ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Local residents were fuming as Gov. Chris Christie announced May 23 that the Morris & Essex Midtown Direct trains to Penn Station will be diverted to Hoboken for approximately eight weeks this summer while Penn Station is upgraded to repair tracks and switches, which have been deteriorating for many years. In […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Columbia High School student Turner Andrasz recently earned a National Silver Medal in the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards 2017. He has been identified by panels of creative professionals as one of the most talented young artists in the nation. This year, more than 330,000 works of art and writing were submitted. […]
CEDAR GROVE, NJ — Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo Jr. and the Essex County Division of Senior Services recognized the writing talents of eight Essex County residents during the annual Essex County Senior Legacies Writing Contest celebration luncheon on Wednesday, May 24. The Legacies Writing Contest encourages Essex senior citizens to write essays about the […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — On Friday, May 19, the South Orange Middle School music department traveled to the High Note Music Festival in Jackson, N.J. The students of the SOMS choral department did a stellar job representing the academic, artistic and personal rigor and discipline set forth by the district’s mission statement. The select choir […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — In a moving afternoon of solidarity and friendship, NCJW/Essex sponsored a Lunch and Learn with the Sisterhood of Salaam Shalom, a national organization focused on building relationships between Muslim and Jewish women. The program, “Creating a Movement of Muslim & Jewish Women Changing the World,” attracted more than 150 people and […]
Superintendent retires three years before contract expires to spend more time with his family
SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — After just two years, Superintendent of Schools John Ramos Sr. is retiring from the South Orange-Maplewood School District, effective Aug. 24. The retirement, which was announced in a May 22 letter to the SOMSD community, comes as a surprise since Ramos only joined the district about two years ago. […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — With courageous acting and a provocative script, a group of Essex County teens brought the issues of slut-shaming and sexual assault to the forefront. Against a multimedia backdrop at the South Orange Performing Arts Center in South Orange, “SLUT The Play,” written by Katie Cappiello, was presented by NCJW/Essex to a […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — SR Education Group, an education research publisher founded in 2004, recently released the 2017 Top Online Schools for Students with Disabilities, a list of online colleges that provide the highest level of support, the widest breadth of accommodations, and the most comprehensive resources for students with disabilities. Seton Hall University was […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The Columbia High School Class of 2017 students were the recipients of what may become a senior class tradition, the Black and Red Breakfast, as the students and their parents and guardians celebrated their accomplishments and listened to the reflections of CHS alumnus Eric Francis in the CHS Cafeteria on May 19. […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — On Sunday, June 4, from 2 to 3:30 p.m. at Durand-Hedden House & Garden, spend an afternoon with evolutionary biologist Jessica Ware of Rutgers-Newark as she shares her knowledge about the amazing life history of the one of her favorite subjects: the dragonfly. Have you noticed how dragonflies congregate around our ponds, […]