ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — New Jersey Monthly magazine recently released its biannual list of “the top towns” in the state, ranking each municipality from best place to live to worst place to live based on a number of criteria. In the 2019 list, Essex County ranged the gamut, with two towns in the top 20, […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Metropolitan YMCA of the Oranges will hold its annual golf tournament on Monday, Sept. 16, at the Montclair Golf Club, 25 Prospect Ave. in West Orange. This year’s event is expected to be the largest in the tournament’s 25-year history, with more than 170 golfers signed up to play. The […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The Maplewood Glee Club is looking for men who sing — in the shower, in the car, anytime, anywhere, simply because they love it. The club will host its annual open sing on Monday, Sept. 9, at 7:45 p.m. at the DeHart Community Center, 120 Burnett Ave. in Maplewood. No pressure, no […]
NEWARK, NJ — Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo Jr., NJ State Sen. Teresa Ruiz and Sheriff Armando Fontoura announced the dedication of the “Patrolman Daniel ‘Danny’ J. Smith Memorial” on Wednesday, Aug. 28. A native of Bloomfield and a member of the old Essex County Police Department, Smith was fatally shot on Sept. 17, 1984, […]
LIVINGSTON, NJ — On Sunday, Sept. 8, from 10 a.m. to noon, the Jewish Learning Program of Temple B’nai Abraham, 300 East Northfield Road, Livingston, will host the JLP Camp Day and Welcome. Families are invited to welcome the new year at TBA, as well as the temple’s new rabbi, David Z. Vaisberg. There will […]
LIVINGSTON, NJ — The Linda & Rudy Slucker NCJW/Essex Center for Women’s Job Club is opening its doors to the public for a job search program on Thursday, Sept. 12, from 9 to 11 a.m. Matthew Alcalde, managing director of Adecco Medical & Science of NJ and NY, with facilitate a panel discussion on jumpstarting […]
LIVINGSTON, NJ — Jewish Service for the Developmentally Disabled has launched the public phase of its $10 million capital campaign. The “Building an Extraordinary Future” initiative to construct a new 17,300-square-foot facility at 310 Eisenhower Parkway, Livingston, will enable not-for-profit JSDD to expand the residential, advocacy and community services it provides for individuals with developmental […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — PSE&G is warning New Jersey residents that scammers have spoofed one of its phone numbers in attempts to obtain personal information. PSE&G recently received an escalating number of phone calls from people claiming to be returning missed calls that appear to have been made from a PSE&G phone number. “If you […]
LIVINGSTON, NJ — Saint Barnabas Medical Center celebrated the grand opening of a human milk depot in partnership with Mothers’ Milk Bank Northeast. This is the first New Jersey milk bank for Mothers’ Milk Bank Northeast. Mothers who are nursing and producing more milk than they need can give other babies a chance to receive […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — JFS MetroWest has been appointed a sub-grantee for critical support services for isolated, Russian-speaking Holocaust survivors. In partnership with the Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest NJ and Jewish Federations of North America, Jewish Family Service of MetroWest NJ seeks to better support the needs of socially isolated, Russian-speaking Holocaust survivors living […]