MAPLEWOOD / SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — This year the Columbia High School Scholarship Fund awarded $248,710 to 129 Columbia High School students. The average award amount was close to $2,000. “People have been very generous during the pandemic. We couldn’t exist without our sponsors and donors who give us money every year, especially our local […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — Are New Jersey municipalities following state laws regarding sick and vacation leave? According to a recent report from the Office of the State Comptroller, the answer is an overwhelming no. In the report, “A Review of Sick and Vacation Leave Policies in New Jersey Municipalities,” which was released July 7, the […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The Glen Ridge Police Department has recently upgraded the body cameras all of its 23 officers wear while on duty. According to Sgt. Matthew Koc, the information technology administrator, the equipment purchase was possible with a $57,000 state grant. The office of the state attorney general, he said, instituted a newer […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Insider NJ has released its 2022 “LGBTQ-plus Power List,” which features 100 spots for the most politically influential members of the LGBTQ community in New Jersey. “There’s a pronounced and conspicuous glass ceiling for LGBTQs in New Jersey politics,” the introduction to the list reads. “Sure, the gatekeepers are happy to […]
UNION, NJ — Premiere Stages at Kean University opened its first scheduled full season in two years with “Mud Row,” a play by 2022 Tony Award nominee Dominique Morisseau, as directed by Marshall Jones III. The story is about the grip history has on two pairs of sisters. For one pair, it is the grip […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Are New Jersey municipalities following state laws regarding sick and vacation leave? According to a recent report from the Office of the State Comptroller, the answer is an overwhelming no. In the report, “A Review of Sick and Vacation Leave Policies in New Jersey Municipalities,” which was released July 7, the […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — It is the end of an era, as the West Orange School District bids farewell to longtime educator Robert Klemt, who is retiring before the start of the 2022-23 school year. Klemt, who has worked in West Orange schools for the past 33 years, is retiring as principal of Liberty Middle […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Susan Connolly, an 11th-grade English teacher at Bloomfield High School, who, in her own words, came to teaching “much later in life,” has retired. Her decision became effective July 1. Connolly, who spent 22 years teaching in the Bloomfield School District, grew up in New York state just north of the Mohawk […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The Gas Lamp Juniors will present Disney’s “Frozen,” in junior musical form, at Ridgewood Avenue School on Friday, July 15, at 7 p.m. and Saturday, July 16, at 1 p.m. The production is under the direction of Heather Ballantyne. The story of “Frozen” is a loose adaptation of “The Snow Queen,” […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — A reunion for former members of West Orange Cabana Club, which closed in 1993, is planned for Saturday, July 23, in the picnic area of Eagle Rock Reservation. A rain date is set for the following day. The reunion will take place from noon to 4 p.m. and will feature a […]