WEST ORANGE — A celebration of the music of Nat King Cole was recently presented at Nia Fellowship Baptist Church by Community Concerts for Peace and Love. The evening kicked off with Bufford School of Music students, a local neighborhood music school, led by Greg Bufford. The Rev. Al Platt, pastor of the church, modestly […]
Isaiah House, a homeless shelter on North Munn Avenue in East Orange, recently announced it was receiving a $2 million grant from philanthropist and billionaire MacKenzie Scott and her organization, Yield Giving. “This is real. I could not speak,” said Zammeah Bivins-Gibson, executive director of Isaiah House. “I kept saying ‘Thank you God’ over and […]
SOUTH ORANGE — The Friends of the South Orange Public Library will hold a Spring Jewelry Sale to benefit the library over the first weekend in May at the newly-renovated Baird Community Center, 5 Mead St. The Friends Spring Jewelry Sale will feature a large selection of jewelry – thousands of pieces of fine jewelry, […]
A South Orange doctor will be honored for his work helping deaf and hard of hearing children. The Sound Start Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting children born deaf or hard of hearing in New Jersey, will be honoring Dr. Jed A. Kwartler at their upcoming annual gala. “Sound Start chose Dr. Kwartler as its […]
The Great Hall at the Woodland was filled to capacity as people gathered to share their views regarding the Maplewood Theatre Redevelopment area. The late February meeting was one of two held by the township after the committee adopted the Planning Board’s recommendation to designate the properties facing Maplewood Avenue, bounded by Inwood Place and […]
SOUTH ORANGE — The South Orange Performing Arts Center will celebrate its arts education programs during the month of April with music, art and dance from Columbia High School students. “Throughout the years, SOPAC has been diligently working behind the scenes to support the arts education programs offered to the students in our community,” explains […]
Since 1928, the Rotary Club of West Orange has been involved in serving not only the West Orange community but also in supporting humanitarian projects at the state, national and international levels. This year, in coordination with the West Orange High School ROTC cadets, the club will be displaying American flags in front of West […]
An Orange man was sentenced earlier this month to 13 years in state prison for striking a man with his car after a verbal altercation in a restaurant. Kareem Allen, 29, was sentenced after pleading guilty on Jan. 23 to a first degree aggravated manslaughter charge for the fatal assault on Malcom Webb, 30, of […]
An East Orange-based school bus company and one of its owners have pleaded guilty after hiring unqualified drivers, failing to perform drug tests and background checks, operating unsafe buses and attempting to conceal their misconduct. In addition to being unqualified to drive school buses because of licensing requirements, several bus drivers for East Orange-based F&A […]
IRVINGTON — Odo Achievement Center, a local nonprofit, has received a grant to teach life and leadership skills to teenagers of Haitian descent in Irvington. The grant is a subaward of an Education and Culture Program that is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State and implemented by Partners of the Americas in partnership with […]