Meet the WOBOE candidates
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Meet West Orange Board of Education candidates Ken Alper and Chris Diaz on Thursday, Oct. 26, at 7 p.m. at Valley Arts, 400 S. Jefferson St. in Orange. The event will be moderated by Cindy Matute Brown. The forum is sponsored by West Orange Cares About Schools, the West Orange African […]
Wonder of Women Film Festival returns
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Many captivating stories will be presented at this year’s Wonder of Women Film Festival, sponsored by the National Council of Jewish Women, Essex County Section on Sunday, Nov. 5, at the Maurice Levin Theater on the Ross Family Campus of the Leon & Toby Cooperman JCC, 760 Northfield Ave. in West […]
Maplewood Library book sale
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Friends of Maplewood Library is holding its fall book sale at Maplewood Memorial Library, 51 Baker St., on Saturday, Nov. 18, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 19, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday’s sale will be a bag sale, with entry via the parking lot only. A […]
Betty Maddalena Early Learning Center dedication brings laughter and tears
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The new Betty Maddalena Early Learning Center was dedicated Oct. 9, on what would have been the beloved educator’s 61st birthday, amid smiles, tears and — as Maddalena would have wanted it — much laughter. The center is located at the Life Christian Church, 747 Northfield Ave. in West Orange. In […]
‘Jews Had Slaves?’ at Oheb Shalom
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Oheb Shalom Congregation in South Orange will host an educational event called “Jews Had Slaves? Making Sense of Morally Challenging Passages in the Bible” on Sunday, Nov. 5, from 10 a.m. to noon. This lesson will be led by Jewish Theological Seminary professor Benjamin Sommer. There is no charge to attend. […]
SOPD to reroute portion of South Orange Ave. on Oct. 26
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — A section of gas main spanning South Orange Avenue is set to be replaced on Thursday, Oct. 26, according to a release from the South Orange Police Department. The work will be in the area of South Orange Avenue and South Centre Street — just east of Seton Hall University. This […]
NCJW features experts in the field of transgender children
LIVINGSTON, NJ — NCJW/Essex is sponsoring a Lunch and Learn, “Free to Be He, She, They: Children and Gender Identity,” featuring Jamie Bruesehoff, a writer, speaker and mother of a 10-year-old transgender child and an advocate for transgender youth and adults, and Nicole Davis, a licensed clinical social work and clinical associate with the Gender […]
Irvington Golden Knights football teams roll into championship games
IRVINGTON, NJ – It was another great week for the Irvington Golden Knights football program as all of the competing teams won. The GK Flag (ages 5-6) ended their season with a win over the Jackie Robinson Bears in the Pumpkin Bowl. The Tiny Mites, a.k.a. “The Money Team” (ages 6-7), remained undefeated with a […]
Bloomfield HS cross-country teams shine at Essex County Class Invitational
Photos by Jerry Simon: Bloomfield vs. Nutley, Oct. 18, at Yanticaw Park. NEWARK, NJ – What a day for the Bloomfield High School cross-country teams! The program won three plaques for their performances at the Essex County Class Invitational this past Saturday, Oct. 21, at Branch Brook Park in Newark. The varsity Lady Bengals won […]