Special education and general education students are now competing together in varsity-level sports at Bloomfield High School in a recently inaugurated athletic program called Unified Sports. Play is with boys and girls on the same team against other schools with similar programs. BHS kicked off competition in the spring of 2023 with bocce ball. The […]
A screenplay written by a former Maplewood resident about a South Orange resident who transformed the restaurant business is making waves on the independent film circuit. Donald G. Boudreau’s screenplay, “The Restaurant Man,” was awarded Best Feature Script at the Swedish International Film Festival. It was also named an Official Selection at the NICE International […]
The West Orange Chamber of Commerce held its annual Community Breakfast on Feb. 15 at The Wilshire Grand Hotel. Chamber president Tez Roro and event chair Paul Petigrow both spoke while Mayor Susan McCartney was the featured speaker, giving a state of the township address. Petigrow said that this was a networking event to meet […]
MAPLEWOOD — The mayor and township committee are asking participants in public protests to refrain from engaging in hate speech or behavior that targets any specific group. “Recently, some protestors, who are exercising their First Amendment right to free speech have used language that is hurtful and unnerving to many of our neighbors,” the township […]
WEST ORANGE — A “zoom bomb” turned a recent council meeting ugly with racist, anti-semtic and generally hateful remarks. “The first thing I did was I prayed,” said Council President Bill Rutherford, who is also a Baptist minister. “Silently in my head for my colleagues who were visibly shaken. I prayed for the people that […]
By Nadine Etienne Special to the Irvington Herald A sea of teenagers flooded Newark’s Prudential Center on Feb. 3 for the annual Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU ) Invesco QQQ Legacy Classic Basketball Tournament. Odo Achievement Center received vouchers from the Urban League of Essex & Union County to have teens attend the game. […]
A West Orange resident’s film has been chosen for the Garden State Film Festival, which is celebrating its 22nd Anniversary March 21 – 24. The Garden State Film Festival (GSFF) celebrates the independent film genre by bringing a carefully curated and enriching selection of original works from locally produced filmmakers as well as from around […]
A native of Irvington recently completed an intensive 10-week training program to become a member of the elite U.S. Navy Ceremonial Guard. Airman Taheed Phillips, a 2023 Irvington High School graduate, joined the Navy six months ago. Today, Phillips serves as a U.S. Navy Ceremonial Guardsman. “I joined the Navy to serve my country,” Phillips […]
Glen Ridge received certification at the silver level by Sustainable Jersey this past November. What that means is that the municipal government has undertaken efforts to implement sustainability throughout the borough, has succeeded and is now recognized as a state leader in this voluntary, self-reporting effort. The goal of sustainability is to build resilient communities […]
A 43-year-old man has been found guilty of sexually assaulting a woman in Irvington, who was accosted while carrying her three-week-old son. Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II announced that an Essex County jury convicted Kervin Joseph-Michel of Newark, of kidnapping, aggravated sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child. On Nov. […]