The Orange Housing Authority hosted a senior billiard tournament between the residents of Washington Manor in Orange and the residents of Norman Towers in East Orange on Nov. 6. The mayors of Orange and East Orange were on hand as were city of Orange and East commissioners, chief of police, and chief of the fire […]
EAST ORANGE — The Grammys came to East Orange last week. The Cicely L. Tyson Community School of Performing and Fine Arts hosted a day full of seminars on how to break into show business featuring Grammy Award winning singer and actress CoCo Jones and other music industry professionals who are part of the Record […]
NUTLEY — A Trunk or Treat event was held Sunday, Oct. 27 at Vincent United Methodist Church. For a $5 donation, kids got a chance to get treats at more than a dozen trunks parked in the church parking lot and the opportunity to try different crafts and games. Proceeds from the event went to […]
A “Saints Be Raised” Cheese and Wine Tasting was held at St. George’s Church in Maplewood on Nov. 1, which was All Saints Day. A tasting of ‘saint-related’ wines that all had a connection to a saint was created for the event by Hank Zona, who writes and speaks about wine and runs wine related […]
South Asian arts and culture were celebrated Sunday at Diwali Fest NJ in the natural amphitheater in Memorial Park . More than 300 people attended the event that featured music, dancing, food, shopping and activities geared towards children. SOMA Cross-Cultural Works and the Township of Maplewood partnered to put on the sixth annual event timed […]
The Halloween edition of the South Orange Cornhole Classic was held on Saturday, Oct. 26. About 32 teams of two participated in the event that also included a food truck and a beer garden featuring 4 City Brewing Co. brews and hard seltzers. The Teabaggers edged out the Sack Attack in a nail-biting rubber match […]
The South Orange–Maplewood Adult School hosted its annual Monster Bawl on Friday, Oct. 25, at The Woodland in Maplewood. The band, Emotional Rex, performed and DJ Nefarious Moss spun dance tunes. Trophies were given out for the best costumes to a Unicorn, a ‘Dumb and Dumber’ couple, the Tin Man from ‘The Wizard of Oz’ […]
A groundbreaking ceremony was held last week for The Sankofa Enclave at Twenty First Street, a Black woman-led development that will offer homeownership, affordable housing, retail, and green space, representing a nearly $100 million investment in the township. The project aims to revitalize a blighted section of Standard Place off of 21st street. Fifteen two-family […]
D.D. Jackson, who has a couple of Emmy awards hanging around his Maplewood home, has just released an album and so has his 15-year-old daughter. Sun Jackson, a sophomore at Columbia High School, wrote, sang, plays instruments on and co-produced 10 songs for her first album called “September Fridays.” “Her album will do much better […]
South Orange Downtown held a Ladies Night Out on Thursday, Oct. 17. Thirty businesses participated with some offering specials like a free appetizer or a special activity. For example, The Order restaurant had a free samba class while Wildly Floral Co. had a pumpkin decorating activity. Above, Amanda Arostegui and Lisa Szulewski at the South […]