WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange African Heritage Organization will present a parliamentary procedures workshop from 6 to 9 p.m. on Fridays, May 18 and 25, at Codey Arena, 560 Northfield Ave. in West Orange. RSVP for this event by calling Rosary Morelli at 973-736-2719 or Althea Tweiten at 973-452-1650. This workshop, presented by […]
The West Orange High School track and field teams gave impressive efforts at the Penn Relays held at Franklin Field in Philadelphia, April 26-28. On the first day, April 26, the girls’ 4×400 relay won its heat out of 12 teams in its heat in 4:03.16. Kayla Robe split split 1:00.27; Davionna Phillips split 1:02.67; […]
The Belleville High School boys’ and girls’ track and field teams gave good efforts at the Randolph Relays, April 28 BOYS 4X100 METER RELAY 6th place medal and SCHOOL RECORD 46.09 Relay Team Eric Rivera, Brandon Sagrista, Omarie Wilmore, Anthony Bodero GIRLS 4X100 METER RELAY FINALS 5th place Medal 51.79 Relay Team Sara Manning, Bernice […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ – For 15 years, the East Orange Rec 6th Grade All Star and East Orange Promoting Progress for Youth 5th Grade All Star basketball teams won numerous championships in the Garden State Basketball League. This past 2017-2018 season, they left the GSBL and entered the Jersey Basketball Association. The P.P.Y 6th Grade […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — On Sunday, May 6, Joan Crystal, Cynthia Thompson and the Maplewood Garden Club will be honored as recipients of the Maple Leaf Award for volunteer and community service. “This year’s Maple Leaf Award recipients include relatively long-time residents of Maplewood,” Maple Leaf Awards Chairwoman Mary Devon O’Brien said in a press release. […]
SUMMIT, NJ — Kent Place recently held a successful student-exchange program with St. Peter’s Girls’ School, in Stonyfell, South Australia. Five Kent Place sophomores — Sofia Handzy of Westfield, Clare Buckley of Maplewood, Lizzie Herr of Summit, Lane Patterson of Short Hills and Sophie Schmitz of New Vernon — were selected by an application process […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Gerald P. Buccino ’63 Center for Leadership Development at the Stillman School of Business in Seton Hall University earned, for the fourth year in a row, a No. 1 ranking in the LEAD Awards sponsored by HR.com. The Buccino Center was named the No. 1 Certificate Program with Emphasis on […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The weather is finally warming, flowers are blooming and birds are singing. Unfortunately plastic bags are also flying, bottles are floating and snack wrappers adorn our river’s banks. It must be time for River Day, South Orange’s annual, community gathering to clean up the village’s section of the Rahway River and […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Author Allison Pataki will read from her new memoir, “Beauty in the Broken Places,” on Saturday, May 5, at 5 p.m. at Words Bookstore, 179 Maplewood Ave. in Maplewood. Memoir is usually not the first genre that comes to mind when people think of Pataki — she’s a celebrated, NY Times bestselling […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The science lessons high school students have been learning through textbooks and tablets are about to come alive in a hands-on experience at Seton Hall University. The university is once again looking for science-loving high school students for its Giant Leap Summer Science Workshops. Now in its fourth year, the program […]