“White Christmas” is the perfect holiday show for the whole family. Overflowing with talent, this beloved musical is a colorful swirl of entertainment with beautiful costumes, terrific choreography replete with stupendous tap-dancing, and many wonderful songs we all know and love, including the iconic “White Christmas” that Bing Crosby made famous in the 1954 movie. […]
MAPLEWOOD — The first ever Columbia High School Ultimate “Founder’s Day” was held Saturday at Underhill Field. The day celebrated the birth of Ultimate Frisbee at CHS in 1968. The event featured speeches by South Orange Mayor Sheena Collum, Maplewood Township Councilwoman Deborah Engel and Fred Profeta, who created the Maplewood Foundation which gave a […]
TRADITION — The traditional Thanksgiving Day game between East Orange Campus High School and Barringer High School was played at Paul Robeson Stadium, despite a heavy and steady rainfall. There was a smattering of friends, family and alumni in attendance and they got to see the Jaguars dominate Barringer in a 62-0 victory.
The Annual Essex County Historic Holiday House Tour is scheduled for the first weekend in December and will feature 13 historic sites decorated for the holidays and open to the public. “The Holiday House Tour is a great example of organizations throughout the county pooling their resources to create a wonderful event for families to […]
WEST ORANGE — Several West Orange Elementary Schools held special events to recognize “Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day” on Nov. 14. In the battle for desegregation, six-year-old Ruby Bridges was caught in the middle on on Nov. 14, 1960 as the first African American child to desegregate William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans, […]
An open house was held earlier this month to share plans for the first portion of the Greenway project that will transform a nine-mile stretch of former rail line in Essex and Hudson counties into a linear recreational and transit corridor. Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Shawn M. LaTourette announced that the first section to […]
A joint capital campaign is underway between the First Presbyterian Church of Bloomfield, or the Church on the Green, and a relatively new entity: the Sanctuary on the Green Arts, Cultural & Community Alliance. The purpose of this partnership is the restoration of the church sanctuary, which will become a shared cultural facility for Bloomfield, […]
Mary Moore Mason grew up in the days of segregation in Kentucky where she felt “a real push” to be a Southern Belle. She was, however, a “bit of a renegade,” she said, before recounting a date that was arranged by an aunt. Her aunt introduced her to what she described as a “nice Christian […]
MAPLEWOOD — The house was full for the second edition of the MAPSO Family Follies Talent Show, which included serious singing, humourous dancing, unicycling riding, juggling and comedy. The evening was presented by the Maplewood Department of Arts and Cultures and co-produced by Tori Chickering and Sybil Rogers. Auditions were held in October and all […]
The Two Towns Turkey Trot, presented by the Seth Boyden Parent Teachers Association (PTA) was held on Saturday in South Mountain Reservation. About 350 people ran in the 3.1 mile race and another 100 more participated in a kids fun run. Runners ranged in age from 2 to 84, with the youngest in the under […]