WEST ORANGE, NJ — Kelly Elementary School in West Orange held a Patriot Day assembly on Monday, Sept. 12, to honor the memory of those that perished in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and assure students that, despite the tragedy, “We Knew Everything Would Be Alright.” The students at Kelly Elementary were born long after […]
ORANGE, NJ — A new 74,000-square-foot residential building, dubbed The Legacy, has begun construction at 751 Vose Ave. in Orange. Avison Young, a real estate services firm with offices in Morristown, will provide construction management services and act as the general contractor over the course of the projected 12-month construction period. The ground-up, five-story building, […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — RWJBarnabas Health, in partnership with Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, the state’s leading cancer center and only National Cancer Institute–designated comprehensive cancer center, announced Sept. 9 that it is a grantee supported through the Alliance for Equity in Cancer Care, an initiative funded by the Merck Foundation and designed to […]
MOUNTAINSIDE, NJ — The staff at Imagine, A Center for Coping with Loss offered its first in-person volunteer training since 2020 at the organization’s Mountainside center this summer. The 2022 summer training class members have joined the Imagine community of volunteers, facilitating grief support groups for children, teens, young adults and their parents/guardians. The new […]
NUTLEY, NJ — The Nutley CROP Hunger Walk will be held on Sunday afternoon, Oct. 16, starting at Vincent Church, 100 Vincent Place. Registration will begin at 12:30 p.m.; the walk begins at 1 p.m. with a welcome and an interfaith prayer. Walkers will walk south through Yanticaw Park to Centre Street over to Franklin […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Glen Ridge Recreation will present Ed Seifert and Loretta Hagen as part of the Glen Ridge Singer Songwriter Series, taking place at the Glen Ridge Train Station, 228 Ridgewood Ave., on Friday, Sept. 30, at 8 p.m. Glen Ridge Recreation presents a monthly event from September to June at the Glen […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Longtime educator David Marion has been named the new principal of Kelly Elementary School in West Orange. He began work in mid-August to prepare for the start of the new school year. Marion, a Verona resident, worked in the Dover School District for 20 years and served as principal of Academy […]
NEWARK, NJ — The International WeLoveU Foundation donated backpacks and school supply kits to 200 students at Technology High School in Newark prior to the start of the school year. In attendance were state Sen. M. Teresa Ruiz, Newark Superintendent of Schools Roger León and North Ward Councilman Anibal Ramos. The donation is part of […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The Glen Ridge Civic Conference Committee has endorsed Town Council candidates Peter Hughes and Richard Law, and Board of Education candidates Elisabeth Ginsburg, Tricia Akinwande and Heather Yaros-Ramos, according to a Sept. 7 press release. Any candidate seeking CCC endorsement participates in two interview rounds with members of the nonpartisan 109-year-old […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Senior Picnic was held at the Ginny Duenkel Pool on Sept. 8. DJ Jeff Dunston provided the music and members of the West Orange police and fire departments were on hand to bring hot dogs and hamburgers to residents at their tables. The event had been postponed from […]