Edison and Liberty schools receive Lowe’s Toolbox for Education grants

WEST ORANGE, NJ — Edison and Liberty middle schools were notified May 10 that they have each received $4,450 Lowe’s Toolbox for Education grants, to be used for the purchase of 3D printers for the Makerspace in each library media center, including a Makerbot 3D Education Bundle and additional filament. The printers will be used […]

Biz 2.0 with the West Orange Chamber

WEST ORANGE, NJ — Join the West Orange Chamber of Commerce to hear speakers Adam Wolf and Arnie Amir, who will show attendees how to use the power of social media to generate qualified leads and have their message sent directly to those most responsive, and then how to turn those leads into business growth. […]

World language honor society inductions held at WOHS

WEST ORANGE, NJ — The world languages honor society inductions were held at West Orange High School on May 16 for Chinese, French, Italian and Spanish. “Our community is already very diverse, but we want our students to succeed in a global market,” Principal Hayden Moore said. “We took a serious and strong stand on […]

Saluting Pirate Battalion’s newest second lieutenants

SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — On May 18, Seton Hall University celebrated New Jersey’s 14 newest second lieutenants at the Pirate Battalion annual Army Reserve Officer’ Training Corps commissioning ceremony at Jubilee Auditorium on the South Orange campus of the university. The guest speaker was retired Brigadier Gen. Thomas Maffey, chief operating officer of McChrystal Group, […]

Seton Hall graduates 1,320 at the Prudential Center in Newark

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 […]

Blood drive at Our Lady of Sorrows

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 […]

Belleville HS track and field teams give good efforts at sectional meet

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 […]

WOHF to learn more about ‘Take Me Home’

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 […]