WEST ORANGE, NJ — For the first time, the West Orange School District has been named a “Best Community in the Nation for Music Education” by the The National Association of Music Merchants Foundation. The award program recognizes outstanding efforts by teachers, administrators, parents, students and community leaders who have made music education part of […]
LIVINGSTON, NJ — Saint Barnabas Medical Center recently hosted a Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Day educational program, featuring Dr. Arash Fazl, a movement disorder specialist board-certified in psychiatry and neurology. Fazl, a Barnabas Health Medical Group provider, spoke to a capacity crowd of more than 200 people about the latest breakthroughs in Parkinson’s disease treatment. Parkinson’s […]
SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The South Orange-Maplewood School District has been named a “Best Community in the Nation for Music Education” by the The National Association of Music Merchants Foundation. The award program recognizes outstanding efforts by teachers, administrators, parents, students and community leaders who have made music education part of a well-rounded […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Green Hill held a Spring Fling to welcome the season with musical vocalist Kris Phipany. Strawberries, cookies and lemonade were enjoyed with family and friends. Photos Courtesy of Amy Simon
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Essex Division of the Friendly Sons of the Shillelagh is planning its 50th annual Dinner Dance for Saturday, May 5, at Mayfair Farms in West Orange. The event will begin at 6 p.m. with a cocktail hour, with dinner and dancing to follow at 7:30 p.m. This year’s honorees are […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The South Orange Police Department is participating in the Drug Enforcement Agency’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Program on Saturday, April 28, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the department, 201 South Orange Ave. The program aims to provide a safe, convenient and responsible means of disposing of prescription drugs, […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Back by popular demand, Repair Cafe is returning to Maplewood and South Orange on Saturday, April 28. SOMA Repair Cafe has drafted repair experts for sewing, jewelry, lamps and small electronics, bikes, tech devices, woodwork, carpentry, and more. So, if you have a broken, beloved item you want to fix, don’t throw […]
LIVINGSTON, NJ — More than 140 attendees from Temple B’nai Abraham’s congregation and the community-at-large listened in rapt attention as demographer Steven Cohen enumerated and explored how the strong post-war “middle” of American Jewry is shrinking. Speaking at this year’s Bloom Family Memorial Lecture, titled “The Shrinking Jewish Middle,” Cohen is the research professor of […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel, the Reform synagogue at 432 Scotland Road in South Orange, will host a Shabbat, Scholar and Supper on Friday, April 27. The speaker will be Joshua Cohen, regional director of the Anti-Defamation League’s New Jersey office, who will address the congregation during dinner with the topic: “Imagine a […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – Maplewood native Jules Heningburg, a senior captain on the Rutgers University men’s lacrosse team, was selected in the first round, seventh overall, by the Florida Launch in the Major League Lacrosse draft on April 19. Heningburg, a Seton Hall Prep graduate, became the first ever Rutgers first round pick. Heningburg equaled Keith […]