Photos by Carlos Sanchez MAPLEWOOD — The Achieve Foundation held its annual Maker Madness event at Columbia High School on Saturday, April 27. The event featured LEGO master Corey Samuels and 28 stations that included a beekeeper, robots and water powered rockets. More than 1,200 children and family members attended the event. Helping out were […]
A West Orange resident will be among those competing in the USA Gymnastics Development Program National Championship May 9-12 in Florida. Alana Walker, 17, a homeschooled student who has committed to Stanford University and their women’s gymnastics team, competes with the Boonton-based North Stars Gymnastics Academy. Walker was one of 12 from the academy to […]
BELLEVILLE, NJ — The Belleville High School baseball team was red-hot entering the week of Sunday, April 28. The Bucs brought a four-game winning streak into the week to improve to 9-4-1 overall on the season. On Monday, April 22, the Bucs defeated Newark Tech, 3-1, at home. Senior James Monroig pitched six innings, allowing […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ – The Glen Ridge High School track and field teams competed at a double-dual meet at Cedar Grove, with Immaculate Conception of Montclair, on April 17. Glen Ridge lost to Cedar Grove. The boys lost, 83-36, and the girls lost, 87-26. Conner Giersz, far right, took second place in the boys 100-meter […]
Marti Carlos, a devoted nurse at the Job Haines Home in Bloomfield, was stricken with a serious cancer diagnosis in January 2023 that turned his life upside down. He was diagnosed with metastatic stage 4 cancer after an MRI showed a tumor on his lower spine. The diagnosis was a shock to him, his family, […]
SOUTH ORANGE — The Baird officially reopened on Saturday, following a multiyear, $15 million renovation. A ribbon cutting was held with Mayor Sheena Collum inviting kids to join her on the steps for the ceremonial event before the doors opened and people flooded inside. The newly refurbished and enlarged building includes a full size basketball […]
Congressman Donald M. Payne Jr. will lie in state in the Essex County Historic Courthouse on Wednesday, May 1 and his funeral will be at the Cathedral Basilica on Thursday, May 2. The Payne family has a legacy of public service and Donald M. Payne Jr. continued that tradition as an elected official representing Newark […]
The South Orange Symphony will perform a spring concert on Sunday, April 28, at 3 p.m. at the South Orange Middle School auditorium. It is free and open to the public. The concert will feature piano soloist Craig Ketter playing Sergie Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 2. Rachmaninoff was a Russian composer and virtuoso pianist of […]
WEST ORANGE — A 1913 Model T Ford that Henry Ford gave to Thomas Edison made a visit to West Orange last week before heading to the New Jersey Hall of Fame in the American Dream Mall, where it will serve as the centerpiece of a simulated ride to the moon for visitors. “We want Edison’s […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — St. Joseph’s CYO Athletics in Maplewood is proud to announce that Violet Kessler, Tommy Walmsley and Ed Peterson were recently recognized at the Archdiocese of Newark CYO Athletics Awards Ceremony held at the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark. Both Violet and Tommy received The Sportsmanship Award, which is presented […]