MAPLEWOOD / SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Columbia High School’s Hall of Fame added two more members to its ranks at last, after a yearlong induction hiatus because of the COVID-19 pandemic, which forced a double ceremony, for both 2020 and 2021 inductees. Chosen by the Student Council, Eric Hudson was honored as the 2020 Hall […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — In an attempt to aid residents through these trying times, East Orange has established a COVID-19 small business relief grant program in response to the serious financial hardships many East Orange businesses face as a result of COVID-19. An informational Zoom webinar was held on June 3 about the program, which […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — After a COVID-19–related hiatus, live theater is back at Glen Ridge High School. The Ridgewood Avenue School theater will once again have an audience in it when the high school drama club stages “Footloose,” the first production that they’ll be able to put on in person in more than a year […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — As another school year comes to a close, many are looking forward to the upcoming events celebrating Irvington High School graduates. With a heavy emphasis on the Hall of Fame Dinner, which will be held Oct. 7 at The Westwood in Garwood, the Irvington Varsity Club has done a great deal and […]
SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Columbia High School was raring to go when its theater department sold out all of the tickets to the 2020 production of “Matilda,” even going so far as to add another show to what was supposed to be a two-weekend run. Then the COVID-19 pandemic happened, and the show […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The 2021 municipal budget has not yet been formally introduced to the West Orange Township Council, but the council held a public budget workshop on May 26 to discuss Mayor Robert Parisi’s proposed budget, in advance of the final proposal at a council meeting this summer. The proposed total budget is […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield Board of Education heard a presentation on the district’s equity, diversity and inclusion program at its May 25 meeting, from the New Jersey School Boards Association’s Equity Council facilitator Penelope Lattimer and Adele Macula, an assistant professor in the education department at New Jersey City University and a former associate […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — A Columbia High School student died following a shooting on June 6 at Underhill Field and another was injured, according to the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office on June 7. Moussa Fofana, 18, a CHS junior and star soccer player, was pronounced dead at the scene at 10:24 p.m., after Maplewood Police Department […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Little Free Pantry that Soham Bhatnagar spent a few months building earlier this year was installed and stocked with food on May 27 on Washington Street, right outside the West Orange Police Department substation. The West Orange High School junior enlisted the help of Maplewoodshop owner and woodworker Mike Schloff […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — There is some good news for the township as Irvington Mayor Tony Vauss announced a zero-percent property tax increase for Irvington residents and property owners for the next two years. Due to the pandemic and the economic damage it has caused, residents will now be able to breathe more easily for 2021 […]