BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II announced Jan. 16 that the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office is investigating an apparent suicide that occurred in the Bloomfield Police Department. The preliminary investigation indicates that on Jan. 15, retired Newark Police Lt. Patrick Montella, 58, of Bloomfield, who had been arrested for an […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ – In a wild game Tuesday, Jan. 15, the Seton Hall Prep basketball team edged West Orange High School, 52-51. Seton Hall led 16-8 after the first quarter, and 27-21 at halftime. West Orange rallied and led 36-35 after three quarters. With Seton Hall leading 47-46, Reynard Barnes hit a layup with […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Walsh Gallery presents “Strange Attractors,” a group exhibition conceived as an extension of a symposium hosted at New York City’s CUE Art Foundation in November 2017. The exhibition is on view from Jan. 14 to March 8, with an opening reception on Friday, Jan. 25, from 6 to 8 p.m. […]
IRVINGTON, NJ – Irvington High School Athletic Director Dr. John Taylor has been named to the state curriculum committee for health and physical education. “The last time the New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE) performed a complete revision to the Comprehensive Health and Physical Education (CHPE) was in 2014,” said Taylor. “Since five years have […]
NEWARK, NJ — The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office is seeking high school juniors to participate in the ECPO annual summer internship program. This five-week program is designed to teach high school students about careers in law, law enforcement and government. The summer internship program will run from July 8 through Aug. 9 for students completing […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — On Jan. 13, Our Green West Orange members hosted an Essex Green Walk and Talk, led by Kevin Malanga and Gary Van Wyck, to show West Orange residents what OGWO finds to be deficiencies in Clarion Partners proposed plans for Essex Green Shopping Center, which is currently being considered at public […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — A recent art project at Tuscan School was featured in the the ARTS ED NJ newsletter this January. ARTS ED NJ is a statewide arts education advocacy organization and serves as a resource for arts education information, policy and advocacy in New Jersey. The newsletter read, in part: “Tuscan School received a […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Incoming freshman and their parents received critical information and support from Director of Student Personnel Services and School Counseling Cheryl Butler and guidance counselors Margaret Fahey and Olivia del Spina at the Jan. 8 “Transition to High School” presentation. “I cannot stress enough how important signing up for Naviance is,” Butler […]