TSTI members welcome new year with apple picking

SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Approximately 30 adults and children from Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel celebrated the start of the Jewish New Year by spending the day with an enduring symbol of the holiday — apples. Members of the South Orange Reform synagogue enjoyed a day picking apples at Alstede Farms in Chester on the second day […]

Stillman School of Business earns acclaim

SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — For the 10th consecutive year, the Stillman School of Business at Seton Hall University has been named a “Best Business School” by The Princeton Review. According to Robert Frank, Princeton Review senior vice president and publisher, “We recommend Seton Hall University’s Stillman School of Business as one of the best to […]

Belleville deputy mayor honored by Freeholders

Belleville deputy mayor honored by Freeholders

NEWARK, NJ — Belleville Deputy Mayor Vincent Cozzarelli was honored by the Essex County Board of Chosen Freeholders during its Italian Heritage Month celebration at the Hall of Records on Oct. 5. Cedar Grove Deputy Mayor Michael Maffucci, Essex County administrator Ralph Ciallella and former West Orange Deputy Mayor Michael Fabiano were also honored. Freeholder […]

Former SOMA Principal Krause dies at age 86

Principal Krause will never be forgotten by community

Former SOMA Principal Krause dies at age 86

MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Edmund Krause, a beloved former principal who educated in the South Orange-Maplewood School District for 21 years, died Oct. 14, at age 86. Born in Pittsburgh and raised there and in Queens, Krause earned his bachelor of arts degree in education and a master’s in administration of Brooklyn College. He then served […]

NJ Transit adopts Fiscal Year 2017 operating, capital budgets

NEWARK, NJ — The NJ Transit board of directors recently adopted a Fiscal Year 2017 operating budget and capital program that supports continued investments in infrastructure and equipment to maintain the system in a state of good repair and enhance the overall customer experience, according to a recent press release from NJ Transit. “The operating […]

Philip Altbach to launch distinguished speaker series at Seton Hall University

SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Seton Hall University’s College of Education and Human Services inaugural Higher Education Distinguished Speaker Series begins Monday, Oct. 31, at 6 p.m. in McNulty Hall 101-Science Amphitheatre with a special guest, world-renowned research professor Philip Altbach. Altbach’s lecture on “The Global Academic Revolution: What Does It Mean for the U.S.?” will […]

History symposium will honor 150 years at the SOPL

SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Six speakers presenting topics focused on South Orange’s history, libraries and communities will speak at the second bi-annual symposium presented by South Orange Historical and Preservation Society and South Orange Public Library on Saturday, Nov. 5, from 1 to 4 p.m. at South Orange Middle School, 70 Ridgewood Road in South […]

Annual Wilf Lecture talks about building a better world

SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — “Can we all get along?” It’s as important a question as any in this day and age — and it’s one that the Sister Rose Thering Fund for Education in Jewish-Christian Studies will explore in detail. The fund’s annual Dr. Marcia Robbins Wilf Lecture will take place on Sunday, Nov. 6, […]