Hours of heavy rain led to flooding at Columbia High School in Maplewood, a power outage at a West Orange middle school and a nightmare commute Monday with roads flooded and NJ Transit experiencing hour long delays. A flood warning was issued for much of northern New Jersey and floods were reported in many areas, […]
Shihong Zhang, a Chinese language teacher at Glen Ridge High School, has been recognized by the New Jersey Chinese Teachers Association as its Chinese educator of the year. The organization, dedicated to promoting Chinese language and culture in public schools, presented its award Saturday, Dec. 9. Shihong was joined at the ceremony by two of […]
EAST ORANGE — Oval Park hosted Negro League baseball and pre-NFL semi-pro football in its heyday and now a project is underway to restore it to its former glory. A Groundbreaking Renovation Ceremony was held for Oval Park on Dec. 6, hosted by Mayor Ted R. Green, the East Orange City Council, and the Departments […]
The West Orange Library, which had been closed since February 2023, has reopened at its new location, 10 Rooney Circle. During an open house tour on Sunday, Dec. 10, a day before the library officially reopened, library Director David Cubie escorted a group of 20 throughout the innovative building. The new location is 32,000 […]
East Orange held its annual tree lighting ceremony in City Hall Plaza on Dec. 7. The event featured Brandi McLeod, pictured below, singing, the East Orange Campus High School choir, left, vocalist Seychelle Elise, the Esiva Band, the East Orange Lady Jaguars Elite Cheer and Dance team, above, plus a special visit from Santa and […]
Bloomfield resident Steve Tice is a serial Santa Claus. During the holiday season this is evident because of the multiple Kris Kringle appearances he makes around Bloomfield. He has one at Franklin Elementary School and another at Demarest Elementary, where his wife, Lorajean, is a third-grade teacher. There is a big one at Hot Bagels […]
The Paper Mill Playhouse hits it out of the park once again with its lovely production of the beloved, classic musical, “Fiddler on the Roof” with music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, book by Joseph Stein and directed by Mark S. Hoebee. This iconic show originally opened on Broadway in 1964 and won […]
IRVINGTON — The township held its annual Holiday Lighting Spectacular in Civic Square in front of town hall on Wednesday, Dec. 6. The event included singing by the choirs from the Berkeley Terrace Elementary School and the Madison Avenue School. There were characters including the Grinch, Princess Frostine, JIB and Mr. Mint. Santa and Mrs. […]
Service on NJ Transit’s Morris and Essex line has been improving for Essex County residents but is still not back to normal. Morris and Essex Line rail service is operating on a modified weekday schedule and will originate and terminate at Morristown until further notice due to ongoing overhead wire repairs near Mount Tabor, NJ […]
EAST ORANGE — The East Orange Police Department has been awarded two U.S. Department of Justice grants — totaling $1,550,000 — to hire more police officers and improve communications with residents. The Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Hiring Grant, which was awarded to EOPD last month, advances the practice of community policing through the hire […]