SOMSD students win regional Scholastic Art & Writing awards

SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Seven Columbia High School and two South Orange Middle School students recently won regional Scholastic Art & Writing awards for excellence in visual arts and writing, specifically in photography, flash, short story and poetry. Presented by the nonprofit Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, the 95-year-old Scholastic Art & […]

Students light up annual Earth Hour event at Edison NHP

WEST ORANGE, NJ — Just as the concept for the annual worldwide Earth Hour event has evolved, so too has the West Orange Environmental Commission’s annual event at Thomas Edison National Historical Park, held on March 14 and featuring a wide range of environmental initiatives. WOEC Chairman Mike Brick served as emcee for the event […]

WOHS students win regional Scholastic Art & Writing awards

WEST ORANGE, NJ — Three West Orange High School students recently won regional Scholastic Art & Writing awards for excellence in visual arts and writing. Presented by the nonprofit Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, the 95-year-old Scholastic Art & Writing Awards program is the longest-running and most prestigious scholarship and recognition program for creative […]

Discuss film noir with SOMAS

MAPLEWOOD, NJ — More of an attitude than a genre, film noir began in Hollywood in the 1940s — though it wasn’t named until the French critics rediscovered it in the 1950s. Full of rain-swept streets, femme fatales and doomed heroes, film noir continues to influence filmmakers today. On Monday, April 2, from 7:30 to […]

Irish pride on full display in West Orange

WEST ORANGE, NJ — Despite having been postponed one week due to snow, West Orange’s 67th annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade was a big hit on Sunday, March 18, with marchers and spectators from around the state in attendance. Grand Marshal Donald Shauger Sr. led the parade with aplomb, with helped from deputy grand marshals […]

County recognizes today’s students, tomorrow’s leaders

NEWARK, NJ — Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo Jr. hosted the county’s annual Women’s History Month Program at the Essex County Hall of Records on Monday, March 19. The theme of this year’s ceremony is “Students Achieving Today – Our Leaders of Tomorrow.” During the ceremony, 2018 Essex County Althea Gibson Leadership Awards were presented […]

NCJW receives block grant

LIVINGSTON, NJ — The Linda & Rudy Slucker NCJW/Essex Center for Women received a $9,678 block grant from the Essex County Department of Economic Development, Training and Employment, Division of Housing and Community Development. The grant will go toward expanding the programs offered by the NCJW/Essex Center for Women, which have helped thousands of women […]

Pool membership in West Orange available now

WEST ORANGE, NJ — While the weather may not seem like it, spring is here which means we are getting closer to the 2018 pool season at the Ginny Duenkel Pool. Pool memberships in West Orange can be purchased at www.westorange.org/rec. Early bird membership pricing is available through May 11. There are a variety of […]

Kulwin is on the road again

LIVINGSTON, NJ — Every year, Rabbi Clifford Kulwin of Temple B’nai Abraham embarks on visits to children of temple members at colleges in the Northeast, Midwest and South, such as Indiana University, University of Michigan, University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, Penn State, Syracuse, Bucknell, Rutgers, Princeton and many others. He logs numerous driving and flying […]