SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Baird Theater in South Orange was home to 15 singing voices the weekend of Dec. 15 to 17, when interACT Theater Productions teamed up with the South Orange/Maplewood Community Coalition on Race to stage “Black Nativity,” a holiday musical that takes the shape of its cast and crew. A retelling […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Board Education heard a presentation on the recent audit of the district’s special education program at its Dec. 4 meeting, and received praise for the program’s successes and recommendations as to how the district can improve. The report was presented by Charlie Bryant and Patrick Keenoy, educational consultants […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Samikkannu Thangavel, the new associate director of the Institute of NeuroImmune Pharmacology at Seton Hall University, has received a five-year $2.2 million research award from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Drug Abuse. The grant was awarded to Thangavel to conduct neuro-AIDS research in the context of drugs of […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Like followers of good King Wenceslas, a 10th-century Bohemian monarch known for his helping a peasant, congregants in Bloomfield houses of worship are tending to the needy this holiday season, too. But Pastor Diana Wilcox, of Christ Episcopal Church of Glen Ridge and Bloomfield, said there is more meaning to the Wenceslas story […]
Photo by Chris Sykes The Rev. George Sykes leads his S3 Music Review singers during the Christmas concert at Christian Pentecostal Church on Sunday, Dec. 17.IRVINGTON, NJ — George Sykes a gospel music artist and the chief executive officer of S3 Music Review, hosted a Christmas concert at Christian Pentecostal Church on Clinton Avenue on […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Winter Chorus Concert brought in the holiday season at West Orange High School on Dec. 7 with a sparkling mix of classic and contemporary seasonal favorites and some emotional surprises. The Treble Choir, Combined Concert and Treble Choir, the Concert Choir, Chamber Choir, Jubilee Choir and Glee Club came together […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Irvington Township was well-represented at East Orange Mayor-elect Ted Green’s Public Safety Meeting inside the Langston Hughes Elementary School Auditorium in East Orange on Tuesday, Dec. 12, thanks to the participation of Public Safety Director Tracy Bowers and Deputy Public Safety Director John Brown. Both Bowers and Brown are part of the […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — On Friday, Dec. 8, Bloomfield residents Steve, Lorajean, Kyle and Emily Tice continued their annual tradition of dressing as Santa Claus, Mrs. Claus, and Santa’s elves for children in the neighborhood and providing hot chocolate and cookies at their Bolten Place home. In recent years, Steve, who plays Santa, and his family […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Just promoted a month ago from acting supervisor to supervisor at the Glen Ridge post office, John Gonchar, 57, said that during the holiday season, the U.S. Postal Service delivers 850,000 parcels and 15 billion letters. The borough has its share of that, too. “Today we delivered 18,000 cards and letters,” he […]
Photo by Chris Sykes East Orange Mayor-elect Ted Green, second from right, stands with former East Orange Councilwoman and Essex County Freeholder Carol Clark, second from left, and two of his constituents on Thursday, Dec. 14, during his transition team’s public safety meeting in the Langston Hughes School auditorium.EAST ORANGE, NJ — During a press […]