WEST ORANGE, NJ — On Feb. 13, Marci DiGaetano posted a question on the Facebook group West Orange 07052: “Valentine’s Day is tomorrow and I was wondering what if anything is being done for the seniors in our community? I think it would be a great idea to show them some love.” Thirty-two comments later […]
NUTLEY, NJ – The Nutley High School boys and girls indoor track and field teams wrapped the winter season this past Saturday, Feb. 16, at the NJSIAA Group 3 State Championships at the Bennett Center in Toms River. The Raiders had qualified six athletes in four events the prior week at the North 2, Group […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — A Bloomfield High School teacher is attempting to raise $4,000 in order to cover the high school lawn with 4,000 American flags by Memorial Day. With the help of one Bloomfield elementary school, she is about halfway there. Peggy Sullivan, a BHS history teacher, said she got the idea for the display […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The Gas Lamp Teen Players were shooting high in their most recent musical production, the epic “Les Misérables,” based on the Victor Hugo novel. According to one of its co-directors, Kristy Graves, they hit a bull’s eye. “It was unbelievable,” she said in a telephone interview this past Monday. “They went […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Luna Stage is launching a new Summer Performance Conservatory for young artists, ages 11 through 17. Auditions will be held at Luna Stage, 555 Valley Road in West Orange, on Sunday, Feb. 24, and Monday, Feb. 25, from 6 to 8 p.m. Students selected for the program will be directed by […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — An unidentified person died in a car fire early in the morning on Sunday, Feb. 17, after their vehicle became engulfed in flames on I-280, according to the township’s public information officer in a news release. West Orange police responded to a vehicle accident on I-280 East in the area of […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The Columbia High School girls fencing team advanced to the semifinal round of the State Championship when it beat Morris Hills High School on Monday, Feb. 11. Columbia will face Montclair High School on Wednesday, Feb. 20. The girls clinched their win against Morris Hills at 14-10, with a comeback win by […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The Hilton Neighborhood Association will hold its Black History Month celebration on Thursday, Feb. 21, at 7:30 p.m. in DeHart Center, 120 Burnett Ave. in Maplewood. Join HNA’s Poetry Circle as it reads and listens to poems by historic and contemporary black poets. This meeting is free and open to all. Everyone […]
NUTLEY/MAPLEWOOD, NJ – Since league hockey began during the winter of 1958-59, teams in Essex County have done quite well. As a case in point, the oldest hockey trophy in the sport is the Gordon Cup in the N.J. Interscholastic League, and Seton Hall Prep has captured that title a record nine times. The latest […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — South Orange Performing Arts Center, in partnership with The Ailey Organization’s Arts In Education & Community Program, facilitated a 16-week AileyDance Kids residency culminating with a grand finale performance on Feb. 6. Students from South Orange and Maplewood middle schools performed on the SOPAC stage, launching the school district’s observance of […]