WEST ORANGE, NJ— West Orange’s Alana Walker, 17, recently competed as part of the Jamaican women’s national gymnastics team at the 2024 Senior Pan American Artistic Championships in Santa Marta, Colombia, and was among the top 24 gymnasts to qualify for the all-around finals. The 2024 Stanford women’s gymnastics team commit scored an all-around of 46.367, finishing 15th in the all-around for […]
Three Newark men were indicted by a federal grand jury for their role in a January 2024 gunpoint robbery of a pharmacy in Orange, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Reginald Ware, 54, Nyiron Williams, 22, and Jamon Crosby, 35, all of Newark, are charged in a three-count indictment with conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The 18th annual Bloomfield Bengals Baseball Camp will take place at Bloomfield Middle School baseball field for three weeks, Monday to Friday, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The weeks are as follows: July 15-19, July 22-26, and July 29-Aug. 2. The camp is directed by founder and Bloomfield High School head […]
A Glen Ridge resident who is president of a Bloomfield temple was among those honored when the Essex Board of County Commissioners held its annual Jewish Heritage Month celebration at the Livingston Senior/Community Center on May 30. The event is held each year to celebrate the accomplishments of and honor outstanding Jewish men and women […]
The West Orange Department of Senior Services celebrated Older Americans Month in May with lunches, karaoke, painting and pickleball. The kickoff event was a festive Cinco de Mayo themed luncheon including karaoke at the Oko Fine Cuisine restaurant located in downtown West Orange. A spring café was held at the West Orange Public Library […]
EAST ORANGE — Genration1st, a non-profit organization that champions the aspirations of first-generation college students in the United States, awarded Najee Jihad, aka Kid Problem, for his commitment to making a positive impact on young people. Kid Problem is a social media influencer operating out of Irvington and Newark. He is a self-made Big Brother […]
IRVINGTON — An Irvington resident is facing attempted murder, kidnapping and sexual assault charges for two alleged assaults that happend on June 3. Caream Davis, 46, was arrested June 5 in Richmond, Va., by members of the United States Marshal Service, according to a press release from Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens and Irvington […]
The Freedom Fund Dinner of the Irvington NAACP was held at the Temple of Hip Hop in Newark on June 6. Among those who were asked to speak about their current work were Jamillah Cupe, founder of the Unstuckness Restoration Center, Kanileah Anderson of the Newark school board, and Elaine Lane of David’s Shoes. The […]
Photos by Rocco Ungaro MAPLEWOOD — Memorial Park hosted the North Jersey Pride Festival on Sunday, June 9. The event was a free family-friendly day of celebration, music and community for LGBTQ and ally attendees. Live music was played throughout from a variety of acts and vendors were on hand selling jewelry, art, crafts, […]
PRINCETON, NJ — Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center Executive Director Eve Schaenen was honored with the 2024 John Cotton Dana Award by the New Jersey Association of Museums at the NJAM Annual Meeting on June 12 at the Historical Society of Princeton’s Updike Farmstead. Given every other year, the prestigious Dana Award is awarded […]