Photos by Steve Ellmore The annual Memorial Day Parade was on Monday, May 26, in Maplewood. The route was from the high school, through the village, to Town Hall, where a ceremony honoring fallen service members took place outside. Marchers included Scouts, the Columbia High School marching band, elementary school groups, the garden club, politicians […]
ALLENDALE, NJ — The 10th-seeded Nutley High School baseball team upset No. 7 seed Northern Highlands, 3-2, in nine innings in the first round of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s North Jersey, Section 1, Group 3 state tournament on Tuesday, May 27, at Northern Highlands in Allendale. In the bottom of the ninth […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — The East Orange Campus High School boys volleyball is enjoying a great season. The Jaguars, under head coach Eric Ansah, clinched the Super Essex Conference–Liberty Division championship. This follows the EOCHS girls volleyball team’s SEC divisional championship season last fall, with Ansah also as the girls head coach. “This season has […]
By Edward Kensik CALDWELL, NJ — The Mount St. Dominic Academy softball team found out what its road map will be to get to an anticipated return to the Non-Public A final. The Lions are the second seed in Non-Public North A, only behind the top-seeded Immaculate Heart Academy. Last season, Mount St. Dominic took […]
BELLEVILLE, NJ —The Belleville High School baseball team hopes to make a strong run in the state tournament. The Buccaneers will visit Union City in the first round of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s North Jersey, Section 1, Group 4 state tournament on Tuesday, May 27, at 4:30 p.m. Junior Sean Walsh will […]
Mirvetk Tonuzi Special to the Record-Transcript He’s known around campus as Dr. Oscar Petty, the high school band and orchestra director at the Cicely L. Tyson Community School of Performing and Fine Arts. Petty has spent more than 17 years developing young talent in the classroom, elevating the standard of musicianship while shaping the next […]
PHOTOS COURTESY OF CHAD HUNT MAPLEWOOD — More than 220 people turned out Friday, May 16, at The Woodland in Maplewood village for a showing of the 1990 film “Wild at Heart” organized by the Maplewood Film Society with an assist from the township Division of Arts & Culture. The film was preceded by […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Seton Hall Prep track and field team took second place overall at the Essex County Championships on Thursday, May 8, and Monday, May 12, at Schools Stadium in Newark. The following are their top finishes: 4×400-meter hurdles: first place, 3 minutes, 22.03 seconds. 200-meter dash: sophomore Taylor Daniels, second place, […]
By Edward Kensik SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Mount St. Dominic Academy’s softball team felt confident they would face rival Cedar Grove a third time this season. The Lions had lost both regular season matchups, which ended their drive for another Super Essex Conference American Division title. But Mount head coach Rob Stern had a feeling […]
By Edward Kensik NORTH CALDWELL, NJ — With a very young roster, the Mount St. Dominic Academy lacrosse team has gone through growing pains this spring. But on May 12, they finally broke through. Mount St. Dominic Academy defeated Kinnelon, 15-7, and then earned back-to-back wins by topping Cedar Grove, 16-11, also on the road […]