Orange High School’s Lorenzah Hammer has earned the 2017 Investors Bank Best Teammate Award. Lorenzah, along with student-athletes from high schools in the Super Essex Conference, were recently honored during ceremonies at the Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center. A senior, she played on the Tornadoes’ varsity basketball team. Coaches selected her because of her […]
Columbia High School’s Chloe Holt Reiss has earned the 2017 Investors Bank Best Teammate Award. Chloe, along with student- athletes from high schools in the Super Essex Conference, were recently honored during ceremonies at the Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center. A senior, she was the captain of the Cougars’ varsity swimming team. Chloe was […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Our Lady of Sorrows will host a community blood drive on Sunday, June 25, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 217 Prospect St. in South Orange. Walk-ins are welcome, though you can schedule an appointment by calling 201-251-3703. Donors must weigh at least 110 pounds, eat before donation, bring ID […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — It was a night to remember for graduating seniors of the West Orange High School Class of 2017 as the West Orange Scholarship Fund distributed a record $108,500 at the Senior Awards Night held June 8. “A special thank you to all the organizations that have provided scholarships this evening to […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — This year’s variety show at Seth Boyden, held May 13, brought together a series of original fifth-grade skits with acts by students in the younger grades. The title of the show, aptly, was “Unity.” The event was the culmination of the 10-week Fifth Grade Performance Project, a labor of love for veteran […]
NEWARK, NJ — Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo Jr. hosted the 2017 Essex County Portuguese Heritage Celebration on Wednesday, June 14. During the program, DiVincenzo presented Star of Essex Awards to Patricia A. Gois, principal of Rafael Hernandez School in Newark, and Manuel Da Silva, vice president of Construction Operations at the New Jersey Schools […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — “The Oval” in Essex County Brookdale Park has been dedicated as the “Tom Fleming Athletic Complex” in honor of the late Tom Fleming, a professional runner, coach and elementary school teacher. A native of Bloomfield, Fleming helped make running a popular sport in the 1970s after he won the New York City […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel, the Reform synagogue in South Orange, celebrated this year’s confirmation class on Friday, June 2, with a student-led service that featured students’ reflections on the year’s study as well as their place among the Jewish people. The curriculum covered theology and the students’ personal concept of God, a […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The New Jersey Children’s Alliance will present the Heroes for Children 5K and Family Fun Run/Walk on Saturday, Sept. 23, at the Clipper Pavilion, off of Cherry Lane in West Orange, in the South Mountain Recreation Complex. The 5K begins at 9 a.m. with the family fun run/walk commencing at 10 […]
TRENTON, NJ — On Thursday, June 15, the Assembly Judiciary Committee approved a measure, AR-268, sponsored by Chairman John McKeon, opposing the dramatic increase in arrests on courthouse premises across the country by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. The legislation was prompted by a hearing that McKeon’s committee held last week on the […]