BLOOMFIELD, NJ – The annual Bloomfield High School Boys Basketball Summer League began June 19 and will continue through July 27. The league consists of 21 teams: Bloomfield West Orange Morristown-Beard University North 13th St. Tech West Side Clifton Montclair Kimberley Academy Glen Ridge Belleville Millburn Seton Hall Prep Nutley West Caldwell Tech Cedar Grove […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Scholarship Fund honored educator Mary Jo Codey at a reception held at the Montclair Country Club on June 15, raising $20,000 to implement an annual scholarship in her name. Attendees included Mary Jo Codey’s husband, Richard Codey, former N.J. governor and current state senator; West Orange Mayor Robert […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — South Orange Public Library is a big fan of the Columbia High School robotics team. For the second year, the team was a star at the library’s Makers Mayhem. More Makers opportunities and many other activities will be a part of summer reading, which kicks off at SOPL on June 26 […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The 110th annual meeting of Daughters of Israel took place Monday, June 12, at Crystal Plaza. Co-chaired by former board President Marsha Fiske and incoming Vice President Bart Schneiderman, the evening honored outgoing President James Gurland and welcomed incoming President David Silverstein. Special tribute was paid to Dr. Thomas Cava, nurse […]
TRENTON, NJ — Legislation sponsored by Assembly Democrats John McKeon, Mila Jasey and Valerie Vainieri Huttle to ensure stiff penalties for anyone who commits vehicular homicide while driving drunk cleared a Senate panel on Thursday, June 15. Bill A-3686, known as “Ralph and David’s Law,” would establish a new crime of “strict liability vehicular homicide” […]
LIVINGSTON, NJ — An Evening of Laughter took place June 6 at Temple Bnai Abraham in Livingston, where more than 300 people came out to support JFS of MetroWest, celebrate the 20th anniversary of Rachel Coalition, the domestic violence division of JFS, and honor Andrea and Bryan Bier of West Orange and Lisa and Erik […]
SOUTH ORANGE/MAPLEWOOD – South Orange/Maplewood Baseball held the league championship games for all divisions on Friday night, June 16, in Meadowland Park in South Orange. Despite the threat of rain, all games were completed and it was an exciting night for players, families and coaches. Championship game results follow: Minor League (Ages 8-9) adMarketplace 6, […]
SOUTH ORANGE/MAPLEWOOD – The 4th annual Two Towns Triathlon for Kids was held in South Orange on Saturday, June 17. South Orange and Maplewood children between the ages of 7 and 14 swam laps in the South Orange Pool, biked through Meadowland Park and the West Montrose Neighborhood, and finished the race running around the […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Students in Rhoshonda Williams’ fourth-grade class at Jefferson School completed their community service project on May 24. Students collected boxes of food to be donated to the Community Food Bank of NJ. On May 16, Makala Barsolona from the Food Bank visited Jefferson to discuss hunger in New Jersey as the kickoff […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — West Orange will pay tribute to veterans who lost their lives during the Vietnam War when the Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall comes to town this Independence Day weekend. The traveling wall is a three-fifth-scale replica of the Vietnam Memorial in Washington, D.C. It stands 6-feet tall at the center and covers […]