Glen Ridge HS Basketball Holiday Tournament to take place Dec. 27-28

GLEN RIDGE, NJ – The Glen Ridge High School boys’ and girls’ basketball teams will host the annual Glen Ridge Holiday Tournament. The boys’ teams are Glen Ridge, Belleville, Bloomfield and People’s Prep.   The girls’ teams are Glen Ridge, Belleville, Bloomfield and People’s Prep DEC. 27 Girls Game #1 2 p.m. – Bloomfield (dark […]

New Sheriff’s Patrol Headquarters opens

NEWARK, NJ — On Dec. 14, the county announced the opening of the new Sheriff’s Patrol Headquarters on Market Street in Newark. Patrol operations will be relocated from the Parks Administration Building across from Branch Brook Park to the modern facility that took just seven months to complete. “Our officers have been working from the […]

St. Joseph’s basketball teams show stellar defense during action last weekend

MAPLEWOOD, NJ – Stellar defensive play highlighted last weekend’s CYO games for the St. Joseph’s basketball teams. The JV White 5th grade boys improved to 4-0 with a convincing 39-23 victory over St. Joseph’s-Roselle. All seven available Celtics scored in the contest, led by Kieran Dawkins and Steven Copeland with 14 and 10 points, respectively. […]

Irvington HS indoor track and field teams earn 24 medals at FDU Invitational to start season

IRVINGTON, NJ – The Irvington High School indoor track and field teams brought home a whopping 24 medals from the Fairleigh Dickinson University Invitational in the season opener on Dec. 16. IHS results Girls’ medal winners 55-meter hurdles: First place, Andrea Jackson. Second place, Vicky Molokwu. 4×800-meter relay: First place, Taliyah Hayes, Berline Julien, Malika […]

South Mountain Y aims to keep you busy this winter

MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The South Mountain YMCA is making it easy and fun for children and adults to stay active and engaged throughout the winter, offering dozens of programs in sports, the arts and enrichment classes. Registration is under way for the Winter 1 session, which starts Jan. 6 and runs through March 2. Here […]

TSTI students prepare treats for Interfaith Food Pantry

SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The seventh-grade students at the Linda and Rudy Slucker Religious School at Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel in South Orange got into the holiday spirit recently. In celebration of Hanukkah, they learned how to make potato latkes from scratch for themselves to enjoy; to honor the wider community during the holiday season, they […]

WSOU announces special programming for the holidays

SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — WSOU 89.5 FM, the student-run radio station of Seton Hall University, recently announced its programming lineup for the 2017 December holiday season. Programming highlights include A Franciscan Christmas with Brother Greg Cellini on Dec. 24 at 8 p.m., WSOU’s annual presentation of Bach’s Christmas Oratorio on Dec. 25 at 6 a.m. […]

HNA to hold annual holiday meeting

MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The Hilton Neighborhood Association will celebrate its annual holiday party on Thursday, Dec. 21, at 7:30 p.m. at DeHart Community Center, 120 Burnett Ave. in Maplewood. Everyone is welcome to share complimentary pizza and beverages as part of the celebration. The group will play a game of Maplewood Bingo. Prizes and music […]