NUTLEY, NJ – Nutley High School senior Danielle Swan, a member of the crew team, signed a National Letter of Intent to attend University of Rhode Island where she will continue her rowing career. Seated with Swan is her mother Helena. Standing from left: NHS athletic director Joe Piro, NHS crew head coach Kevin Smyth, […]
NUTLEY, NJ – The Nutley High School girls’ volleyball team, under second-year head coach and NHS alumnus Jenna Rubino (nee Dwyer), organized a fund-raising drive during Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October. The team raised nearly $800 and presented a check to the Side Out Foundation, which benefits cancer research. Rubino was a former standout […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — On Saturday, Nov. 18, South Orange Village President Sheena Collum hosted her annual birthday party with the South Orange and Maplewood community and announced that more than $12,000 was raised by 200 donors in two weeks to tackle food insecurity at Columbia High School. “I think many of us often take […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Seton Hall University’s School of Diplomacy and International Relations World Leaders Forum will welcome Miroslav Lajcak, president of the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly, for a public address, “Toward a New U.N.,” at 12:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 1. The free event will take place on the university’s […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Come enjoy “Songs of Peace and Joy” at the Bloomfield Chorale Holiday Concert and Carol Sing on Saturday, Dec. 2, at 3 p.m. at Watchung Presbyterian Church, 375 Watchung Ave. in Bloomfield. Sacred music, holiday favorites and carols from different lands will be featured. Light refreshments will follow. Advance discounted tickets are […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The township will relax parking rules for the holidays from Nov. 22 through Jan. 1. West Orange will offer free metered parking from Thanksgiving Day through Christmas Day. Alternate-side parking rules are suspended through Jan. 1 and overnight parking enforcement is not in effect. Parking restrictions that allow the township to […]
NEWARK, NJ — Upcoming Amtrak track work at Penn Station New York will impact select NJ Transit peak period train service along the Northeast Corridor and North Jersey Coast Line with scheduled service adjustments to run from Jan. 8 through May 28. The work will mainly affect a total of five trains per day, including […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Amedeo Modigliani, painter and sculptor, was born in Italy but spent most of his tragically short life in France among his avant-garde peers: Severini, Brancusi, Soutine, Gris and Picasso. He is known for portraits and nudes in a contemporary style characterized by the elongation of faces and figures. Award-winning art history education […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ – On Saturday, November 18, the U12 Cougar Gunners won the division championship in the “A” flight of the Northern Counties soccer league. The Gunners finished the Fall season with a 7-2-1 league record and a 10-2-2 overall record, as they also won the Essex County Fall Tune Up tournament that was […]
Photos captions: St. Joseph’s 7th Grade White Team: First row from left: Owen Holt, Max Larson, Mike Pirone, Danny Guarnieri, Nicholas Alexander, Nicholas Franklin, Brendan Dawkins and Liam Laskowski Not Pictured is William Walsman. Second row: Coaches Kevin Larson, Mike Pirone, Greg Dawkins and Mike Laskowski. St. Joseph’s 5th Grade White Team: First row from […]