WEST ORANGE, NJ — Chabad of West Orange will present “Communication: Its Art and Soul” with the Jewish Learning Institute on Monday, Feb. 12, at 7:30 p.m. at 401 Pleasant Valley Way. This lesson, “If Sticks and Stones Can Break Bones, Words Are Atom Bombs,” considers how our words impact people’s impressions of us, as […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel, the Reform synagogue in South Orange, is fortunate to be home to many multi-generation member families — families that have provided continuity, perspective and support for decades. It’s not unusual to find longtime members whose children grew up at TSTI and joined as adults and whose children are […]
The Belleville High School indoor track and field teams gave good efforts at the NJSIAA State Sectionals on Feb. 3 at the Bennett Center in Toms River on Feb. 3. The following are their results: GIRLS 55-METER DASH7.70 Sara Manning 7th Preliminaries 7.71 Sara Manning 7th Finals 8.07 […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The South Orange Symphony presents its annual family concert on Sunday, Feb. 11, at 3 p.m. at South Orange Middle School, 70 N. Ridgewood Road. Admission is free. Conductor Susan Haig presents a variety of popular and lively selections to introduce children and adults to a wide range of orchestral music. […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Sponsored by the West Orange Film Society, the Black Maria Film Festival returns to the AMC Dine-In Theatre, Essex Green 9, in honor of Thomas Edison’s birthday, on Sunday, Feb. 11, at 2 p.m. Tickets may be purchased at the door or online at http://www.fandango.com. The films will be presented in-person […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Last month, USA Today published a list compiled by the magazine and American Institute of Architects of New Jersey’s 25 must-see buildings. Thomas Alva Edison’s West Orange estate, Glenmont, made the cut and was included on this distinguished list. “It is fitting that America’s greatest inventor of mass-produced technology should reside […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Essex County will hold a Winter Olympic Games skating exhibition at Codey Arena, 560 Northfield Ave. in West Orange, on Saturday, Feb. 10, from 3:45 to 5:15 p.m. This free exhibition will feature speed skating, figure skating, hockey and special guest NJ Devil. There will also be public skating sessions from […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The Maplewood Township Committee will host an open meeting approximately once a month to allow residents to have discussions with their elected officials. The “Talk to the Township Committee” sessions run Saturdays from 9 a.m. to noon in Maplewood. They will be held as follows: Feb. 17 at Walgreens, 1633 Springfield Ave.; […]
UNION, NJ — On Jan. 28, Columbia High School art and photography students Shaine Hammarberg and Jonathan Dalce each exhibited an original art piece, alongside other art students throughout New Jersey, at the 30th annual Emerging Artists High School Art Exhibition. Each year, Kean University’s Department of Fine Arts, in collaboration with the Art Administrators […]
LIVINGSTON, NJ — One in three teens in a dating relationship experiences abuse from their partner, according to a press release from the Linda & Rudy Slucker NCJW/Essex Center for Women. As one student described, “I never forgot my high school boyfriend after graduation. He haunted me in nightmares even after I moved away and […]