SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Truly embracing the idea that laughter is the best medicine, a local woman is hosting the “Laugh for a Cause” fundraiser on Friday, Nov. 17, from 7 to 9:30 p.m. at Inkosi’s Cafe on Irvington Avenue in South Orange, with proceeds benefiting victims of the recent hurricanes in Puerto Rico and […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Maplewood Mayor Vic DeLuca helps award members of Girl Scout Troop 22831 with their Silver Award. From left are Evelyn Van de North, Elliot Foley, Grace Trenouth, DeLuca, Maggie Sheridan and Phoebe Holt-Reiss. Community service projects to earn this award included libraries for Interfaith Hospitality Network families, a pedestrian safety video for […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — East Orange’s own Donnie Don hosted his “Legends and Legacy Party” at Bogie’s Lounge on William Street on Friday, Oct. 20, to “celebrate our celebrities, landmarks, parks and avenues” on the same day that Essex County Surrogate Judge Ted Stephens announced the creation of a new East Orange Hall of Fame […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Joyce Carol Oates visited the Bloomfield College campus Monday evening, Nov. 6, for a one-hour Q & A with BC writing professor Angela Conrad. An audience of 100 at the Van Fossan Art Center listened in. It was more like a chat over a medley of topics with the famous author, and perhaps […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Although Maurice Gattison is now a sergeant in the Irvington Police Division and president of Policemen’s Benevolent Association Local 29 union, he was once signed to a major hip-hop record label as rapper “Gat the Great.” It was Gattison’s rapping skills that were put on display by Mayor Tony Vauss when he […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Montclair State University’s African Drumming Ensemble had Seth Boyden School’s staff, students and community members on their feet dancing and drumming their way into the start of something new. Led by John J. Cali School of Music adjunct faculty member Robert Levin, graduate music education coordinator Lisa De Lorenzo and undergraduate music […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — Students at Johnnie L. Cochran Jr. Academy Elementary School in East Orange now have a “Little Library” located on the side of the school building on Midland Avenue to go with the regular school library inside the institution, thanks to Parent Teacher Organization President Donnya Johnson-Brown and the other parents. “We’re […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — On Thursday, Nov. 9, Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo Jr. announced that a $2.8 million project to modernize Rink 1 at Codey Arena is complete. The new refrigeration system will enable the arena to operate more efficiently and will provide a better ice skating surface. This is the first major renovation […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — JESPY House, a community-based nonprofit serving adults with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities, hosted Governor-elect Phil Murphy, who was at the time still on the campaign trail, on Tuesday, Oct. 31. Approximately 120 clients, family members, friends, staff and allies welcomed Murphy so that they could discuss their concerns about recent policy […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The state’s senior representatives in Washington — U.S. Sens. Cory Booker and Robert Menendez — spoke from a Bloomfield homeowner’s front lawn on Friday, Nov. 3, to criticize the Republican tax-reform proposal as harmful to New Jersey property owners. Introduced by Mayor Michael Venezia to an assembly of media outlets at the Ferncliff […]