Bengals softball routs Payne Tech. 12-7
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield High School softball team defeated Payne Tech. 12-7 on April 28. Bengal Olivia Gonnella pitched all seven innings. Photos Courtesy of Jerry Simon
Watershed Literary Events to feature poets from SOMA
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Watershed Literary Events, a spoken-word series sponsored by the Department of Cultural Affairs in South Orange, will host its second virtual reading of the year on Sunday, May 16, at 2 p.m. The event will feature Columbia High School graduate and Maine poet laureate Stuart Kestenbaum and Maplewood poet and photographer […]
Oranges & Maplewood NAACP to present 108th annual Freedom Fund Gala
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, who represents Brooklyn’s 8th Congressional District and serves as the Democratic Caucus chairperson in the U.S. House of Representatives, will deliver the keynote address at the 108th annual Oranges & Maplewood NAACP Freedom Fund Gala, held virtually this year with the theme “When We Fight We Win.” […]
Father Colin Kay to lead university mission and ministry at Seton Hall U.
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — After serving for seven months in an interim role, Father Colin Kay has been appointed vice president for mission and ministry at Seton Hall University. “Father Colin’s energy, outreach and care for our students has demonstrated the strength of Seton Hall’s Catholic identity during this most unusual year,” SHU President Joseph […]
East Orange woman honored by UNC–Chapel Hill
CHAPEL HILL, NC — On April 15, at the annual Public Service Awards event, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill honored 11 individuals — including Dawna Jones, from East Orange — and one organization for outstanding contributions to the campus and broader communities. This year’s event was held virtually. Jones, a staff member […]
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center makes ‘world’s best hospital’ listing
NEWARK, NJ — Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, an RWJBarnabas Health facility, has been designated a “world’s best hospital–USA” by Newsweek for the third year in a row. Newark Beth Israel ranked among the top 250 U.S. hospitals and is one of only five New Jersey hospitals on this prestigious list. “It is truly an […]
WOHS assistant principal earns doctorate degree
WEST ORANGE, NJ — West Orange High School Assistant Principal Lesley Chung has received her doctorate degree in educational leadership with a concentration in K–12 from Caldwell University, where she has also been asked to deliver the commencement address in May. Chung has been part of the team at West Orange High School for 15 […]
Newark high schooler accepted into seven Ivy League schools
NEWARK, NJ — Janic Aguirre, a student at Bard Early College High School in Newark, has been accepted into seven of the eight Ivy Leagues and wait-listed for the remaining one. He was accepted to Harvard, Princeton, Yale, University of Pennsylvania, Dartmouth, Cornell and Columbia, and placed on the waitlist at Brown. When asked what […]
Journal of Future Economists to include paper written by MSMA team
WATCHUNG, NJ — Kathleen Brennan, chairperson of the Department of Mathematics at Mount Saint Mary Academy in Watchung, announced that the academy’s Fed Challenge team had a paper, “Leading Factors of Gender Inequality,” accepted into the Journal of Future Economists. “As a girls school, it made perfect sense for us to investigate the role that […]
East Orange unveils massive Black Lives Matter mural
EAST ORANGE, NJ — A nearly 9,000-square-foot Black Lives Matter mural was unveiled to the public on Sunday, April 25, at Manufacturer’s Village, 356 Glenwood Ave. in East Orange. The project is a first-time artistic collective and community initiative created to inspire change amid social unrest related to the police killings of black and brown […]