EOCHS student shot to death in East Orange

EOCHS student shot to death in East Orange

EAST ORANGE, NJ — The East Orange Police Department and the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force are investigating the homicide of an East Orange teenager, according to an Oct. 7 press release from the prosecutor’s office. On Tuesday, Oct. 6 Antoine Sanga-Niangara, 16, of East Orange, was fatally shot in the area […]

Nutley Girl Scout receives award for saving her mother’s life

Nutley Girl Scout receives award for saving her mother’s life

NUTLEY, NJ — Girl Scouts Heart of New Jersey has honored Marley Madureira, 13, with the Medal of Honor, a Lifesaving Award given by Girl Scouts of the United States of America, for saving her mother’s life.  The Medal of Honor is given to a Girl Scout who has saved or attempted to save a […]

Foley participates in RWJBarnabas Health Youth EMT Course

Foley participates in RWJBarnabas Health Youth EMT Course

MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Maplewood resident Elliot Foley, a senior at Mount St. Mary Academy in Watchung, was one of 23 students to participate in the academy’s Senior Summer Scholar Program through her participation in the Robert Wood Johnson Barnabas Health Youth EMT Course, an online program. “Over the summer, I participated in an EMT course […]

Freeholders pass resolution supporting Essex-Hudson Greenway Project

Freeholders pass resolution supporting Essex-Hudson Greenway Project

ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — On Wednesday, Sept. 23, the Essex County Freeholder Board passed a resolution supporting the establishment and construction of the Essex-Hudson Greenway. On its completion, the Essex-Hudson Greenway will be a continuous 11-mile-long, 100-foot-wide outdoor recreation space, spanning eight towns, from Montclair, Glen Ridge, Bloomfield, Belleville, Newark, Kearny and Secaucus to its […]

Bloomfield FD participates in ‘Light the Night for Fallen Firefighters’

Bloomfield FD participates in ‘Light the Night for Fallen Firefighters’

BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield Fire Department participated in the “Light the Night for Fallen Firefighters” remembrance, during which the department’s headquarters were lit up every evening from dusk until dawn, as part of a Sept. 27 to Oct. 4 national tribute. “Every day, the courageous men and women of the Bloomfield Fire Department put […]

High school entrepreneurs invited to participate in Pirates Pitch competition

High school entrepreneurs invited to participate in Pirates Pitch competition

SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Stillman School of Business Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at Seton Hall University invites high school students with business ideas or businesses they have already launched to participate in the sixth annual High School Pirates Pitch. Learning the basics of entrepreneurship, including recognizing viable business opportunities, during this virtual “Shark Tank”–style […]

Newark Board of Education hits millionth meal mark in food distribution

NEWARK, NJ — When the decision was made to operate school remotely on Friday, March 13, as a result of COVID-19, the Food and Nutrition Services Department, with the leadership of Executive Director Tonya McGill, had one goal in mind — to have 5,000 meals prepared and ready for distribution on Monday, March 16. “Food […]

Saint Barnabas Medical Center welcomes new chairman of orthopedics

Saint Barnabas Medical Center welcomes new chairman of orthopedics

LIVINGSTON, NJ — Saint Barnabas Medical Center has announced Dr. Frank Liporace as its new chairman of the Department of Orthopedics. As a nationally recognized orthopedic surgeon, Liporace’s skill sets and interests include pelvic and acetabular surgery, complex orthopedic trauma reconstruction, hip/knee/shoulder joint replacement, and treating complications associated with orthopedic total joint replacements and trauma. […]