IRVINGTON, NJ — The old Servicemen’s Clubhouse on Springfield Avenue across from Civic Square is gone. The clubhouse, which had been used as recently as Memorial Day on Monday, May 29, has been demolished to make way for the new Taco Bell restaurant that a developer paid the township $800,000 for permission to build, according […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Orange/West Orange UNICO recently donated 15 two-way radios to West Orange’s Community Emergency Response Team.
EAST ORANGE, NJ — The Historical Society of East Orange honored local hip-hop music heroes Naughty By Nature and others at its annual Lawn Party at Cicely Tyson School of the Performing and Fine Arts on Sunday, June 11. But the most relevant tribute might have come from the members of the Young People for […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Members of the South Orange-Maplewood community gathered June 19 at The Woodland in Maplewood for an interfaith Iftar, which is the festive communal meal that breaks the daily fast during Ramadan. The event was co-sponsored by the SOMA Refugee Resettlement Project and U.S. Olympic fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad of Maplewood. From left are […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Tenants of a Franklin Street apartment building came to the Bloomfield Township Council meeting on Monday, June 26, to ask that a newly imposed parking restriction be lifted because it eliminated overnight parking for apartment dwellers. According to the residents of 165 Franklin St., known as Franklin Towers, street signs were posted Friday, […]
NUTLEY, NJ — Nutley High School Athletic Hall of Fame has upcoming inductions. The Third Half Club of Nutley has announced the 2017 Nutley High School Athletic Hall of Fame induction class for the first time in five years. This year the committee has announced that the following Nutley Raiders are the 2017 Hall Of […]
Class remembers Nikhil Badlani and Mackenzie Fitschen
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The pleasant weather enhanced the excitement in the air, as the West Orange High School graduating Class of 2017 walked onto the field one last time. Expressing their individuality with decorated caps, which included the names of colleges students will attend, flags of ancestral countries and LGBT pride colors, the students […]
District personnel says bon voyage to 433 CHS graduates at June 22 commencement ceremony
NEWARK, NJ — The air in the Essex County College Athletic Center in Newark on June 22 was filled with excitement, nervousness, joy, relief and more as Columbia High School graduated the Class of 2017. In many of the commencement speeches, the 433 graduates were encouraged to move forward and do great things, whether they […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — The People’s Organization for Progress hosted a Reparations March and Rally in downtown Newark on Saturday, June 24, which saw U.S. Rep. Donald Payne Jr. showing his solidarity for the cause as he made an announcement of his own. Payne pledged to become a co-sponsor of HR 40, the Commission to Study […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — Award-winning actress Phylicia Rashad, who gained international fame in the role of Claire Huxtable on the NBC-TV program “The Cosby Show” in the 1980s, was the featured guest speaker at the Cicely Tyson School of the Performing and Fine Arts commencement exercises for the graduating Class of 2017 at the school […]