MAPLEWOOD, NJ – Despite water everywhere, a couple of downed trees, horses and bicycles, the Our Lady of Sorrows cross-country team opened some eyes at the 22nd annual Assumption Invitational, beginning with an exciting second-place finish by Bella Borde in the first event of the day, the girls’ 3rd grade race at 6/10th of a […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Don’t miss the Back to School Color Dash on Saturday, Oct. 6, at Colgate Park, at Franklin Avenue and Cherry Street. Registration is free, though participants will be charged per cup of color. Racing participants are encourage to wear white for maximum effect when the colors are thrown about. Prizes will […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Capping the “Pleasure & Terror en Plein Air” fine art exhibition at the Baird Center’s Pierro Gallery will be a unique, one-night, free open-air show on the South Orange Duck Pond on Saturday, Oct. 6, from 6 to 8 p.m. The debut of a water-born and waterborne series of visual and […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Friends of West Orange Library will hold its third annual fall book sale on Saturday, Oct. 6, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 7, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The sale will feature approximately 8,000 books from all genres, as well as CDs and DVDs. The sale […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation will host its annual Adapted Recreation Expo on Friday, Oct. 5, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Kessler Conference Center, located at Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation, 1199 Pleasant Valley Way in West Orange. People of all abilities are invited to come and explore new sports, […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — West Orange Chamber of Commerce will hold a seminar for business-owners who are focused on growing a business and a family successfully. Amanda Fleissner will speak Thursday, Oct. 4, from noon to 1:30 p.m. at Lyric Performing Arts Center, 106 Harrison Ave. in West Orange. Parking is available across Harrison in […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — SOMA’s Piano Teachers’ Consortium presents “Teachers’ Turn!” on Sunday, Oct. 7, at 4 p.m. at the DeHart Community Center, 120 Burnett Ave. in Maplewood. This benefit concert will feature SOMA piano teachers performing on the center’s new Yamaha concert grand. Admission is charged, though students may attend for free. A reception will […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The Ethical Culture Society of Essex County, 516 Prospect St., Maplewood, is a progressive nontheist religion dedicated to living ethically in a complex world; it was founded in 1876 and established in Maplewood in 1945. For more information, call 973-763-1905 or visit www.essexethical.org. Weekly programs, discussions and fellowship take place on Sundays […]
NUTLEY, NJ – The Nutley High School boys’ varsity soccer team won its third Super Essex Conference game of the season against Payne Tech Thursday afternoon, Sept. 27 as the Raiders posted a rousing 5-1 victory. Nutley improved to 3-1 overall. Senior Garrett Groeling scored the only goal in the first half to give the […]
PATERSON, NJ — Join the South Orange-Maplewood Adult School on a tour of the Passaic River Great Falls in Paterson on Saturday, Oct. 6, from 10 to 11:30 a.m. The tour, led by Kirk Barrett, former director of the Passaic River Institute of Montclair State University, will meet at the Great Falls Historic District Visitors […]