NEWARK, NJ — Sixteen recruits who recently graduated from the Mercer County Police Academy in West Windsor have started their next step toward becoming members of the New Jersey Transit Police Department. The recruits have begun a rigorous 16-week training program with the New Jersey Transit Police Department through on-the-job instruction. “NJ Transit has a […]
CALDWELL, NJ — It’s the classic win-win arrangement: an educational partnership featuring a local university providing discounted tuitions to employees of an area corporation. Caldwell-based Caldwell University is collaborating with Fairfield-based Kearny Bank on a multifaceted program. Specifically, Kearny Bank employees and family members will receive a 25-percent discount when taking Caldwell University classes. The […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Publishers Weekly announced recently that Words Bookstore in Maplewood has been selected as one of five finalists for Bookstore of the Year. Words was chosen from a group of 2,500 independent bookstores for this recognition. The names of the five finalists were released at the Winter Institute, the annual meeting of the […]
NEWARK, NJ — Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo Jr. was joined by Gov. Phil Murphy on Wednesday, Jan. 22, as he outlined plans to construct a 150,000-square-foot office building at the Essex County Hall of Records Complex in Newark. In addition, DiVincenzo proposed to name the “Essex County Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Justice Building.” […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Bloomfield Jr. Bengals football eighth-grader Trevor Frantantoni and seventh grade head coach Don Coltenback – who guided the Bengals to the 2019 Super Bowl championship — accepted honors from NJSYFL commissioner Russ Yeager, left, at the league’s awards dinner on Sunday, Jan. 26. Coltenback was Coach of the Year and Trevor won […]
ORANGE, NJ — Orange has found a way to reach out to different cultures internationally. For the first time ever, principals from Fujian Province, China, visited STEM Innovation Academy of the Oranges, as part of the Fujian Province High School Principals Delegations on Thursday, Jan. 16. Focused on learning about the STEM curriculum and new […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — West Orange High School Class of 2001 graduate Nathalie Joachim has been nominated for a Grammy in the World Music category for her album “Famn D’Ayiti.” The accomplished flutist, vocalist and composer explores her Haitian heritage and the music of its iconic female artists in her first solo album, written for […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Former Columbia High School teacher Nicole Dufault, 40, entered a guilty plea before Superior Court Judge Michael Ravin to three counts of aggravated criminal sexual contact, according to a Jan. 23 press release from the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office. The guilty plea was entered as jury selection was under way for a […]