NUTLEY, NJ — The 2023 Nutley St. Patrick’s Day Parade dignitaries are, from left, Grand Marshal Francis J. Costenbader, Deputy Grand Marshal Joseph McNish Jr., Member of the Year Jo Ann Dunleavy, Parade Queen Allison Connor and Police Officer of the Year Steven Plumer. The Nutley Irish will host the annual Shamrockfest on Saturday, Oct. […]
ORANGE, NJ — The Orange High School football team hopes to get back on the winning track. The OHS Tornadoes lost at Newark West Side, 37-6, on Sept. 17, for their second straight defeat to move to a 1-2 record. Orange will host Barringer on Friday, Sept. 23, at 7 p.m. Photo by Joe Ragozzino.
NEWARK, NJ — The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force, which includes detectives from the Newark Police Department, is investigating the fatal shooting of Wayne Jones, 41, of East Orange, according to a Sept. 18 press release from the ECPO. On Sept. 17, at 11:46 p.m., police found Jones, who was suffering from […]
MAPLEWOOD / SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The South Orange–Maplewood Adult School has just launched its fall 2022 catalog of more than 100 courses at somadultschool.org. The fall catalog features a trove of stimulating lectures and entertaining events, such as Ralph Buultjens discussing world politics leading up to the midterm elections in America; a four-course wine-pairing […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The United States Department of Education announced Sept. 16 that Redwood Elementary School in West Orange has been named a 2022 National Blue Ribbon School, along with eight other schools in New Jersey and 297 schools nationwide. “I applaud all the honorees for the 2022 National Blue Ribbon Schools Award for […]
NEWARK, NJ — The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force, which includes detectives from the Newark Police Department, is investigating the fatal shooting of Kyle Eley, 50, of Irvington, according to a Sept. 15 press release from the ECPO. On Sept. 14, at approximately 7:02 p.m., Newark police discovered Eley, who was suffering […]
CEDAR GROVE, NJ — Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo Jr. congratulated 29 area artists who received awards in the annual Essex County Senior Citizens Juried Art Show. The artists were recognized during an awards ceremony on Thursday, Sept. 15, in the Robert O’Toole Community Center in Cedar Grove Park. “I congratulate the winners and […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Mayor Michael Venezia announced that Bloomfield residents, and residents across the state, will soon be receiving mailers from the NJ Division of Taxation with filing information and an application for the 2019 ANCHOR — Affordable New Jersey Communities for Homeowners and Renters — property tax relief program. “We want to make sure […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Arts Council presents “Festivals, Fiestas and Feasts” in observance of Hispanic Heritage Month to celebrate Hispanic culture and Essex County’s multicultural community. The show opened on Saturday, Sept. 17, and runs through Saturday, Oct. 22, at the West Orange Arts Center, 551 Valley Road in West Orange. An […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Smooth Jazz New Jersey and the Maplewood Department of Arts & Culture team up with Smooth Jazz New York to present four-time Grammy nominee Oleta Adams on Saturday, Sept. 24, at The Woodland, 60 Woodland Road in Maplewood. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the show starts at 8 p.m. With Adams […]