Township comes together to ring in Christmas season with tree lighting, trolley tours, Santa Claus
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Christmas again came early in West Orange with the Downtown West Orange Alliance’s annual Holiday Open House and the recreation department’s tree-lighting ceremony on Dec. 3. Numerous residents visited the downtown area throughout the day for the Open House, which this year featured pictures with Santa Claus in various locations, a […]
Woman’s Club celebrates 100 years of service, fellowship; looks forward to 100 more years
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — In today’s age of short-lived Snapchats and disposable everything, not much lasts for a century. Startups fold, restaurants close and leaders fall from the public eye. Fame is 15 minutes long, with luck. The Woman’s Club of Maplewood, however, is another story. On Friday, Dec. 2, it celebrated 100 years of steadfast […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — Although Thanksgiving has passed, the East Orange Salvation Army is still in need of food donations. “We are one month away from our largest distribution of the year and our pantry is empty,” said Salvation Army Corps Officer Capt. Scott See on Monday, Nov. 21, the day after his agency teamed up […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield High School students of David Simonetti’s filmmaking class distinguished themselves recently at the Ramapo College High School Film Festival which featured student short movies from all over NJ. The movies were screened at the college and students were encouraged to bring their family and friends. “I thought is was very classy,” […]
WOAC’s Holiday Boutique offers chance for unique wares
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Arts Council unanimously elected Patricia Mitrano as its new chairwoman during its Nov. 17 meeting. Mitrano said she felt the time was right in her life to accept the leadership position following the departure of Carol Lemon, who nominated Mitrano as her successor. And while Mitrano knows that […]
Theater to read Maplewood woman’s play
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The South Orange Performing Arts Center has entered into a partnership with American Theater Group, a New Jersey-based company that specializes in producing new and overlooked American plays, establishing the group as SOPAC’s official theater-in-residence. As part of the agreement, American Theater Group will present four readings in the SOPAC Loft […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — The Irvington NAACP was well-represented at the Institute of the Black World’s State of the Black World Conference at the Robert Treat Hotel in Newark from Wednesday, Nov. 16, through Sunday, Nov. 20. “An august crowd of African-American and Latino people attended the conference that was a tribute to the life and […]
ORANGE, NJ — Nassan’s Place, and autism awareness and family services nonprofit organization, will host its annual Holiday Celebration on Sunday, Dec. 11, at the Orange Elks Lodge 135 on Main Street in Orange. “We partnered with the Orange Elks Lodge 135 once again,” Nadine Wright-Arbubakrr, Nassan’s Place founder and president, said Tuesday, Dec. 6. […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — “It’s a Wonderful Life” has become a certifiable Christmas classic since its release in 1946, and it would be no exaggeration to suggest almost everyone has seen the film or one of its numerous adaptations and homages at least once. But the version presented by Luna Stage this holiday season promises […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The halls of Columbia High School swarmed with electric energy as the CHS Robotics Club hosted the sixth annual Robo-CATastrophe robotics tournament on Sunday, Dec. 4, at the high school in Maplewood. With 36 teams from across the state competing, the Robo-CATastrophe is the largest robotics qualifier in New Jersey. The teams […]