MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The Maplewood Rotary Club will honor Karen Weiland with its 2018 Citizenship Award at its Affair of the Heart dinner-dance on Friday, May 4, at 7 p.m. at the Maplewood Country Club. Through the years, she’s been very active in South Orange-Maplewood School District schools, including serving as the PTA vice president […]
SUMMIT, NJ — A memory loss intervention program will be held at SAGE Eldercare, 290 Broad St. in Summit, on Friday, April 27, from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. This program explores what memory loss is and how those with memory loss and their families are affected by it. The program will be led by Dr. […]
ORANGE, NJ (updated Saturday April 14, 11:27 a.m.) – After winning its first division title in school history last spring, the Orange High School varsity softball team is off to a great start to the 2018 season. The Tornadoes, who won the Super Essex Conference-Freedom Division last year, have three quality wins against division opponents […]
Photos by Jerry Simon: Belleville (blue tops) vs. Bloomfield. BELLEVILLE, NJ – The Belleville High School varsity baseball team hopes to bounce back from a rough start to the season. The Bucs had a 1-5 record through April 12. Belleville lost both games of a doubleheader on Saturday, April 7, as the Bucs fell to […]
LIVINGSTON, NJ — Temple B’nai Abraham’s Congregational Learning offers classes in “History Through Text” with Rabbi Clifford Kulwin throughout the year at the temple, 300 East Northfield Road, Livingston. The topic this year is “The Jewish Religion.” Taught in blocks of several weeks, each class will also be a stand-alone unit so that an inability […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Pierro Gallery presents “tech (in)dependent,” an art exhibition exploring people’s personal attachment to devices and the almost universal dependency on them from the perspective of five contemporary artists. Each of the artists explores human concerns that have evolved through the ubiquity of social media, mapping and surveillance and its effect […]
SHORT HILLS, NJ — Harriet Perlmutter-Pilchik, a resident of West Orange, will be honored by Temple B’nai Jeshurun at a gala celebration commemorating the synagogue’s 170th anniversary on Thursday, May 10. The evening’s theme, “Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow,” pays tribute to the temple’s past presidents, the Interfaith Hospitality Network’s founding organizers and the synagogue’s Rabbi […]
SHORT HILLS, NJ — South Orange residents Charles Oransky and Frederic Smith will be honored by Temple B’nai Jeshurun at a gala celebration commemorating the synagogue’s 170th anniversary on Thursday, May 10. The evening’s theme, “Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow,” pays tribute to the temple’s past presidents, the Interfaith Hospitality Network’s founding organizers and the synagogue’s […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ – The annual Glen Ridge Athletic Association Baseball & Softball Opening Day Celebration is scheduled for Saturday, April 28, at 10 a.m. Parade Details: At 10 a.m., all players will gather with their teammates at the intersection of Baldwin Street and Sherman Avenue. Sherman Avenue is between Baldwin Street and Bay Avenue […]
By Daniel Jackovino and Joe Ragozzino Staff Writers A bill that would ban children below the age of 12 from playing organized tackle football has been introduced in the NJ Legislature. The sponsor of the bill, A3760, is Assemblywoman Valerie Vainieri Huttle, D-37th District. The bill was introduced Thursday, April 5. In its statement, it prohibits […]