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 4, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Codey Arena, 560 Northfield Ave. in West Orange. Available to the first 200 young athletes who […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Twenty-eight antique dealers displayed collectables at the 71st annual Glen Ridge Antiques Show on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 3 and 4. The event was held at the Glen Ridge Congregational Church with proceeds going to local charities. Eleven of the dealers were new to the show, but three have been around […]
LIVINGSTON, NJ — With the threats to reproductive health care access becoming ever more real, according to a press release from NCJW/Essex, a program on Thursday, Jan. 26, “The Information Void: A Discussion of Reproductive Health Education,” drew a crowd of 200 people ready to take action. The program, sponsored by more than 20 organizations […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Students of Glen Ridge High School art instructor Anne Malone are currently having an exhibition at the Ridgewood Avenue train station. Abstract and representational works are on display. At the opening last week, Malone publicly introduced a web page addressing the need of GRHS art students or alumni who are looking […]
LIVINGSTON, NJ — Do you have a child 5 to 12 years old who is grieving a loss from a life-altering crisis such as death, divorce, separation, abandonment or another painful family transition? The Rainbows support group program for children in that age group will be meeting at the Linda & Rudy Slucker NCJW/Essex Center […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The annual Glen Ridge Antiques Show has a new dealer manager this year. Debbi Turi, who has sold at the show before, will now help run it. According to Turi, the previous dealer manager, Betsy Delorm, has moved away from the Glen Ridge area. The show is celebrating its 71st consecutive year, […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Bloomfield Human Services, which covers Glen Ridge and Bloomfield, put together 400 “disaster bags” earlier this week at the Bloomfield Civic Center. The bags are dark blue, stylish, roomy and intended for seniors in the two communities. The bags were filled with supplies that would be useful at anytime but might be especially […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Glen Ridge High School art teacher Anne Malone will unveil a unique web page on Thursday, Jan. 26, that she hopes will connect past and present GRHS art students with art professionals. The unveiling will be at the Ridgewood Avenue train station during the opening of an art exhibit by her students. […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Mountainside Hospital has a newbie. It is the newly renovated maternity ward which opened last summer and is now coming into the news because, well, a newly designed maternity ward goes hand-in-hand with the first arrival of the the New Year. According to Jennifer Waters, director of women’s services, the improvements at […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The Glen Ridge Police Department’s application for a drone, according to Chief Sheila Byron-Lagattuta in a Dec. 15 email, was not approved. The department had been notified in June 2016, by the director of the Essex County College Public Safety Academy, Rocco Miscia Jr., that an organization called DAPS, an acronym for Drone […]