NEWARK, NJ — Seton Hall University celebrated its 161st baccalaureate commencement on Monday, May 21, at the Prudential Center in Newark. The university graduated 1,320 students with baccalaureate degrees, 588 graduating with honors. In addition, 1,084 graduate students will receive master’s and doctorate degrees this spring, making the total number of graduates this year 2,404 […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Attend a community blood drive to support hospitals throughout New Jersey and New York at Our Lady of Sorrows, 217 Prospect St. in South Orange, on Sunday, June 3, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. A complimentary cholesterol screening will be provided to all blood donors. To be a donor, you […]
The Belleville High School boys’ and girls’ track and field teams posted good efforts at the NJSIAA North Jersey Section 2 Group 3 State Championships at Middletown North HS, May 25-26. GIRLS 400 METER DASH 59.70 SB Sara Manning 4th Headed to Groups next week at Central Regional HS 100 METER DASH 13.11 SB Sara […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Hispanic Foundation will have a presentation on “Take Me Home” on Friday, June 1, at 8 p.m. at 315 Main St. in West Orange. “Take Me Home” is a registration and monitoring program recently launched by the West Orange Police Department to help locate residents at risk of […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — ‘Aglio e Olio,’ a one-woman show that was launched in a Maplewood kitchen in 2016, will be a featured performance at Auxiliary Projects, a multidisciplinary art space in Brooklyn, according to a recent announcement from the show’s creators. “Aglio e Olio,” or “Garlic and Oil,” was co-created by Maplewood residents Meg Persichetti, […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Jordan Herskowitz, Golda Och Academy’s Upper School director of student life and arts department chair, has been selected to serve on the Educational Theatre Association’s Model Curriculum Framework Project. Out of more than 100 applicants for the program, EdTA selected 12, two-member teams of high school theater educators and teaching artists […]
NEWARK, NJ — PSE&G is moving forward with the next phase of its Gas System Modernization Program, following the May 22 approval of a multi-party settlement by the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities. Through GSMP II, PSE&G will invest $1.875 billion to continue the accelerated replacement of aging gas pipes, supporting a safe, clean […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Friends of the West Orange Public Library, a nonprofit, has planned a spring book and plant sale to be held at the West Orange Public Library on Saturday, June 2, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. inside the lower level of the library, 46 Mt. Pleasant Ave., and outside under the […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ – The West Orange High School softball team enjoyed a successful season. The Mountaineers clinched the Super Essex Conference-Colonial Division championship with a 14-6 win over Montclair Kimberley Academy on May 21. The 7-1 record in division play placed the Mountaineers in first place, and added to the excitement of Nahtali Simpson’s […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ – The Our Lady of Sorrows track and field team enjoyed an impressive showing at the Second Annual St. John the Apostle meet recently. There was nothing close about this contest as Saint John’s of Clark pulled out all stops to roll to a convincing win in both the boys’ and girls’ […]