WEST ORANGE, NJ — As the Seton Hall Prep football team prepared to play Baylor School from Chattanooga, Tenn., in the Global Ireland Football Tournament at Energia Park in Donnybrook Stadium in Dublin, Ireland, on Friday, Aug. 25, to begin the 2023 season, top administrators from Seton Hall Prep recently commented on the trip. Seton […]
By Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti, NJDOT Commissioner The start of a new school year is just a few weeks away and with that we will see an increased number of motorists on New Jersey’s roadways. Between hurried school runs, residents returning from vacations, and buses trying to stay on schedule, the pace of activity on our highways, […]
MAPLEWOOD — The 7th annual Robert J. Miller Oysterfest, a community health event for Melanoma awareness and fundraiser featuring live outdoor music and food, will be held at The Woodland on Sept. 9. In partnership with the Township of Maplewood, the event has brought in more than $100,000 since 2015 to support awareness of Melanoma […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The South Orange Department of Recreation and Cultural Affairs Jaguar Track Club closed out an incredible season this July. The Jaguars, established in 1996, have a long track record of training and developing some of New Jersey’s most elite runners, and this year was no different. The team, which had taken […]
IRVINGTON — U.S. Senator Bob Menendez toured the Irvington IHOP, a Black woman-owned business, and met with minority business owners to hear about their businesses and the challenges they face, as well as to learn how the federal government can better support minority-owned businesses. “As a strong supporter of small businesses across New Jersey, it […]
ORANGE, NJ — The Orange Bengals teams, who compete in the North Jersey Pop Warner League, began practice on Tuesday, Aug. 1. They will kick off their regular season at Newark Academy in Livingston on Sunday, Aug. 27, against the Montclair Bulldogs. Unfortunately for the Bengals teams, all of their games will be played on […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ – Pictured is the Bloomfield Soccer Club Thunder, which enjoyed another successful season. The girls finished 7-1-1 in the EDP Futures North Grey division, scoring 41 goals and giving up only 12. This puts the girls at an all-time record of 40 wins, two loses and one tie. Photo Courtesy of Bloomfield Soccer […]
MAPLEWOOD — The House Music Festival was held Saturday in Memorial Park. The event was put on by Community Music Enrichment, which is a non-profit organization whose mission is to promote diversified music genres for greater awareness and enjoyment to the public through public music events. Community Music Enrichment puts on and runs free music […]
A Bloomfield resident and former Newark police officer was sentenced to five years in prison for driving drunk and fatally striking a pedestrian who was walking on the shoulder of Garden State Parkway, and for an attempted coverup in which he drove home with the victim’s body in his car. Louis A. Santiago, 26, had […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield Junior Bengals football and cheerleading program is getting ready for the 2023 season. Approximately 70 tackle football players have been attending summer conditioning workouts on a regular basis, on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, beginning July 6 until Aug. 14, when official practice starts, according to Junior Bengals president James McDaniel. […]