BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield Educational Foundation is in the process of reviewing its bylaws and will consider term-limits for its voting board members, according to longtime member Madeline Wollner. “We don’t have one now,” she said recently in a telephone interview in reference to term limits for the board members. “Now it’s a lifetime commitment […]
Prior to school starting, addition of kiss-and-go lane and bus loop is finished at Gregory School
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The long-debated bus driveway and parking lot expansion at Gregory Elementary School is now largely completed, though a few relatively minor items still have to be installed. Leonard Lepore, the township engineer, said all the work necessary to construct the looping driveway in front of the school and the enlarged staff […]
Maplewood native Karen Eriksson-Lee sets the stage for the future generation of ballet dancers
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — To many, dancing is as essential as breathing. This is certainly true for Karen Eriksson-Lee, the Columbia High School graduate who recently opened a dance school in New York City, just a PATH ride away. Eriksson-Lee and friend Leslie Seeger recently opened NYC Classical Training in the West Village. Prior to this, […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — Although it may seems that the Eagle Flight Squadron Inc., of East Orange, would be permanently grounded with the death Wednesday, Aug. 17, of the Rev. Russell Reed White Jr., its founder and the former pastor of Bethel Baptist in Orange, the program will continue with the help of Bibi Taylor […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Labor Day weekend, at least the Saturday right before the holiday, looked to be a ho-hum day at the Glen Ridge Community Pool. Not many people were there, even with the pool closing for the season in two days. This may have been caused by a threat from an off-coast hurricane that […]
Work proceeds slowly to restore historic St. Mark’s Church
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The restoration of the historic St. Mark’s Episcopal Church is progressing slowly but surely in the wake of the New Year’s Day fire that left the 188-year-old local icon severely damaged. Minister Sergio Artiles Jr. of the Iglesia de Dios Pentecostal Church, the congregation that occupied the building up until the […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Three-hundred laptop computers — Chromebooks — were distributed to two groups of Bloomfield Middle School students during August to initiate a pilot program which will link the students to their teachers and to students around the world. The pilot program launches an effort by the Bloomfield School District to equip all students with […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — Nadine Wright-Arbubakrr and the Nassan’s Place autism awareness and services nonprofit organization have offered numerous events throughout the summer, but the trip to the Adventure Aquarium in Camden proved the biggest one yet. “It was an amazing night tonight being invited down to the aquarium in Camden by the HollyRod Foundation,” […]
EWING, NJ — Sustainable Jersey for Schools announced Sept. 6 that 83 schools achieved the Sustainable Jersey for Schools certification in 2016, though many others are working toward it. The 83 schools come from 24 different school districts across 13 New Jersey counties. In two years, 118 schools have achieved Sustainable Jersey for Schools certification. […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Police Athletic League 12U Travel Baseball Team received a commendation at the Sept. 6 Township Council meeting. Some of the team’s myriad accomplishments include winning the New Providence 12-year division in summer 2016; being the runner-up in the Montville league in spring 2016; playing a doubleheader against Verona […]