OAK HARBOR, WA — Petty Officer 1st Class Carlos Naranjo, a native of Newark, New Jersey, is serving with the U.S. Navy’s Electronic Attack Squadron 131. “I wanted to pay for college and become a United States citizen,” Naranjo said. “I was born in Ecuador and moved to the U.S. in 2000 when I was […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Five Girl Scouts from West Orange Troop 20030 have earned the prestigious Silver Award, the second-highest award a Girl Scout can receive and the highest award a Girl Scout Cadette can earn. The award-winners are all ninth-graders and have been friends and Girl Scouts since they were all students at Redwood […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The fifth annual Broadway Night, held at West Orange High School on Oct. 19, regaled the appreciative audience with students’ musical interpretations of classic and lesser-known show tunes that rivaled a professional production. “When we began the glee choir back in 2015, we only performed as part of the regular choral […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Seniors athletes and marching band members were honored at the annual West Orange High School senior night, held Oct. 22 in Suriano Stadium. The event brought seniors together with their families as a way to thank them for their Mountaineer spirit in sports and music. Photos Courtesy of WOSD
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — On Aug. 25, veteran WSOU-89.5 DJ Valentino “Val” Petrarca became the first person at WSOU to reach 100 interviews, when he interviewed Neil Westfall from the rock band A Day to Remember. Petrarca began his record-breaking interview career as a freshman on Oct. 31, 2018, with the band The Clay People. […]
Mountaineers to visit Irvington as WOHS head coach/Irvington alumnus Darnell Grant makes homecoming
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange High School football team defeated Bloomfield, 42-14, at Joe Suriano Stadium on Friday night, Oct. 22, in a Super Football Conference–Freedom Red Division game. The Mountaineers won their fourth straight game to improve to 6-2 overall on the season and 5-1 in the division. In a game studded […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield High School boys and girls cross-country teams compete in the annual Pizza Triangle meet at Yanticaw Park in Nutley on Oct. 21. Bloomfield defeated Belleville while falling to Nutley. Bloomfield’s Kaitlyn Adams finished first ahead of all female competitors. Photos Courtesy of Jerry Simon
SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights Act requires that the week beginning with the first Monday in October of each year be designated as the Week of Respect and School Violence Awareness Week in New Jersey. To recognize the importance of social and emotional learning and character education, school districts, […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange School District is providing the opportunity for public school parents, guardians and caregivers to take part in an equity and inclusion diagnostic survey. According to the district, it is hoped that the data collected from this survey helps West Orange along a pathway that supports a culturally, racially […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo Jr. welcomed dog owners and their pets to the county’s annual Strut Your Mutt Canine Costume Parades and Contests at Brookdale Dog Park in Bloomfield and Montclair and Grover Cleveland Park in Caldwell and Essex Fells on Saturday, Oct. 23, and the Branch Brook Dog […]