WEST ORANGE, NJ — Attend a Jewish Learning Institute lecture with Rabbi Mendy Kasowitz on Monday, Dec. 10, at 7:30 p.m. at Chabad of West Orange, 401 Pleasant Valley Way. The lecture — “How Can I Relate to a God I Cannot See?” — will explore if a finite human can have an intimate relation […]
LIVINGSTON, NJ — To help celebrate the holiday season, the Livingston branch of Regal Bank is bringing back the favorite community event: “Pet Pics with Santa Paws.” On Saturday, Dec. 8, from 9 a.m. to noon, the public is invited bring their pets to the Livingston branch and have their furry friends digitally photographed with […]
MILLBURN, NJ — Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II and Millburn Police Chief Brian Gilfedder announced Nov. 27 that the Millburn Police Department and the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office are investigating a fatal pedestrian incident that occurred the day before. At approximately 8:45 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 26, Virginia S. Thaler, 70, of […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — An early morning motor vehicle stop led to the arrests of two suspects on narcotics and weapons charges by Essex County sheriff’s officers. Sheriff Armando Fontoura stated in a Nov. 27 press release that uniformed officers in a marked vehicle from his department’s Patrol Division were passed by an Infiniti sedan with […]
NUTLEY, NJ — Following the rejection by the voters of the school district’s ballot measures this past election for the second year in a row, the Nutley Board of Education and the superintendent will need to find new ways to alleviate overcrowded classrooms. The latest initiative was split into two questions – one that would […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Area families with children in preschool through second grade are welcome to attend the a Hanukkah celebration and dinner for young families at Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel on Friday, Dec. 7, at 5 p.m.; it will be followed immediately by a family-friendly Hanukkah Shabbat service at 6 p.m. with Ellen Allard, an […]
NEWARK, NJ — An indictment returned by a federal grand jury was unsealed Nov. 28 in Newark, charging Faramarz Shahi Savandi, 34, and Mohammad Mehdi Shah Mansouri, 27, both of Iran, in a 34-month-long international computer hacking and extortion scheme involving the deployment of sophisticated ransomware, announced U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito for the district of […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Be a part of North Jersey’s grandest, long-running, sweet-sounding holiday tradition on Sunday, Dec. 9, at 4 p.m., when the Maplewood Glee Club holds its annual family-friendly holiday show at St. Joseph’s Church, 767 Prospect St. in Maplewood. The concert, “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year,” will feature songs about “wonder,” […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Jewish Community Housing Corporation of Metropolitan New Jersey will hold a free Hanukkah concert featuring Kol Dodi, the community chorale of Greater MetroWest NJ, on Sunday, Dec. 16, at 2 p.m. at the JCC MetroWest Theater, 760 Northfield Ave. in West Orange. The free one-hour concert, open to the public, […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Join the “delicious revolution” on Sunday, Dec. 9, as Slow Food Northern NJ celebrates good, clean and fair food for everyone at The Woodland, 60 Woodland Road in Maplewood, in honor of Terra Madre Day. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the public is welcome to meet local farmers and food artisans; […]