MAPLEWOOD, NJ – St. Joseph’s CYO basketball teams started their playoffs this past weekend with many great games. The season will continue for the next few weeks to see who will reign champions. To start, Casella’s 5th grade JV team took on Oak Knoll on Saturday and won a tight game. The Celtics were down […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — On Saturday, March 3, at 8:30 p.m., Big Quiz Thing’s professional quizmaster and Beth El member Eric De Picciotto will host a night of trivia at Congregation Beth El, 222 Irvington Ave. in South Orange. The evening will begin with cocktails and light fare, followed by a live trivia competition. Trivia […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — In honor of Dr. Seuss’ birthday, join the South Orange-Maplewood Adult School and author CC Minton, a West Orange resident, to hear the story of “Daddy’s Greek Potato Pie” on Saturday, March 3, from 9 to 10:30 a.m at Columbia High School, 17 Parker Ave. in Maplewood. Students in kindergarten through fourth […]
NEWARK, NJ — Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino has named acting Capt. Mitchell G. McGuire III as chief of county investigators for the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office, succeeding acting Chief Quovella Spruill, who is retiring effective Feb. 28. McGuire will be formally sworn in on Feb. 26. He will officially assume the duties […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — SOMa Action, a grassroots activist group based in South Orange and Maplewood, will hold a meeting to mobilize volunteers to help “Flip The House” at the Burgdorff Center, 10 Durand Road, Maplewood, on Sunday, March 4, from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Representatives from grassroots resistance groups in Congressional Districts 7 and 11 […]
NEWARK, NJ — PSE&G announced Feb. 21 that customers will continue to save money on their gas heating bills through March. The company is extending its January and February bill credits for residential customers an additional month, saving customers an additional $25 on their March bills or nearly $75 this winter. Bill credits during January […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange High School boys’ step team took the regional crown at the Youth Step USA Regional Competition held at the high school on Feb. 10. The team will advance to the National Competition to be held at Newark Symphony Hall on May 25 and 26. The girls’ step team […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Through a partnership between the Visual and Performing Arts Program at West Orange High School and the West Orange Arts Center, a new show show will feature rising stars of the arts community from Saturday, Feb. 24, through Saturday, March 31. A reception will take place on Saturday, March 3, from […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Rabbi Ari Edelkopf will speak at a free Chabad of West Orange event on Monday, March 5, at 7:30 p.m. Edelkopf is the Chabad shaliach and the rabbi of the Jewish community of Montenegro. He is the former shaliach of Sochi, Russia, where he served the community for 17 years. He […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Jewish-Christian Studies Graduate Program at Seton Hall University invites educators and other interested individuals to the professional development study day, “Jews and Resistance in France during World War II.” The study day, which will offer five professional development credit hours to New Jersey educators, will be held Monday, March 5, […]