ASBURY PARK — Astronauts Mark and Scott Kelly were inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame on May 6 at Paramount Theatre in Asbury Park. The brothers grew up in West Orange and their alma mater, formerly Pleasantdale Elementary School, was renamed Kelly Elementary School in their honor a few years ago. Photos by […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Maplewood is 7,793 miles away from Mumbai, India, but Kimaya Salaskar has not let that stop her from stocking her storefront on Maplewood Avenue with clothing, jewelry and other items that come from her native country. Kimaya Kama, Salaskar’s store in Maplewood, specializes in clothing that ranges from workout gear to cocktail […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — At its April 24 meeting, the West Orange Township Council unanimously approved a resolution authorizing Herbst-Musciano Architects and Planners to evaluate three of the five West Orange Fire Department firehouses to determine what renovations are needed and provide a cost estimate for them. Firehouses 3 and 4 will be renovated and […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — When Irvington voters go to the polls Tuesday, May 8, there won’t be many choices to make, since incumbent Mayor Tony Vauss is running unopposed and his Team Irvington Strong running mates, incumbent Councilwomen Renee Burgess, October Hudley and Charnette Frederic, are only facing one opponent. When township clerk Harold Wiener held […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Members of Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel in South Orange teamed up recently with volunteers from the Investors Bank and Summit Medical Group Foundation, based in Berkeley Heights, to distribute a wide variety of produce and other goods to clients of the Interfaith Food Pantry of the Oranges. TSTI is one of four […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Brookdale Elementary School students celebrated Earth Day on Thursday, April 26, by planting flower seedlings. Each class participated and at around 1 p.m. the kindergarteners filed out the front door and down the steps. A number of parents waited on the lawn. The children were paired off and given trowels. The ground […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — For nine years, Rent Party has been providing the South Orange-Maplewood community with “good music and cold beer at a reasonable price.” The nonprofit organization, founded by friends Chris Dickson and David Wagner, not only brings stellar live music to The Woodland in Maplewood one Friday each month, but fundraises for and […]
ORANGE, NJ — When voters go to the polls Tuesday, May 8, for the Orange City Council election, they will decide between the four incumbents or the challengers seeking to unseat them. The ballot positions are as follows: in the West Ward, challenger Mike Scott is on line 1-A; Councilman Harold Johnson is on line […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Washington Elementary School celebrated Arbor Day on April 27 by planting two trees on the school playground — one dedicated to Gov. Brendan Byrne, a West Orange native who attended the school as a child and who died earlier this year, and one dedicated to Patricia Villarosa, a first-grade teacher who […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Residents will no longer see the friendly face of Joe Kelly at the ticket window as they commute to and from work at the South Orange Train Station. Kelly retired April 23, after 42 years of working for New Jersey Transit, the last 24 in South Orange. The Board of Trustees […]