Slideshow: Fourth of July Dog Parade at DeHart Park
Fourth of July activities in Maplewood included a dog parade and costume contest. The parade included one very brave cat while the dog costume contest was won by Deputy Mayor Jamaine Cripe’s dog. .
Slideshow: Fourth of July Race through Maplewood
The winners of the Fourth of July Run Through Maplewood were both township residents. Noah Kaufman, top left, finished first overall with a time of 17:35.06. Izzy Gladstone, upper right, was the first female finisher, completing the course in 18:44.42. She was sixth overall. Constantin Schreiber, of Union, was the second male at 17:58.68 and […]
Slideshow: Kids, adults bike through Maplewood to celebrate Fourth of July
Three communities discuss development
Planning experts and business people gathered last week to talk and hear about what’s happening in Orange, East Orange and Irvington. The fourth Annual “Tri-Community Commercial & Residential Development Seminar” was held June 26 at Sandwiches Unlimited in Orange on North Center Street. The event brings together business owners and planning officials representing the municipalities […]
Gospel music, prayer fill the air at Monte Irvin Park
ORANGE — A gospel festival was held on Saturday, June 29, in Monte Irvin Park. The event featured the Bethel Baptist Church Choir, pictured at upper right; Dawn Bowles, above left; and Charles Barner, above center. Also singing were the Cross and Crown Christian Church Choir and the St. Mathew AME Church Choir. The event […]
Meadowland Park hosts evening of music, dancing, eating
SOUTH ORANGE — The Meadowland Park Conservancy hosted Star Spangled South Orange on Saturday in the park. The event included music from the South Orange Symphony, the Studio 509 Dancers, and a Sloppy Joe eating contest won by Scott Egelberg with second place going to William Cho and third to Michael Schvarzzian.
Class of 2024 get their diplomas
It was anything but an uneventful ride for the Columbia High School Class of 2024. Their high school careers began amid the COVID-19 pandemic and included remote learning, a tropical storm that flooded the two towns and controversy involving both the school principal and district superintendent. It ended at Codey Arena on June 19 when […]
Raising funds for autism awareness
The South Orange Police Department began fundraising for autism awareness three years ago, selling patches and then T-shirts in April, which is Autism Awareness Month. They upped their game this year though with SOPD officers squaring off against members of the Seton Hall University Women’s Basketball Team for an Autism Acceptance Basketball Fundraiser Exhibition Game. […]
Sanchez returns
Columbia High School Principal Frank Sanchez made a dramatic entrance into Codey Arena Wednesday night to be part of the commencement exercises for the Class of 2024. Sanchez was placed on leave earlier this year after he was charged with assault and endangering the welfare of a child in connection with an incident with a […]
Students back from 3 months in Israel
Students from Golda Och Academy in West Orange returned home this month after spending about three months in Israel. Golda Och Academy is a private independent K-12 school with a dual academic curriculum in the culture and tenets of Conservative Judaism. The students who went to Israel were participating in Golda Och’s Neshama, which is […]