SOUTH ORANGE, NJ –The Our Lady of Sorrows track team recently competed in the Union Catholic Track and Field Meet. OLS opened the 2018 season with a two-year winning streak on the line. Unfortunately, there was no hat trick as the large, well-balanced team from Saint John the Apostle in Clark overwhelmed the field. OLS […]
NUTLEY, NJ — The recent food drive conducted by the Nutley Boy Scout Troop 147 and Cub Scout Packs 141 and 142 saw a record collection for the Nutley Food Pantry, housed at the local Nutley Family Service Bureau office, formerly the Red Cross office, on Chestnut Street. As of this date 27,633 food items […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ – On Friday, May 4, Glen Ridge High School senior Lindsay Jaiyesimi signed a National Letter of Intent to continue her soccer career at Grambling State University. Jaiyesimi scored 27 goals last fall to lead the Ridgers, who won their sixth straight NJSIAA North Jersey Section 2, Group 1 state tournament title […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Gregory Elementary School held several Autism Awareness assemblies on April 17 featuring West Orange resident and children’s author Kristy Gray and her book, “The Magically Brilliant Boy,” written about her 19-year-old son, Zachary. “My inspiration for the book was Zachary and the wonder that is his life and I wanted there […]
ASBURY PARK — Bestselling mystery author Harlan Coben was inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame on May 6 at Paramount Theatre in Asbury Park. The author was born in Newark and grew up in Livingston; many of his novels have scenes that take place in and around Essex County, including in South Orange […]
LIVINGSTON, NJ — Rosh Hodesh is the Hebrew term for the beginning of the month on the Jewish calendar, which has evolved into a women’s holiday. Temple B’nai Abraham’s Sisterhood, The Women’s Connection, joins together, led by Rabbi Faith Joy Dantowitz, a few times a year to welcome the new month with conversation, learning, spiritual […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — On Saturday, May 5, Seton Hall Prep honored two stalwart supporters of the school with a pair of dedications at the Kelly Athletic Complex on Prospect Avenue. That morning, G. Kelly Martin ’77 cut the ribbon on the Junior Varsity Baseball Field as President Msgr. Michael E. Kelly dedicated the field […]
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 […]