Jersey shows its pride at festival in Maplewood’s Memorial Park

Jersey shows its pride at festival in Maplewood’s Memorial Park

Photos by Rocco Ungaro   MAPLEWOOD — Memorial Park hosted the North Jersey Pride Festival on Sunday, June 9. The event was a free family-friendly day of celebration, music and community for LGBTQ and ally attendees. Live music was played throughout from a variety of acts and vendors were on hand selling jewelry, art, crafts, […]

Two inducted into CHS Hall of Fame

Two inducted into CHS Hall of Fame

One was a renowned journalist and entrepreneur. The other is an acclaimed saxophonist, keyboardist, vocalist, composer, and producer. The late Ayesha K. Faines, Class of 2004, and Michael C. Ghegan, Class of 1986, were recently inducted into the Columbia High School Hall of Fame. Monica Soliman, CHS teacher of social studies, welcomed attendees to the […]

Review: Carole King musical has theater goers dancing in their seats

Review: Carole King musical has theater goers dancing in their seats

  “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical” is a high-energy entertaining musical which follows the early years of Carole King’s rise to success. This Tony-nominated musical, with book by Douglas McGrath, directed by Casey Hushion and with an outstanding 18-member uber-talented cast is a must-see and currently playing at the Paper Mill Playhouse. The show opens […]

Book club looks back on a lot of titles over 10 years of reading

Book club looks back on a lot of titles over 10 years of reading

By Susan FitzGibbon There’s “An Invisible Thread” that holds “My Brilliant Friend(s)” together in our West Orange book group. “One Summer (in) America,” quite a few years ago but not as long ago as 1927 nor even “1984”, we “(The) Forgot(ten) our Garden(s)” and joined together as a club to be “The Interesting(s)” “(The) Group” […]

Best selling author visits bookstore

Best selling author visits bookstore

Bess Kalb is an Emmy Award-nominated writer for the “Jimmy Kimmel Live” television show and a journalist with The New Yorker magazine. She’s also the author of the best seller “Nobody Will Tell You This But Me: A True Story.” She recently was at Words Bookstore in Maplewood, reading from her new children’s book, “Buffalo […]

Memorial Day commemoration

Memorial Day commemoration

Photos by Steve Ellmore The township had a Memorial Day Parade and celebration in front of town hall on Monday, May 27. The celebration included scouts, cheerleaders, dancers, and other performances. Civic Square was closed for the event, which lasted about two hours. The theme was ‘Remember their Sacrifice.’

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