Fire Department hosts camp for girls

Fire Department hosts camp for girls

The Bloomfield Fire Department held its second annual Girls on Fire day camp for fourth- and fifth-grade girls on the mornings of Aug. 14 and 15 at its East Passaic Avenue fire station. With all the mental focus, exercise and teamwork involved, acquanting energetic 9- and 10-year-old girls with a firefighter’s job on a summer’s […]

Maplewood Police Department’s National Night Out 2024

Maplewood Police Department’s National Night Out 2024

Each year the Maplewood Police Department participates in National Night Out. About 500 people usually show up for the free event, according to Officer Matt Jones. “The event helps build a relationship between the public and police department,” Jones said at DeHart Park where the event was held. “Everything is free. N&K Prime Marketplace donated […]

Looking back at an old rivalry

Looking back at an old rivalry

By Charlie Brannick Special to the Chronicle When two high schools from neighboring towns play each other it often winds up being called a “rivalry game.” When Orange and West Orange take to the field Fridy night, it will be the 60th year since October 1964 when the then West Orange Cowboys and the Orange […]

West Orange Author Releases ‘Fall and Recovery’ on Sept. 17

West Orange Author Releases ‘Fall and Recovery’ on Sept. 17

Joanne De Simone was a talented gymnast—and dancer but her real dream was motherhood. She began babysitting when she was 12 and teaching gymnastics when she was 14. She felt she had a real connection with children. However, for De Simone, motherhood was a rough start all around. She and her husband John were about […]

Future of train station debated

A New Jersey Historic Sites Council resolution was unanimously passed, following an Aug. 15 Zoom conference with NJ Transit representatives, to prohibit NJT’s proposed changes to the downtown historic train station. The main sticking point for the council is NJT’s preferred plan to increase the height of the boarding platforms over four feet to make […]

New superintendent lays out plans

New superintendent lays out plans

Every new school year has its curriculum initiatives and with September knocking, first-year school superintendent Kyle Arlington gave this newspaper a heads-up on what parents can anticipate. Arlington, the former superintendent of the Kenilworth school district, naturally said he was looking forward to his new job. Starting out, he has been engaged in conversations with […]

1 16 17 18 19 20 608