BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The school bell rang last week to officially end summer vacation for Bloomfield elementary school children. On Wednesday, Sept 7, girls and boys were at their desks again after a schoolyard regaling to friends of a summertime exploit or the surprise from seeing someone 3 inches taller. Then, into the building and getting […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — FITT NJ held its ribbon-cutting on Sept. 14 for its new location at 1500 Pleasant Valley Way. Joining FITT NJ’s professionals — from left, Joyce Gardner, Kyle Harrow, Carol Michaels and Cheryl Faine — is Mayor Robert Parisi, center.
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Former Glen Ridge resident Dick Gersh, 88, still says so: After 55 years in show business, Jackie Gleason remains the most extraordinary person he has ever met. Even from the first. It was 1952 and Gersh, by his own admission, had the top music publicity office in America. He knew that Gleason […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — It has been 15 years since terrorists attacked the United States on Sept. 11, 2001, ending the lives of nearly 3,000 innocent people. In that time a lot has changed in the nation. The Pentagon has been fully repaired while the World Trade Center site now hosts a pristine memorial. Life […]
ORANGE, NJ — When Orange Preparatory Academy Co-Principal Andrea Dooley-Malloy asked Reggie Miller, director of the school’s Male Student Support Program, to send out a text message blast asking men to turn out for the first day of school, she had no idea what kind of response they’d get. To her delight, and […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The opportunity to experience a handpicked series of foreign films about Israeli culture, all directed by Israeli filmmakers, is now available to cinema enthusiasts and history buffs at the South Orange Performing Arts Center and the JCC MetroWest in West Orange as part of “La Cinematheque Film Club,” hosted by South […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — St Valentine’s Church held its annual carnival this past weekend. It was estimated the event is at 35 years old. The area off Broughton Avenue was once a Polish enclave and foods for the event, many homemade, reflected that culinary tradition. There were games for the kids, a 50/50 raffle for the […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Elizabeth and Peter J. Longo of West Orange celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary today, Sept. 15, with their children, Patricia Bolles, Diana Longo, Peter M. Longo and his wife, Lisa Olesky. Elizabeth “Betty,” nee Raycheck, was born in Uniontown, Pa. Her widowed mother raised seven children on a small farm during […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — The Rev. Ronald B. Christian of Christian Love Baptist Church was serving as a chaplain for the Essex County Sheriff’s Department when he died unexpectedly in October 2015; however, his spirit of public safety and service was on display at the church’s 15th annual Sept. 11 Remembrance Service on Wednesday, Sept. 7. […]
Sabre maven thrusts her way into international esteem
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — On Saturday, Sept. 10, Maplewood held a motorcade, parade and meet-and-greet to celebrate hometown hero Ibtihaj Muhammad, who earned a bronze medal for fencing as a member of Team USA’s Sabre Team at the 2016 summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Muhammad, who earned national recognition for being the first […]