WEST ORANGE, NJ — Sean Michael Cassels of West Orange died unexpectedly on Aug. 2, his 40th birthday. Cassels, a Millburn police officer and former West Orange police officer, was known as a loving husband and father, caring neighbor, and all-around great guy. Though born in Montclair, Cassels was a lifelong resident of West Orange […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield council chamber was brought to silence Monday night when a township resident asked the mayor a question that he would not answer. The silence lasted for more than four minutes. The resident, David Tucker, the GOP mayoral candidate in the upcoming election, stood at the podium and asked Mayor Michael Venezia, […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield Center Alliance is still presenting Cruise Nights and promoting the Bloomfield Farmers Market every week in the town center. An end of summer block party is also on the schedule. • Cruise Nights car shows, sponsored by the BCA, will continue on Wednesday nights through August from 6 to 9 […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — An 18-year-old woman responded to the Maplewood Police Department to report that she had been sexually assaulted on Aug. 2, according to a release sent Aug. 10 by the Maplewood Police Department. The victim, a resident of Florida, reported that she had been walking to a family member’s home at approximately 9:30 […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — A West Orange man injured in an Aug. 14 shooting in the Valley was transported to University Hospital in Newark with non-life threatening injuries, police said in a press release sent to the Chronicle on Aug. 17. Officers responded to a complaint of shots fired in the area of Valley Road […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — Wyclef Jean, a former resident of East Orange and hip-hop music producer and rapper of The Fugees rap group, returned to his hometown Aug. 11 and 12, to shoot a music video for his new solo record, “Hendricks,” in his former residence on South Clinton Street, a location he and his […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Former Bloomfield Board of Education President Dan Anderson disagrees with the recent proposal by the NJ Department of Education that would require PARCC tests as the overriding factor in whether a student should graduate from high school or not. Anderson is still a member of the school board. In a May press release, […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield Recreation Department presented National Night Out at Foley Field on Tuesday, Aug. 2. It was the second consecutive year the event was held at the sports facility. In the past, individual neighborhoods would throw parties and elected officials, police and fire department personnel would travel around town visiting their favorites. Mike […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Twenty-three teenagers and their parents gathered Thursday, July 28, at Columbia High School to graduate from Cougar Prep, a four-week high school readiness program for incoming freshmen. Cougar Prep is a collaboration between the South Orange-Maplewood School District and The Loft, managed by FAMILYConnections, preparing rising eighth-graders for the transition from middle […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Students arriving back to Glen Ridge schools this September will recognize improvements to some of the facilities. But what they may or may not know is that much of the work could not have be done without the help of parents working through individual home and school associations. At the high and […]