ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office held a virtual town hall event on Feb. 9 to address safety concerns in the Jewish faith-based community; acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II and other ECPO employees discussed threat and risk assessments for Jewish houses of worship and took questions from audience members. […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Glen Ridge is looking at multiple ways to make streets safer for its residents. Chief among them is an application for a New Jersey Department of Transportation Safe Routes to Schools grant aimed at motivating children to walk and bike to school. According to borough Director of Planning and Development Erik […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — The Essex County Division of Senior Services invites Essex seniors ages 60 and older to submit an original story focusing on a special person, life-changing experience or significant period of their life to the 2022 Essex County Legacies Writing Contest. “Our senior citizens have led interesting lives and I am always […]
GLEN RIDGE / MONTCLAIR, NJ — Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical Center has been recognized for excellence with the Ardent Cup, the highest honor awarded by Ardent Health Services. The hospital was also honored with the Best Employee Loyalty Award and CEO Tim O’Brien was named Ardent’s CEO of the Year. Ardent operates Mountainside Medical Center […]
GLEN RIDGE / MONTCLAIR, NJ — The New Jersey Department of Health has licensed Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical Center, located in Glen Ridge and Montclair, to provide elective angioplasty, a scheduled procedure in which cardiologists use stents to open clogged coronary arteries in patients diagnosed with coronary artery disease. This minimally invasive treatment restores blood […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Lockdowns and forced deprivation can be a powerful incentive for artists to produce work of significance. Historically noted, there was an abundance of paintings created by artists working in Paris during World War II and Nazi occupation, yet much of it remained in studios until the occupation ended. But with the […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Matthew J. Morahan III Health Assessment Center for Athletes at RWJBarnabas Health will provide free cardiac and concussion baseline screenings to young athletes on Saturday, March 26, from 9 a.m. to noon at South Mountain Recreation Complex, Codey Arena, 560 Northfield Ave. in West Orange. “The screenings … help families […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — For almost a decade, children with developmental disabilities, ages 8 to 18, and members of the Sharing the Arts Club at Glen Ridge High School, have been staging musicals. According to Jill Landgraber, club adviser and GRHS counselor, the Sharing the Arts program started in 2005 at Ridgewood High School and […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — On Tuesday, Feb. 1, the Women’s Club of Glen Ridge celebrated Black History Month with an engaging and educational virtual program, “Exploring the Black Roots of American Music.” Hosted by the club’s music department, the event investigated and celebrated the contributions from black and African American cultures that have influenced the […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Rachel Coalition, a division of Jewish Family Service of MetroWest NJ, providing services and support programs for victims of domestic violence in Essex and Morris counties, is seeking volunteers for its Court Advocate Program. This 40-hour, hands-on training program educates participants to assist domestic violence victims with emotional and administrative support […]