EAST ORANGE, NJ — The East Orange High School Basketball Hall of Fame has announced this year’s induction class. The following are the inductees: 1960s category Jerome “Bruiser” McGee – posthumously. John Wilson. Hayward Wesley. 1970s category Curtis Smith – posthumously. William “Billy” Marshall Jr. Mike C. Williams. Kim Fisher. 1980s category Ronald “Supe” Gregory. […]
SOUTH ORANGE — The South Orange Performing Arts Center will celebrate its arts education programs during the month of April with music, art and dance from Columbia High School students. “Throughout the years, SOPAC has been diligently working behind the scenes to support the arts education programs offered to the students in our community,” explains […]
Since 1928, the Rotary Club of West Orange has been involved in serving not only the West Orange community but also in supporting humanitarian projects at the state, national and international levels. This year, in coordination with the West Orange High School ROTC cadets, the club will be displaying American flags in front of West […]
An Orange man was sentenced earlier this month to 13 years in state prison for striking a man with his car after a verbal altercation in a restaurant. Kareem Allen, 29, was sentenced after pleading guilty on Jan. 23 to a first degree aggravated manslaughter charge for the fatal assault on Malcom Webb, 30, of […]
An East Orange-based school bus company and one of its owners have pleaded guilty after hiring unqualified drivers, failing to perform drug tests and background checks, operating unsafe buses and attempting to conceal their misconduct. In addition to being unqualified to drive school buses because of licensing requirements, several bus drivers for East Orange-based F&A […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Bloomfield High School senior defensive end Will Cordero has been selected to play in the 46th annual Phil Simms New Jersey North–South High School All-Star Football Classic on Sunday, June 9, at Kean University’s Alumni Stadium at 5 p.m. The game features high school graduating seniors from around the state. Cordero was […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield High School boys basketball team featured four players who earned all–Super Essex Conference–Liberty Division honors this season, as voted by the divisional coaches. SECOND TEAM Davieon McClain, junior guard. Shariff Brown, senior guard. HONORABLE MENTION Sean Perrotta, freshman guard. Talan Bacote, junior forward. Photos Courtesy of Jerry Simon
IRVINGTON — Odo Achievement Center, a local nonprofit, has received a grant to teach life and leadership skills to teenagers of Haitian descent in Irvington. The grant is a subaward of an Education and Culture Program that is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State and implemented by Partners of the Americas in partnership with […]
SOUTH ORANGE — Orange High School students will walk the Red Carpet on March 26 and then watch films they created on the big screen at The Village at SOPAC Theatres in South Orange. The general public is invited to this free event, which is the culmination of “DocFilmBoot,” a filmmaking bootcamp that is […]
GLEN RIDGE — Mary W. Browning, a borough resident and a senior member of the Cole Schotz law firm, is slated to be honored at Tri-County Scholarship Fund’s 11th Annual Women of Achievement Luncheon. “We are delighted to honor Mary this year,” said Prudence Pigott, president of Tri-County. “The event annually acknowledges four outstanding women […]