IRVINGTON, NJ — Amateur boxing standout Jean Pierre Valencia will make his professional debut on Saturday, June 8, when he faces Patrick Bernard Harris in a four-round junior middleweight bout at Bally’s Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City. The 24-year-old Irvington resident won numerous championships in the 165-pound division as an amateur, including a bronze […]
Jenny Mundell has defeated incumbent Mayor Ted Gamble in the primary race for township mayor and secured the Democratic Party line for the November vote. Mundell received 2,605 votes, or 57 % of the total, to Gamble’s 1,934 votes, which was 43 % of the total. In the one contested race for township council, Monica […]
MAPLEWOOD — Nancy Adams and Malia Herman were the top vote getters in the primary race for township committee and will appear on November’s ballot. Adams, who is currently the township mayor, was the top vote getter at 2,558 while Herman had 2,443. Jamaine Cripe, an incumbent committee member and deputy mayor, finished third […]
By Paul Brubaker Special to Essex News Daily MAPLEWOOD – At a special meeting Tuesday night, Board of Education members approved a veteran of educational leadership as the next South Orange and Maplewood School District (SOMSD) Superintendent of Schools. Jason Bing comes to the District as the former Superintendent of the Dutchess County Board […]
MAPLEWOOD — Detectives are investigating the shooting of an Irvington man on Jacoby Street. On Friday, May 31, at 11:30 p.m., police responded to Jacoby Street near Brown Street on a report of shots fired. Responding officers located a 24-year-old man laying in the street suffering from gunshot wounds, police said. Officers and South Essex […]
Two women from East Orange and a man from Orange were among the winners in the 2024 Essex County Senior Citizen Legacies Writing Contest, which encourages Essex senior citizens to write about the people and events that have influenced their lives. Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. and the Division of Senior Services announced […]
Photos by Steve Ellmore The township had a Memorial Day Parade and celebration in front of town hall on Monday, May 27. The celebration included scouts, cheerleaders, dancers, and other performances. Civic Square was closed for the event, which lasted about two hours. The theme was ‘Remember their Sacrifice.’
Primary voting throughout Bloomfield is Tuesday, June 4. There are two Democrats on the ballot for mayor: Ted Gamble and Jenny Mundell. Gamble was elected councilman in 2016 and appointed temporary mayor Jan. 22. Mundell was appointed May 2017 to the council and elected to a full-term that year. The winner of this primary will […]
The Glen Ridge High School track and field teams are shown competing in the final double-dual meet of the season on Tuesday, May 14, at Newark Academy in Livingston. Saint Vincent’s Academy (girls) and University HS were also in attendance. Photos Courtesy of Chris Troyano
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Junior Margaret McManus scored seven goals, and senior Olivia Fitzsimmons scored six goals and added two assists to lead the eighth-seeded Columbia High School girls lacrosse team to a 19-15 win over ninth-seeded Livingston, in the first round of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s North Jersey, Group 4 state […]