WEST ORANGE, NJ — A year and counting into the COVID-19 pandemic that forced performance venues everywhere to reimagine the way theater works, West Orange’s Luna Stage is on its way to reopening for in-person events. A $20,000 grant from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, along with grants from the Orange Orphan […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Due to COVID-19, residents in many communities have suffered a great deal due to loss of employment and financial hardship. Luckily for Irvington, the Irvington Education Association is here to help. On April 3, the IEA held a walk-up and drive-up food distribution event in the Irvington High School parking lot for […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The journey to save the Squier Farmhouse ended in victory at the South Orange Planning Board meeting on March 25, when the board voted 5-0 to allow the owner of the historic home on Ridgewood Road to split the property into three lots, saving the original 1774 house located across the […]
ORANGE, NJ — The City of Orange Housing Authority partnered with the town to host a Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Pilot Program event for senior housing residents on Tuesday, March 30. Enthused about the city’s push to vaccinate residents against COVID-19, Mayor Dwayne Warren said the town’s current focus is to vaccinate its seniors. “Today […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The 13 Little Free Libraries scattered around Bloomfield haven’t been neglected during the past six months. They’ve been taken under the wing of Bloomfield High School’s National Honor Society members, who have been checking in on them periodically to organize, restock and refresh the books inside, as well as to maintain the […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Glen Ridge Superintendent of Schools Dirk Phillips outlined the student development curriculum the schools are implementing in the district’s five schools at the April 5 Board of Education meeting, talking about how social-emotional learning and character education go hand in hand with academics. “We talk about academics, but it’s just as […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — On March 31, the Essex County Board of County Commissioners held its 2021 Women’s History Month celebration virtually via Zoom. The ceremony commemorated the spirit and accomplishments of women everywhere, and acknowledged the contributions of multiple esteemed women of Essex County. Commissioner President Wayne Richardson began the program by speaking to […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The 2021 municipal budget of $38,476,326.09 was presented at the South Orange Board of Trustees meeting on Monday, March 22. There will be a 3.6 percent tax increase this year, a 0.9 percent increase over last year’s tax levy. The South Orange Police Department is the biggest line item in the […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The students in West Orange High School’s advanced placement art class refused to let the coronavirus pandemic silence their creative voices; they channeled their anxiety and frustration into powerful works that helped them cope during the turmoil of the past 12 months. And now the world has the chance to see […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Iola Carr went to open the curtains in her living room one day in late December, and the next thing she remembers is being in the hospital. Carr is one of the millions of people in the country who contracted COVID-19 in the last year. A couple of months later, the Bloomfield […]