ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — The 2022 Essex County Free SummerMusic Concert Series brings a diverse group of musicians and entertainers to perform at locations throughout the historic Essex County Park System and provides residents with an evening leisure activity. This year’s series features three concert and fireworks spectaculars, five concerts in Brookdale Park, 12 concerts […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The Glen Ridge Arts and Eco Fair returned to its familiar venue of Ridgewood Avenue alongside Glen Ridge High School on Saturday, May 21. The event was held for the first time in four years, with an added boost provided by perfect skies. Seen by its organizers as two events in […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Ventilation improvements to the Glen Ridge Police Department firing range, located in the basement of the Herman Street headquarters, are “functionally complete,” according to Erik DeLine, director of planning and development, in a June 6 email. Required now, DeLine said, is “the final, walk-through inspection’” and “a couple of things we […]
TRENTON, NJ — New Jersey Department of Transportation officials announced on May 31 the allotment of $19.6 million for 31 grants under the Safe Routes to School Program. This represents the largest amount ever awarded for the program. “The Safe Routes to School program is a great example of how NJDOT, working with the state’s […]
MONTCLAIR / GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Mountainside Medical Center’s Highly Reliable Hero Award was created to celebrate local heroes, specifically the person or department that goes out of their way to do extraordinary things for patients, family members and fellow teammates. This year, the hospital, located in Glen Ridge and Montclair, has recognized members from […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — The nation was again plunged into despair on May 24 when a gunman killed 19 students and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, injuring many others. This was the third-deadliest school shooting in a U.S. school, after the Virginia Tech shooting in 2007 and the Sandy Hook Elementary […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Glen Ridge held its traditional Memorial Day Parade and picnic Monday morning, May 30. Temperatures were in the 80s before noon, and, along Ridgewood Avenue, the route of the march, spectators congregated in the shade of trees, leaving unpopulated sunny stretches of curbside between them. At the Veterans Monument following the […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Will Schaller, of Glen Ridge, caught the most fish in the boys 6-10 age category at the Essex County Fishing Derby at the South Mountain Recreation Complex in West Orange on Thursday, May 26. The angler, who caught five fish, is joined by sister Noelle. Congratulating him are Essex County Executive […]
TRENTON, NJ — The N.J. Department of Environmental Protection is enhancing statewide efforts to remove litter, beautify neighborhoods and improve water quality across New Jersey by distributing $21.4 million in Clean Communities grants this year, an approximate $700,000 increase from 2021’s disbursement, NJDEP Commissioner Shawn M. LaTourette announced May 26. In total, NJDEP is awarding […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The Chinese program at Glen Ridge High School has completed a year of accomplishments highlighted by a celebration of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. A special recognition of the province of Fujian was held in a gym on Friday, May 21, and the entire school was invited. According to […]