WEST ORANGE, NJ — An off-duty West Orange police officer was shot while attempting to intervene in a robbery at Krauszer’s on South Valley Road in West Orange on Monday, Dec. 27, according to a statement from the town and the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office. The officer has not been named; his injury was not […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — South Orange–Maplewood School District social studies supervisor Christopher Preston gave an update on curriculum to the Board of Education’s Curriculum Committee on Dec. 14, saying that grade-level proficiencies were created by the district in 2019 for kindergarten through 12th grade and aligned with the state Amistad curriculum. “This actually goes beyond […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — It came as a surprise to departing school counselor Sybilree Fitzgerald of Bloomfield’s Fairview Elementary School on her last day, Thursday, Dec. 23, when Principal Ginamarie Mignone told her there was a situation on the playground. “I thought I had to talk to a student,” Fitzgerald said. She did not. Instead, she […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Thirty-six years as a district educator came down to one afternoon, Thursday, Dec. 23, for Bloomfield High School counselor Manuela Gonnella. Growing up in Newark’s Ironbound section, attending East Side High School and Montclair State University, Gonnella did her college practicum and student teaching at BHS. And although she was hired as […]
ORANGE, NJ — Spreading holiday cheer far and wide this holiday season, Orange Mayor Dwayne Warren and the Orange Municipal Council hosted the 10th annual Toys for Tots holiday event at the Orange Police Department on Wednesday, Dec. 22. Warren was in attendance and praised everyone involved in the event, which he said thrilled children […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Adapting to the pandemic, the volunteer Glen Ridge Community Fund has managed to continue its assistance to borough residents and even improve on one of its fundraising efforts. The annual letter-writing campaign requesting contributions, which begins at year’s end and continues into the new year, was once a snail mail and […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — As the omicron variant drives cases of COVID-19 upward, South Orange, Maplewood and the South Orange–Maplewood School District are taking precautions to keep residents from getting infected. Both South Orange and Maplewood enacted indoor mask mandates this week; the school district will be returning to classes virtually after the holiday break. […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — At the Irvington Board of Education’s virtual meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 22, members were able to have a meet and greet with Edward LaPierre, the new assistant principal at Mount Vernon Avenue Elementary School in Irvington. Smiling and waving hello enthusiastically via the Zoom platform, Board of Education members gave LaPierre a […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — On Wednesday, Dec. 15, the Women’s Club of Glen Ridge finished out its 2021 events calendar with the “Deck Your Halls” holiday greens workshop. The event brought more than 50 members and guests to the club’s historic Williamsburg Ballroom for a festive, collaborative and lively workshop on how to create the […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ – West Orange African Heritage Organization / WOAHOregrets to announce that the kwanzaa 2021 celebration scheduled for friday evening 12/31/21chas been canceled due to covid precautions……. WOAHO wishes everyone a happy, healthy and safe kwanzaa and new year…………….