NUTLEY, NJ (updated Friday Sept. 8, 10:34 a.m.) – Under new head coach Tom Tolve, the Nutley High School boys’ varsity soccer team hopes to have a successful season. Tolve, a former NHS boys’ soccer player who was an assistant coach for the team last year, is thrilled at becoming the new coach, succeeding longtime […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ – The South Orange Department of Recreation is presenting a 19th century baseball game on Saturday, September 16, starting at noon on Cameron Field in South Orange. Part game, part show, part history lesson and all fun, the Flemington, NJ Neshanock team will play against local volunteers in bare-handed baseball, wearing period […]
ORANGE, NJ — Arts Unbound presents new work by Arts Unbound artists in the Dora Stern Gallery at Arts Unbound, 544 Freeman St. in Orange, from Sept. 7 through Oct. 21, with an opening reception on Thursday, Sept. 7, from 5 to 8 p.m. This exhibition is free, accessible and open to the public. The […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Congregation Beth El in South Orange has announced its worship and program schedule for the upcoming High Holy Days of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Rosh Hashanah worship, from Sept. 20 through 22, and Yom Kippur worship on Sept. 29 and 30, will be led by Olitzky and guest Cantor Galeet […]
Fourteen junior tennis players from Essex County representing The Maplewood Club in Maplewood, Orange Lawn Tennis Club in South Orange, and West Orange Tennis Club in West Orange participated in a Net Generation Kids on Court demonstration sponsored by the United States Tennis Association (USTA) at the 2017 US Open. The demonstration took place at […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Rent Party Family Picnic was never originally planned to be an annual event — let alone one that has grown larger and larger each year.. “When we held our first show three years ago, it was simply a celebration of Rent Party’s fifth anniversary,” Rent Party co-founder Chris Dickson said in a […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Families with young children seeking a nature-intensive outdoor experience are invited to register for the fourth annual South Mountain Reservation family campout scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 7, through Sunday, Oct. 8. In case of rain, the campout will be Oct. 21 to 22. The program will be based out of Summit Field […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Street signs in honor of two fallen West Orange police officers were unveiled Saturday, Aug. 26, at intersections in the township. The intersections of Mount Pleasant and Brennan Drive, Northfield Avenue and Brennan Drive, and Mount Pleasant and Laird Drive now feature signs with the names Edward J. Brennan and Daniel […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ – East Orange natives Jabrill Peppers and Rasul Douglas will make their debuts when the NFL season begins this Sunday, Sept. 10. Both players were selected in the NFL Draft this past spring. Peppers, from the University of Michigan, was drafted by the Cleveland Browns with the 25th overall pick in the […]
IRVINGTON, NJ – The Irvington Golden Knights Pop Warner football teams had their first games this weekend. The Tiny Mites (ages 5-7) won their game against New Brunswick, 35-0, Saturday, Sept. 2. The Mitey Mites (ages 7-9) won their game against the Central Ward Blue Devils, 35-0, Sunday, Sept. 3. The Jr. Pee Wees (10-11) […]