WEST ORANGE, NJ — Despite having been postponed one week due to snow, West Orange’s 67th annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade was a big hit on Sunday, March 18, with marchers and spectators from around the state in attendance. Grand Marshal Donald Shauger Sr. led the parade with aplomb, with helped from deputy grand marshals […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The Maplewood Senior Center officially opened its doors Saturday, March 17. Maplewood’s senior citizens gathered at the Burnett Avenue building, formerly the Maplewood Baptist Church, to celebrate grand opening of the space, which hosts activities for seniors. While the senior center has been operating for almost a year, renovations to the building […]
ORANGE, NJ — Orange voters went to the polls for a special election on Tuesday, March 13, electing Siaka Sherif and Tyrone Tarver to the two additional seats on the Orange Board of Education, now that the city has changed from a Type 1 District, in which the mayor appoints seven board members, to a […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange School District is mourning the loss of Washington Elementary School first-grade teacher Patricia Villarosa, who died March 9 from injuries she sustained after being struck by a car Feb. 26 on Pleasant Valley Way while on her way to a board of education meeting. Both a teacher and […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Columbia High School students walked out of their classrooms on the morning of March 14 to stand in solidarity with high schools around the country as they protested gun violence in the wake of the Feb. 14 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. Almost all of the […]
NEWARK, NJ — Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo Jr. hosted the county’s annual Women’s History Month Program at the Essex County Hall of Records on Monday, March 19. The theme of this year’s ceremony is “Students Achieving Today – Our Leaders of Tomorrow.” During the ceremony, 2018 Essex County Althea Gibson Leadership Awards were presented […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Newark Superior Court Judge Tom Vena on Friday, March 16, ruled against an attempt by Irvington Board of Education candidate David Pinckney to kick three incumbent board members off the ballot for the BOE election on Tuesday, April 17. Board members Jamillah Beasley-McCleod, Ronald Brown and Melody Scott are also members […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The Women’s Club of Glen Ridge hosted its annual “My Favorite Doll Tea Party” on Sunday afternoon, March 18. Although there is no recorded date of when the fundraiser began, several women involved this year estimated 15 years. Proceeds from ticket sales and raffle prizes were to be donated to various charities. […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Our Lady of Sorrows School of South Orange marches in West Orange’s 67th annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Sunday, March 18.
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Following a busing snafu, an elementary school child was driven to the bus depot instead of school Friday, March 16. A bus driver employed by the Hunterdon County Education Service Commission, which performs certain busing duties for West Orange, reportedly failed to perform the mandatory inspection of his bus after delivering […]