Glen Ridge Fourth Grade Girls Basketball team impresses at West Orange Summer League

GLEN RIDGE, NJ (corrected Monday July 31, 1:27 p.m.) – The Glen Ridge Fourth Grade Girls Basketball summer team enjoyed a successful showing in the West Orange Recreation Summer League. Glen Ridge had an impressive 5-3-2 record. Photo 1: Coaches: Doug Snyder and Jenn Cifelli. Players pictured, from left: Grace McGowan, Annabel Koss-Defrank, Audrey Miller, Allison […]

New law encourages mental health physicians to work in underserved areas

TRENTON, NJ — Legislation sponsored by Assembly Democrats Mila Jasey, John McKeon and Valerie Vainieri Huttle to reimburse tuition for psychiatrists who work in underserved areas of the state has been signed into law. “The reimbursement program will only be available to physicians who engage in the full-time practice of psychiatry in an area of […]

Sharing summer fun with the Adult School

SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Trustees from the South Orange-Maplewood Adult School board looked in on the class building fairy houses during this year’s Children’s Summer Program at South Orange Middle School. From left, Emily Zacharias, Amy Dahn and Nonie Murphy inspect the skills of two young builders, who were among the 770 students and 78 […]

NJ Transit to expand bus service to additional M&E stations

NEWARK, NJ — NJ Transit will enhance alternate travel options for Morris and Essex rail lines customers with the addition of a.m. peak-period express bus service from two new stations along the M&E as part of the summer service changes due to ongoing Amtrak track work at Penn Station New York. Beginning Thursday, Aug. 3, […]

Villagers 8U travel softball team enjoys successful season

The Maplewood-South Orange Villagers 8U summer travel softball team ended its season on Sunday, July 22, reaching the semifinals of the Cranford Softball Tournament. The Villagers beat Mountainside, 6-4, to reach the semis before falling to the host team, 11-10, in a nailbiter that came down to Cranford’s last at bat. The Villager’s 14-13 overall […]

Browne earns ‘Humanism in Healthcare’ honor

WEST ORANGE, NJ — Gail Browne, a certified nursing assistant at Daughters of Israel in West Orange, was a recipient of the Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey’s Lester Z. Lieberman Humanism in Healthcare Award. The awards dinner took place at the Crystal Plaza in Livingston on July 17.

Seton Hall nursing professor presents research in DC

SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Gerontology experts, including Seton Hall University College of Nursing associate professor Judith Lucas, gathered in Washington, D.C., on July 11 to address challenges of care delivery at end of life, financing and spending, quality of care and patient preferences, and hospice and palliative care during “Health Affairs Briefing: Advanced Illness and […]