GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Students in the Studio Seniors’ Art Class, a Glen Ridge Recreation Department activity meeting Tuesday mornings at the Ridgewood Avenue train station, recently exhibited their paintings at Crane’s Mill in West Caldwell. The works of five students and their instructor, Khrystyna Khristianova — 55 pieces in all — were shown. Reviews […]
Students speak out against proposed amphitheater at Turtle Back Zoo
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Essex County Board of Chosen Freeholders unanimously passed a resolution that authorized the county Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs to apply to the state for a $4 million grant for the proposed “conservation pavilion,” a 500-seat amphitheater to be built in the South Mountain Reservation northeast of the […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — With very little snow accumulation this winter, the Department of Public Works and Park Maintenance is busy with work ordinarily delayed until spring. Due to the large number of key retirements in the last year, the department has been reorganized, with Frank Simone being given the newly created position of general maintenance […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The monastery on Ridgeway Avenue became occupied once again in December, when a group of Buddhist monks moved in and began introducing themselves to the West Orange community. Buddhist Insights moved into town from New York City and is about to launch a schedule of community programming. Founded by Ayya Soma, […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — A $1.5 million bond ordinance for the purchase of 45 W. Third St. passed unanimously at the South Orange Board of Trustees meeting on Feb. 24, allowing the village to move forward with building low-income housing units on the property. The building is next door to 41 W. Third St., which […]
BELLEVILLE, NJ — Essex County recently announced that approximately $5.4 million will be distributed to 14 Essex County municipalities and 34 community organizations through the Community Development Block Grant program and the Emergency Solutions Grant program. Belleville received $334,760 for water main and valve replacement in various locations. The CDBG and ESG programs are funded […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — East Orange Mayor Ted R. Green gave his 2020 State of the City address on Feb. 24 to a standing-room only audience at the Jean L. James Theater at Cicely L. Tyson Community School of Performing and Fine Arts. Green celebrated the administration’s progress, including receiving an A+ Standard & Poor’s […]
NUTLEY, NJ — In “1984,” acclaimed author George Orwell writes, “Reality exists in the human mind and nowhere else.” A lot of literary critics have spent decades debating this quotation, pulling in philosophy, religion, psychology and other literature. A new component has recently been entered into the debate: Nutley author Steve Terrebush’s debut novel, “Beyond […]
NUTLEY, NJ — Nutley native Daniel Del Tufo and Julia Kallmerten took their relationship to new heights earlier this year, when Del Tufo proposed to Kallmerten atop the Memorial Bridge in Portsmouth, N.H. The two civil engineers met at the University of New Hampshire, where Del Tufo enrolled after graduating from Nutley High School in […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — On Feb. 25, Mayor Tony Vauss presented his State of the Township address at Transcend Worship Center in Irvington, along with Donald Malloy, director of the Department of Recreation. Opening remarks were delivered by Business Administrator Musa Malik and followed by a video of the township’s department directors discussing upcoming projects and […]