East Orange Rec Co-Ed Basketball Camp is offered

East Orange Rec Co-Ed Basketball Camp is offered

EAST ORANGE, NJ — Pictured are campers at the annual East Orange Co-Ed Basketball Camp at the John L. Costley Middle School in East Orange. Sponsored by the East Orange Recreation Department, the camp began July 8 and continues until Aug. 16 for  children ages 7-14, Monday to Friday, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. […]

Attorney general investigating fatal crash after police chase

The Attorney General’s Office is investigating a fatal motor vehicle crash that occurred during a police chase on July 23 and involved police from Bloomfield, Newark and East Orange. The multi-vehicle crash occurred following a police pursuit that began in Newark and ended in East Orange. The driver of one of the vehicles sustained fatal […]

Irvington man facing cocaine, fentanyl, heroin, gun charges

An Irvington man has been charged with distributing cocaine, possessing distribution quantities of fentanyl and heroin, trafficking multiple firearms, and possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced last week. Kyrell Domnie, who is also known as “Fly Ky,” and is 39, is charged with six counts of distributing, […]

Bloomfield Reds U10 boys soccer team battles nation’s top squad

Bloomfield Reds U10 boys soccer team battles nation’s top squad

BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The 2014 Bloomfield Reds boys soccer team may have pulled off one of the most remarkable soccer stories of the year, going from a low level travel team in the fall, with some players right out of the Bloomfield intown soccer program, to playing the No. 1 team in the nation in […]

District has a new super with a plan

District has a new super with a plan

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 […]

U11 Bloomfield Thunder girls soccer squad earns top-20 state ranking

U11 Bloomfield Thunder girls soccer squad earns top-20 state ranking

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 […]