SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — After the new Science Technology Engineering and Math Innovation Academy of the Oranges unofficially opened in the old Marylawn School on Scotland Road in South Orange on Monday, Feb. 26, followed by an official grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony on Tuesday, March 6, Adekunle James, the school district business administrator and […]
TRENTON, NJ — Gov. Phil Murphy’s first proposed budget increases state “formula” aid that goes directly to school districts by $283.6 million, the initial step toward fulfilling the state’s school-funding obligation, according to a March 15 press release from the NJ Department of Education. The budget also increases aid for expanded preschool, STEM programs and […]
ORANGE, NJ — Despite legal complaints filed by two prospective candidates who Orange City Clerk Joyce Lanier had disqualified from running, she was still scheduled to have a drawing on Wednesday, March 14, at 3 p.m., to determine ballot positions for nine remaining candidates running for four City Council seats on the municipal election on […]
ORANGE, NJ — The Orange School District will host an Early Childhood Education Registration Fair on Saturday, March 17, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Orange Early Childhood Center, 397 Park Ave. “It’s very important, because we need all of the families in Orange that have children that will be ages 3 to […]
PARSIPPANY, NJ — East Orange Mayor Ted Green will be hosting his first Black Tie Gala at the Hilton Parsippany Hotel on Saturday, March 17, at 7 p.m. But Green’s friend, former boss and fellow municipal leader, Irvington Mayor Tony Vauss, said he already knows everything he needs to know about the event. Green worked […]
PARSIPPANY, NJ — East Orange Mayor Ted Green will be hosting his first Black Tie Gala at the Hilton Parsippany Hotel on Saturday, March 17, at 7 p.m. But Green’s friend, former boss and fellow municipal leader, Irvington Mayor Tony Vauss, said he already knows everything he needs to know about the event. Green worked […]
WEST ORANGE / ORANGE, NJ — New Jersey Theatre Alliance presents Luna Theater’s “Walking the Valley: 48 Hours Play Project” on Sunday, March 18, at 3 p.m. This event is part of the Alliance’s Stages Festival, the state’s largest annual theater festival that provides free and discounted theater events for all ages throughout the month […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert Laurino addressed recent threats made to schools in Essex County on Feb. 27, in the wake of the high school shooting in Parkland, Fla., on Feb. 14. He also spoke about the spike in threats that come after an incident like the one in Florida. According […]
NEWARK, NJ — Essex County held its 15th annual African American History Month Celebration at the Essex County Hall of Records on Wednesday, Feb. 28. During the ceremony, County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo Jr. presented the Essex County Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Leadership Award to Newark Mayor Ras Baraka and the Coretta Scott King Leadership […]
Photo by Chris Sykes Tina Powell, director of mathematics and science, center, is flanked by, from left, Orange Board of Education members Jeff Wingfield and Cristina Mateo outside the Orange School District’s new STEM Academy, inside the old Marylawn School on Scotland Road, during the grand opening for students, staff and faculty on Monday, Feb. […]