GLEN RIDGE — Recent Glen Ridge High School graduate Ava Leone pursued her Girl Scout Gold Award by painting a mural and creating a mental health curriculum for the schools in her hometown. The painted mural is on the back of Ridgewood Avenue School and has a saying that Leone learned as a child. “‘Tie […]
Gov. Phil Murphy signed into law last week a bill requiring school districts to provide menstrual products free of charge in every public school teaching students in grades six through 12. A study from 2021 found that nearly one in four teenagers throughout the United States struggle to afford menstrual products, especially students of color […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — On Thursday, Aug. 31, the Columbia High School football team will host Livingston High School in the season opener at newly-renovated Lynn V. Profeta Field at the Underhill Sports Complex at 6:30 p.m. It will be the Cougars’ first home game since the 2021 season. Columbia last season played all their […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange girls volleyball team is ready to hit the court with renewed energy and a hunger for victory. “The energy is much higher than last year,” said West Orange head coach John Chang. “After being knocked out of states in the first round, the girls have been hungry to […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School Football Cougars would like to welcome everyone back for the 2023-2024 school year to Columbia High School. While the academic school year does not begin until September, your Columbia Cougar Football team, Marching Band, and Cheer Squad will take the field in their season opener on Thursday, […]
Retired flight attendant Paul “Paulie” Veneto is pushing a beverage cart from Newark-Liberty International Airport to the Flight 93 National Memorial in Stoystown, PA. to draw attention to the flight crews who lost their lives in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The day before he began walking towards Pennsylvania, Veneto joined flight attendant Deborah Calimano […]
By Paul Brubaker MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The goal this season for the Columbia High School Cougars football team comes down to a single word: redemption. “I want you to call yourselves ‘the redemption team,’ ” said head coach Gary Mobley, projecting from the middle of the refurbished Lynn V. Profeta Field/Underhill Sports Complex to […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — St. Joseph’s CYO Athletics in Maplewood is currently accepting registration for the 2023 girls volleyball program this fall for girls in grades 5-8. Teams are open to student-athletes who are registered parishioners in the Catholic CCD program at either St. Joseph’s in Maplewood, Our Lady of Sorrows in South Orange or […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange High School football team hosted a quad scrimmage on Wednesday morning, Aug. 16. The other three participating schools were Columbia of Maplewood, Willingboro and Carteret. West Orange, the reigning North 2, Group 5 state sectional champion under fifth-year head coach Darnell Grant, will kick off the season against […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield High School football team will kick off the season against Nutley on Thursday, Aug. 31, at Foley Field at 7 p.m. Photos Courtesy of Jerry Simon Captains, from left, are No. 4 Elijah Valentin, No. 2 Jonathan Nichol, No. 18 Trevor Frantantoni, No. 6 Wayne Oliphant, No. 77 William Cordero […]