MAPLEWOOD — The Gazebo on Springfield Avenue hosted a reggae concert on Friday, Aug. 16. The band, The Brooklyners, played before a crowd gathered on blankets and chairs in the grass. Many in the audience took advantage of the food truck, Jerkin’ Chicken, on site and on theme for the performance. Next up in the […]
Brendan Thomas Byrne, a “West Orange boy” at heart, was remembered at a recent ceremony held to unveil an historical marker in his memory at the Thomas Edison National Historical Park. Byrne served as the 47th governor of New Jersey from 1974 to 1982. He died Jan. 4, 2018, at the age of 93. This […]
Van Tassel Funeral Home hosted its fourth annual butterfly release ceremony on Saturday, Aug. 10. Its purpose was a symbolic letting go of personal grief and other emotional burdens brought on by the death of a loved one. The event has grown since its pre-COVID inception, with 35 people in attendance this time and fluttering […]
SOUTH ORANGE — Hello, South Orange foodies! Max Gray created something special just for you. On Saturdays, Chow Town Food Tours offers a 2.5-hour walking tour where you can sample from the best of South Orange’s restaurants. Gray, a resident of Orange, recently launched Chow Town Food to express his love of the Jersey suburbs […]
Programming at the Bloomfield Public Library has changed in the last several months with the addition of reference librarian Jenne Sudia, who now works with long-time program coordinator and reference librarian Lisa Cohn. In the past, Cohn has been responsible for booking the monthly musical acts and, with Sudia, will continue to do so. Sudia […]
SOUTH ORANGE — Emotional Rex performed Wednesday, July 31, on Floods Hill as part of the village’s South Orange Summer Nights. The Summer Nights program features concerts and moonlit movies on Wednesday nights on the hill in Meadowlands Park The concerts and movies are free, food trucks are on hand and the restaurants and stores […]
Downtown West Orange went to the dogs on Thursday, Aug. 1, with a Bark and Brew Block Party. People brought their dogs to Alden Street, between the CVS on Main Street and the Thomas Edison National Park, for the event that included a beer and wine garden, music spun by DJ Anthony J. Benji’s Food […]
The ‘RnB in the City’ festival was Saturday, July 27, at Elmwood Park. The event featured a lineup of DJs, including headliner DJ Crush Groovey, DJ Sienna Chanel, DJ Ray-Z, pictured above, and DJ Chaos, as well as a special performance by Rell. The event was hosted by Mayor Ted R. Green and the East […]
Suborno Issac Bari was born in the Bronx. At 6-months-old he started talking. By 1-and-a-half he was learning math — and challenging his mom. Suborno is an Asian-American prodigy, the author of “The Love,” and the world’s youngest professor. He lives on Long Island with his parents Rashidul and Shaheda Bari. “In the beginning I […]
Borough residents sure like to party as evidenced at last week’s “Pop-Up Party in the Glen,” a totally appreciated community activity along Toney Brook. The get-together drew a fairly sizable family crowd Wednesday, July 24, for the first time-event. It featured kid-related activities, knockwurst and franks from Fitzgerald’s 1928, beer from the NJ Beer Co. […]