MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Girl Scout Troop 20874, comprised of fifth-graders at Jefferson Elementary School in Maplewood, is at it again! This troop is known for its community service and giving back. Last year they donated a portion of their cookie sale proceeds to the South Mountain YMCA to provide camp scholarships to local children in […]
Photo by Chris Sykes From left, Mark Smith, the co-founder of the non-profit charity organization Joi’s Angels, along with his wife and the organization’s namesake, Joi, stands with a security officer and a volunteer on Saturday, Dec. 16, during the organization’s Christmas Carnival and annual Holiday Party inside the Essex County College gymnasium on West […]
Photo by Chris Sykes Tony, one of the mourners at the Janazah, at the Funeraria Americas funeral home on Roseville Avenue in Newark on New Year’s Day, Monday, Jan. 1, holds up a program bearing the picture of Earl Williams. The ceremony was for Williams, the father of motorist Earl Faison, who was wrongly arrested […]
ORANGE, NJ — Newark native and Orange resident Ralph Bright and his wife, Sally, were just two of the dozens of local senior citizens who took part in Mayor Dwayne Warren’s annual Senior Christmas Holiday Party at Bella Italia restaurant Thursday, Dec. 14. “The Fountain of Youth is in Newark, down at the South Ward,” […]
Photo by Chris Sykes From left, Montclair Child Development Center Deputy Director of Operations Roslyn Terry, Orange at large Councilwoman Donna K. Williams and Montclair Child Development Center front desk engagement clerk Hitomi Rogers stand behind of a mockup of East Orange native and actor John Amos’ children’s book ‘A World Without Color,’ following the […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — In October, the Junior League of the Oranges and Short Hills invited local nonprofit organizations to apply for a community grant for 2017-2018. The application deadline has been extended to Friday, Jan. 26. JLOSH is offering grants ranging from $1,000 to $5,000; grant recipients will be announced in the spring. The […]
Photo by Chris Sykes East Orange Mayor Ted Green, right, symbolically removes his suit jacket and rolls up his sleeves as he promises to get to work promoting progress on all his constituents behalf during his Inauguration speech on New Year’s Day, Monday, Jan. 1, after he was officially sworn in as the city’s 14th […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — The Junior League of the Oranges and Short Hills recently announced that its board of directors has approved Isabelle S. Felix as the president-elect-elect who will serve as president of the organization in the 2019-2020 league year following membership approval. Felix joined the Junior League of the Oranges and Short Hills in […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — The Oranges & Maplewood Unit of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People will host a presentation by acclaimed author and speaker Khalil Gibran Muhammad of Harvard University on Sunday, Jan. 7, at 3 p.m., at Elmwood United Presbyterian Church, 135 Elmwood Ave. in East Orange. Muhammad will be […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — The Junior League of the Oranges and Short Hills celebrated the Christmas holiday with Isaiah House, a critical safety net for local families and an organization founded in part by JLOSH. Located in East Orange, Isaiah House provides temporary and permanent housing, food, social and financial services to the most vulnerable […]