The Irvington High School Athletic Hall of Fame held its 2024 induction ceremony on Thursday night, May 16, at Mamma Victoria’s in Nutley. It was an amazing night, celebrating the past (the 1975 football team), the present (the more recent honorees), and the future (members of the school’s girls flag football program were on hand). […]
The Irvington High School girls flag football team has dominated opponents this season, harboring aspirations of winning the state championship for the second time in three years. However, those title hopes were dashed, after it was ruled that the team used two ineligible players and will have to forfeit three Super Football Conference victories, according […]
The Irvington Public Library held their annual Read and Grow program for children on April 27. “Every year we do Read and Grow,” said Nnenna Chima, head of children’s services at the library. “It’s spring planting, teaching the children how plants grow.” The event began with the reading of a story called “The Carrot Seed” […]
IRVINGTON — A candidates night was held last week for those seeking election to the township council in the May 14 municipal election. There are four seats open – one for each ward – and a total of seven people seeking those seats. All of the positions are four year terms. Polls are scheduled to […]
The Irvington High School Girls Flag Football team started the season strong with a 51-0 win over East Orange Campus High School on April 17 at IHS. The win was the 30th for the program, which has been to the state championship game twice, winning it all in 2022. The team didn’t make it […]
The front lawn of the Irvington Public Library was hopping with activity on Saturday. Library staff had placed and hidden more than 1,000 Easter eggs on the lawn for children to find. “We put them out and pray that kids show up,” said Nnenna Chima, head of Children’s Services at the library. The eggs contained […]
The idea for the Chicken Fat Ball was hatched in a Jewish deli on Stuyvesant Avenue in Irvington in 1964. Al Kuehn, Don Greenfield, Ed Stuart and some other Maplewood guys were having lunch, reminiscing when they decided to throw a party. The centerpiece of the party would be a jazz band they had heard […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — For the past few seasons, Marco Soto said he served as sort of a “mentor” to Ashley “Smoke” Pierre, just like he did many years ago. Soto was Pierre’s coach when he was an assistant coach and Pierre was a varsity football player at now defunct Bayley-Ellard High School in Madison. A […]
IRVINGTON — Odo Achievement Center, a local nonprofit, has received a grant to teach life and leadership skills to teenagers of Haitian descent in Irvington. The grant is a subaward of an Education and Culture Program that is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State and implemented by Partners of the Americas in partnership with […]
IRVINGTON — Mayor Tony Vauss presented an Irvington State of the Township address for 2024 last week, looking at past accomplishments, future goals and celebrating everything Irvington. “We don’t want to just talk about it, we want to show you the progress we made,” Vauss said. The event took place Thursday, March 14, in the […]