BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Bloomfield High School STEM Club has been working on a carriage to hopefully provide greater mobility for a dog with hind legs that are paralysed. Maria Paladino Fitz, a lifelong Bloomfield resident, BHS Class of ‘73, and township businesswoman, learned that the high school had a STEM/Robotics club, and last month she took […]
By Ted D’Alessio / Special to the Chronicle WEST ORANGE, NJ — There are many families in West Orange whose roots run deep in the township. One of them is the D’Alessio family. In the late 1800s, Gerardo D’Alessio, my grandfather, made a solo journey from Naples, Italy, to America and arrived at Ellis Island […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ – It was standing room only at West Orange High School as 289 eighth-grade students graduated from Liberty Middle School. Principal Bob Klemt welcomed the crowd and reviewed some of the many achievements of this year’s graduating class. “Ceremonies such as this provide opportunities to reflect on achievements and memories from the […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The school district retested the Seth Boyden drinking fountain that was found to have lead levels approximately 30 times greater than the actionable limit and and found it to be well within state guidelines. Superintendent of Schools John Ramos Sr. sent out an update on June 23, saying that the fountain in […]
BELLEVILLE, NJ — Scholarship recipient Victoria Bruno, of Belleville High School, above right, stands with Cecelia Polizzi, chairwoman of the Scholarship Program of the Suburban Essex Chamber of Commerce Foundation. Each year the SECC awards three scholarship. The criteria for the scholarships are based on the students’ financial need, and the fall attendance at a […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Clare Delano, a fourth-grade teacher at Oak View Elementary School, will be retiring at the end of this month. She has been in the Bloomfield School District for more than 19 years and has been at Oak View all that time. “I taught fourth grade all except for one year,” she said […]
ORANGE, NJ — The city of Orange Township was well represented at the 50th annual African-American Heritage Parade in downtown Newark on Sunday, May 28, as well as the third annual East Orange Music, Arts and Culture Festival, or “MACFest,” in City Hall Plaza on Saturday, June 17. The Orange-based Flamingo Precision Drill Team Color […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Two squads of students from the Glen Ridge Ambulance Squad participated in the 4th annual Bayshore EMS Cadet/Youth Competition held Saturday, June 10, in Keyport. EMS squads from 14 towns participated in the event, which was open to student EMS members. The attending members from Glen Ridge were seniors Lev Kolinski, […]
NEWARK, NJ — Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo Jr. and the Essex County Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning Advisory Board hosted the Essex County LGBTQ Pride Month Celebration on Tuesday, June 20. During the ceremony, DiVincenzo presented Pride of Essex County Awards to Czezre Tyrell Adams, an officer with the Newark Police Department; Reginald […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Roosevelt Middle School graduates 278 eighth-grade students on June 20 at West Orange High School amid much pomp, circumstance and definitely some parents’ tears. RMS Principal Lionel Hush filled the auditorium with laughter as he recounted the past two years for family and friends, who nodded in agreement. “I can imagine […]