecutor Theodore […]
An ice cream eating contest was held inside the DeHart Community Center. There were numerous categories for the kids ranging in age up to 18. The adult contest was won by Bill Timlin.
Photos by Steve Ellmore EAST ORANGE — The East Orange Campus High School Class of 2024 graduated on June 17 at Codey Arena in West Orange. The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Jaicee Love Hunter of the Class of 2024 and Syriya Greenridge, class president, addressed her classmates before Class Advisor Kecia Smith gave […]
Photos by Steve Ellmore The Cicely L. Tyson Community School of Performing Arts held its commencement exercises on June 24 at the school on Winans Streeet in East Orange. Class of 2024 members Zaranah Smith gave the invocation while Jahnay Ibukun led the Pledge of Allegiance. Principal John English gave welcoming remarks, East Orange Mayor […]
Photos by Steve Ellmore The Orange High School Class of 2024 graduated on June 21 at Richard Codey Arena in West Orange. The event included greetings from Yadira Mello, president of the class, Principal Jason Belton, Salutatorian Jenniver Inamagua and Valedictorian Josena Noel. Dr. Chris T. Pernell gave a commencement address and Mayor Dwayne […]