Photos courtesy by Kelly Grady Pictured are members of the Glen Ridge High School girls’ lacrosse team that won the Essex County Tournament championship for the third year in a row on Saturday, May 5. The Riders defeated Montclair in the final held at Verona HS.
The Belleville High School track and field team posted good efforts at the Essex County Relays on Friday, May 4, at Livingston HS, posting several new school records, GIRLS 4X100 METER RELAY FINALS NEW SCHOOL RECORD 51.24 Relay Team Sara Manning, Bernice Banks, Camillah Nigatu, Danielle Sharpe GIRLS 4X200 METER RELAY FINALS NEW SCHOOL RECORD […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Members of Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel in South Orange teamed up recently with volunteers from the Investors Bank and Summit Medical Group Foundation, based in Berkeley Heights, to distribute a wide variety of produce and other goods to clients of the Interfaith Food Pantry of the Oranges. TSTI is one of four […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Just days before the start of the summer season, the annual West Orange Street Fair, sponsored by the Downtown West Orange Alliance, will return with more live entertainment, artisan crafters and food vendors than ever before. The fair will take place Saturday, June 2, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., bringing […]
MONTCLAIR, NJ — On Saturday, May 12, at 8 p.m., Vanguard Theater Company will present “Sing For Our Lives” at the First Congregational Church, 40 S. Fullerton Ave. in Montclair, to benefit Moms Demand Action and Everytown for Gun Safety. Scheduled on the eve of Mother’s Day, this concert will focus on stories, songs and […]
MONTCLAIR, NJ — Redwood Elementary School Principal Timothy Beaumont received the 2018 Allen Morehead Memorial Award from Montclair State University’s College of Education and Human Services at the CEHS annual awards ceremony on April 25. The Allan Morehead Memorial Award is given to an MSU alumnus or alumna “committed to education and service, especially in […]
LIVINGSTON, NJ — “Open Sesame” to the musical magic of the Livingston Symphony Orchestra on Saturday, May 12, at 7:30 p.m., at the Livingston High School Auditorium, 30 Robert Harp Drive. Master storyteller and conductor Anthony LaGruth leads the orchestra and audience from Cherubini’s playful “Ali Baba Overture” through Rimsky-Korsakov’s dazzling “Scheherazade.” Highlights of this […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Ines Angeli Murzaku, professor of church history and director of the Catholic Studies program at Seton Hall University, has been selected by the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board for a Fulbright award to Universita degli Studi Roma Tre in Rome. “I am honored to welcome you into the Fulbright family,” […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The Parenting Center hosts several free groups and events at the Board of Education Building, 525 Academy St. in Maplewood. Monday, May 7, at 7 p.m., “Always Changing – A Lesson in Puberty.” This fifth-grade health film will be screened for fourth- and fifth-grade parents, following by a question-and-answer session facilitated by […]
NEWARK, NJ — The annual Essex County Annual Jewish Heritage Celebration on Monday, April 30, recognized the influence and positive impact that Jewish people have had, and continue to have, on the economy and culture of Essex County. During the ceremony, Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo Jr. presented Star of Essex Awards to Joel Bloom, […]