IRVINGTON, NJ — Pictured are the Irvington High School track and field athletes posing in front of IHS after they earned medals at the Kearny Relays on April 20. The girls won both the 4×200-meter relay and the sprint medley relay. They qualified for the nationals in the 4×200. They also took third place in […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield High School softball team defeated Newark Academy, 3-2, Wednesday, April 24, at Carla Ward Memorial Field at Clarks Pond South to move to a 6-6 record. The Bengals scored two runs in the bottom of the first inning. After Newark Academy cut it to 2-1 in the top of the […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — The East Orange Campus High School girls flag football team competed against host Irvington High School on April 17. The Jaguars will host Montclair on April 25 and host Clifton on May 9, both at Columbian Park. Photos Courtesy of Joe Ungaro
BLOOMFIELD, NJ –Samyah Wilson is Bloomfield High School’s Student-Athlete of the Month for April, as selected by the school. Wilson is a senior sprinter and team captain for the BHS girls track and field team. A four-year letterwinner, Wilson has led the Bengals to divisional championships for the past three seasons. In 2023, the girls […]
U.S. Rep. Donald M. Payne Jr., who was the current representative in Congress for parts of Essex, Hudson and Union counties, has died. He was 65 years old and had served in Congress since 2012. Payne had been hospitalized since he suffered a cardiac episode earlier this month. Gov. Phil Murphy announced his death on […]
EAST ORANGE, The East Orange High School Basketball Hall of Fame’s third annual induction gala will take place Thursday, June 13, at the Galloping Hill Caterers, located at 1085 Galloping Hill Road, in Union, from 6 to 10 p.m., in its large ballroom. The formal attire and/or semi-formal attire includes buffet-style dinner with a cash […]
BELLEVILLE, NJ — The Belleville High School baseball team went 2-1-1 last week to move to 6-4-1 on the season. The Bucs defeated Shabazz, 14-0, Monday, April 15. Seniors Josh Abramson, James Monroig and Marino Perez combined to pitch a five-inning shutout. Sophomore Marcos Atehortua went 2-for-2. The Bucs played Cedar Grove to a 2-2 […]
John’s Crazy Socks has announced that Lukeson Ashbourne of Maplewood is the winner of the company’s sixth annual “Autism Can Do Scholarship.” The announcement was made to coincide with World Autism Awareness Day, April 2, which celebrates the uniqueness of every individual on the spectrum and to educate more people about autism, promoting acceptance and […]
By Charlie Brannick Special to the Chronicle When it was time for just hanging around, it was Timmy’s Luncheonette in my West Orange neighborhood for me. For some people, it was a luncheonette but the breakfast and lunch crowd had fallen off after Betty and Marie stopped running it. I must have been about 9 […]
BLOOMFIELD — The Bloomfield Educational Foundation will recognize several long-time educators at their 25th annual anniversary gala at which they will also honor UNICO and announce a $50,000 grant to help fund an E-Sports arena. The BEF will bestow honors on Bloomfield High School Alumna of the Year Lenore M. Imhof, BHS Alumnus of the […]