The Women’s Club of Glen Ridge is preparing to open its doors to the community for a final event celebrating the centennial of its clubhouse. The event is Saturday, Sept. 6, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., and its slogan is “Celebrating a Century of Open Doors,” according to event chairperson and club vice-president Trisha Turiano. […]
The annual Bike Parade was held Friday morning with police leading bicyclists, scooter riders, parents pushing carriages and others through the village to Memorial Park where refreshments were served and a kids fun run was held. For more photos, see EssexNewsDaily.com after 5 p.m. Friday.
Patrons had to walk several blocks to attend. They sat or stood in the shade where they could but so many people were present that the majority were under the hot sun, covering the lawn of the Maplewood Middle School across the street. More than 1,000 people turned out for the re-opening of Maplewood’s library […]
West Orange held its annual Independence Day celebration behind the library. The daytime event included inflatables, food trucks and live music, including America’s Sweethearts performing 1940s era music, DJ Flo and New Power Soul.
SOUTH ORANGE — The Scios Brothers with NoName James performed in Spiotta Park on Saturday, July 5, as part of the Downtown After Sundown concert series run by Downtown South Orange. The brothers have played together on and off for many many years. They have released a few CDs under different names that received airplay […]
The annual Fourth of July Pet Parade was held on Friday outside the Maplewood Community Center. The event was emceed by Bill Tomlin and awards were given to the Most Creative, Limor Levy with Dovey who wore a patriotic tutu, and Most Patriotic, to Heather Coleman, Eloise, Joey and Charles, a “Star Spangled Pup who […]
WEST ORANGE — Poet Frank L. Niccoletti, of West Orange, had a vision for the Boathouse in Verona Park. He thought it would be a great place to have a poetry reading. After getting the approval from Barbara Priest, membership chairperson of the board of directors of the Verona Park Conservancy, he gathered several noted […]
IRVINGTON — The Modulators were New Jersey’s hottest power pop band in the early 1980s. They performed at legendary nightclubs like The Meadowbrook where music lovers could go to see original music by big names. The Modulators would be there one night, Cyndi Lauper or John Bongiovi—later known as Jon Bon Jovi—would be there the next. […]
WEST ORANGE — “Jesus Christ Superstar” debuted on Broadway in 1971. This summer it will be coming to The Oskar Schindler Performing Arts Center (OSPAC) in West Orange, presented by Pleasant Valley Productions. Scott Baird, artistic director at Pleasant Valley Productions, decided to bring back the story but with a more modern direction. “I was […]
MAPLEWOOD — Maplewood’s 70-year-old memorial library’s new look is astonishing. The transformation is more than a rebuild; it’s a reinvention. And it will be open to the public on Saturday, July 5, at 11 a.m., with a celebration and ribbon cutting of the Maplewood Memorial Library at 51 Baker St. The newly reimagined 32,000 square-foot […]