Green Hill now offers pain and palliative care

WEST ORANGE, NJ — Green Hill recently announced its new pain and palliative care consultant service, Always Think Comfort, and welcomed Fran Hoh to the Green Hill team. Palliative care is interdisciplinary care that focuses on improving quality of life for persons of any age and their families or caregivers, who are living with serious […]

Edison Middle School officially exits Focus School status

WEST ORANGE, NJ — Edison Middle School was notified that they “have met all the eligibility requirements to exit Focus School status” as of June 30 in a letter from Kimberly Harrington, acting commissioner of education in the state of New Jersey, according to a press release from the West Orange School District. The state […]

Former Newark Watershed Conservation official sentenced to eight years in prison

NEWARK, NJ — A former high-ranking employee of the Newark Watershed Conservation and Development Corp. was sentenced July 13 to 96 months in prison for accepting $956,948 in kickback payments for his and the former executive director’s assistance in awarding work to contractors, acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced. Donald Bernard Sr., 69, of […]

Sojourn High School graduates seven students

NEWARK, NJ — Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo Jr. congratulated the seven students from Sojourn High School, the alternative school at the Essex County Juvenile Detention Center, for earning their middle school and high school diplomas. Essex County Juvenile Detention Center Director Rev. Dennis Hughes and Sojourn High School Principal Rodney Evans Jenkins presided […]

ACL Art Gallery calls for artists

LIVINGSTON, NJ — The ACL Art Gallery in Livingston announces its fall show, “Fabulous Fakes,” and invites artists to submit artwork featuring original works created in the manner of your favorite art masters, whether from old or from modern schools of art. The art can be an exact copy or an imitation of the style […]

HNA meets July 20

MAPLEWOOD, NJ — “Information Please” is the subject of the Hilton Neighborhood Association’s Thursday, July 20, meeting at 7:30 p.m. at DeHart Community Center, 120 Burnett Ave. in Maplewood. Police Chief Robert Cimino will hold a question-and-answer session about residents’ concerns and police programs. Cathy Rowe will discuss new senior discount cards and transportation. Susan […]

Give blood in West Orange on Monday, July 17

WEST ORANGE, NJ — New Jersey Blood Services, a division of New York Blood Center, has declared a blood emergency with an appeal to local residents to donate blood at Whole Foods Market, 235 Prospect Ave. in West Orange, on Monday, July 17, from 1 to 7 p.m. outside the store in the NJBS bloodmobile. […]

Belleville HS 16U baseball team gains valuable learning experience this summer

BELLEVILLE, NJ – The Belleville High School 16U summer baseball team finished the 2017 High School Development League Essex County Junior Division with a 3-9 record. Although it was a season with mostly eighth-graders playing against kids much older than them, it was a learning experience. The three wins were two against Cedar Grove and […]