MAPLEWOOD, NJ — A Maplewood resident, who is a student at Union College of Union County, has won a national championship playing Mario Kart. Ian Friedman is part of the Union team that won the National Junior Athletic Association Esports Championship for Mario Kart and Overwatch 2, according to a press release from the college, which […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Mayor Susan McCartney made her State of the Township Address at the West Orange Chamber of Commerce annual Community Breakfast on Wednesday, April 26. The community breakfast served as an opportunity for local business owners to network and build relationships with each other, to collaborate on future events and support each […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — It’s not unusual to see these Trash Pandas out during the daytime. Unlike the nocturnal raccoons from which they get their name, this group works during the daytime, cleaning up rather than making a mess. They are part of the Maplewood Memorial Park Conservancy and they have begun doing a monthly clean-up […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The rescue of a woman from her native Haiti, through the Dominican Republic, to Bloomfield, was recently undertaken by the Sisters of Charity of St. Elizabeth, Convent Station, and the Congregational Church of Montclair. The woman, Sarah Exantus, had to escape after she refused to steal for gang members who threatened her. […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The London plane tree was lowered into the ground, an Arbor Day symbol for many more that are being planted across the borough. It had been anticipated that 55 trees, including more than two dozen elms and lindens, would be planted along Hillside Avenue this past Friday, April 28, Arbor Day. […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — Four East Orange STEM Academy seniors have been awarded $40,000 scholarships from Amazon. “Every year, I continue to be inspired by our scholarship recipients’ academic achievements and drive to use their problem-solving abilities to build solutions for their communities,” said Victor Reinoso, global director of Philanthropic Education Initiatives at Amazon, “With […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — A grand opening ceremony is planned for a 56-unit affordable apartment building on Chancellor Avenue. The community, located at 722 Chancellor Ave., was developed through a partnership between The NRP Group and Adenah Bayoh, a Black female real estate developer and entrepreneur who manages a portfolio consisting of multifamily assets and fast-casual […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — When the publisher Quirk Books was looking to launch a series about supernatural phenomena for kids in the middle grades, writer Insha Fitzpatrick immediately knew she wanted in. A lifelong horror fan, Fitzpatrick penned the first book in the “Totally Factual Field Guide to the Supernatural” series, released on March 28. […]
Problems at the printing plant where our newspapers are printed have caused a delay in their distribution. Subscribers to the News-Record of Maplewood and South Orange, The Glen Ridge Paper, West Orange Chronicle, Irvington Herald, The Independent Press of Bloomfield, Record-Transcript and Union County LocalSource should receive their newspapers in Friday’s mail. We apologize for […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — According to Michele Bruhn, a member of the Brookdale Reformed Church, raccoons love warm attics, garbage cans and being close to people. Unfortunately, all are available at the church whose domain she overlooks as property chairwoman. “It’s an ongoing problem,” she said recently of her nocturnal invaders, most likely from contiguous Brookdale […]