MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Maplewood author Lisa Sturm’s debut novel, “Echoed in My Bones,” will echo through your mind long after you finish reading it. Drawing from her years of experience as a psychotherapist in Irvington, Elizabeth and Plainfield, and now with a practice in Springfield, Sturm deftly captures the lives and emotions of her three […]
Iconic drummer Carl Palmer proves ELP lives on at South Orange concert
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Progressive rock lovers are in for a sacred experience on Sunday, Nov. 17, when Carl Palmer — named “Prog God” at the 2017 Progressive Music Awards — comes to the South Orange Performing Arts Center as part of the final leg of his 2019 World Tour, “Emerson, Lake & Palmer Lives […]
MAPLEWOOD / SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — In a heated election season that saw seven candidates running for just three open seats on the South Orange-Maplewood Board of Education, voters decided Nov. 5 to elect challengers Erin Siders and Thair Joshua, along with incumbent Johanna Wright, who will be entering her third term in office. All […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Choosing between three challengers for just two open seats on the West Orange Board of Education, voters decided Nov. 5 to elect Jennifer Tunnicliffe and Gary Rothstein to the board. As of press time on election night, with every West Orange district reporting in, Tunnicliffe took a decided lead, with Rothstein […]
ESSEX COUNTY / UNION COUNTY, NJ — Ongoing work to mitigate flooding in municipalities along the Rahway River has hit yet another dam, forcing proponents to reach out to politicians and government agencies in an attempt to get the plan moving again. On Oct. 4, mayors from communities along the Rahway River, as well as […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange community was shocked to hear of a mother and her two young children being struck by a car on Eagle Rock Avenue on Thursday, Oct. 10. At approximately 3:45 p.m., a vehicle traveling west on Eagle Rock Avenue, at the intersection with Forest Avenue, left the roadway and […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Battles of Lexington and Concord. The Siege of Fort Ticonderoga. The Battle of Bunker Hill. All of these military engagements are famous today, but they were hardly the only battles that made up the Revolutionary War. In fact, there were battles, skirmishes and quarrels right here in Essex County, and […]
‘Hope’s Daughter’ delivers solid writing, engaging story
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — It is easy for period novels to become so entrenched in being historical that they become bulky and difficult to read. Luckily, South Orange author Joani Ascher deftly maneuvered her newest novel, “Hope’s Daughter,” through this thin margin, making a readable and enjoyable novel that immerses the reader in 1940s New […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — On July 25, the Essex County Board of Chosen Freeholders approved two resolutions to allocate $1,062,266.95 for the completion of the Irvington Avenue Streetscape Improvement Project. The project’s goal is to revitalize the street and commercial districts along Irvington Avenue in South Orange, Maplewood and Newark. Plan specifics include: creating a […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — West Orange police announced the evening of Aug. 6 that the 25-year-old West Orange woman and her two children reported missing the previous day had been found and were safe. The morning of Aug. 5, local police reached out to the community asking for information as to the whereabouts of Gabrielle […]