SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Essex County chapter of the Sisterhood of Salaam Shalom gathered for its second Iftar celebration in a member’s South Orange home. Iftar is the meal eaten by Muslims after sunset on Ramadan. The sisterhood works to connect Muslim and Jewish women, who have more in common than they do in […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Madison Avenue School students and faculty celebrated the end of the 2016-17 school year a few days early, with Fun Day on Friday, June 16. “This is wonderful event that is done by our PTA, with Mrs. Kim Spann, our secretary, taking the lead on many of the initiatives,” said Principal Ginger […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Orange/West Orange Chapter of UNICO National held its 2017 Scholarship Dinner on June 21 at Mayfair Farms in West Orange. Three UNICO National Scholarship winners were announced and six local area high school students were awarded individual local scholarships. Italian Language Awards were also given to high school students. Local […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Coleen French, the administrative secretary and self-described “chief cook and bottle washer” at Watsessing Elementary School, will be retiring at the end of this month. French has worked in the school district for 17 years. She started in 1999 at the administrative building where she helped establish the administrative services department. For the […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — The East Orange Rotary Club is sending 20 city children to the Frost Valley YMCA camp in upstate New York for two weeks this summer, thanks to a grant from the Ralph Arrington Foundation. The lucky children and their parents met with the Rotarians inside the East Orange General Hospital Board […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — The East Orange Rotary Club is sending 20 city children to the Frost Valley YMCA camp in upstate New York for two weeks this summer, thanks to a grant from the Ralph Arrington Foundation. Rotary Club Assistant Governor Cassandra Graham of District 7470, which serves both East Orange and Irvington, said she […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Ed Brasseur, 84, a township resident who regularly attended council meetings and often addressed the council with a question or opinion, was found dead at his Lindbergh Boulevard home on Thursday, June 15, the victim of an apparent heart attack. A next door neighbor, Dennis Blomgren, said he became concerned after noticing a […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Continuing its tradition of providing financial support to worthy organizations, the West Orange Rotary Club gifted nearly $20,000 to 23 nonprofit organizations at its annual Community Service Awards Luncheon at Mayfair Farms on June 16. The funds for the awards, ranging in amounts from $350 to $2,500, were raised through the […]
District officials, experts discuss risks of lead ingestion, plans to remediate issue, communication
MAPLEWOOD / SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The South Orange-Maplewood School District announced June 12 the results of testing for lead in school buildings’ water, which showed that nine sources out of 223 had a higher lead action level than that established by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for lead in drinking water, news that upset […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — A public meeting was held in Council Chambers on Monday evening, June 19, to discuss the proposed recreational and open space project for Lion Gate Drive. The meeting was conducted by Andy Strauss, a designer and planner of open spaces working for the township. Mayor Michael Venezia introduced the presentation, which included site […]