VERONA, NJ — More than 4,000 people came to Essex County’s Verona Park on Saturday, June 11, to celebrate the courage and resilience of children in this area being treated for cancer and blood disorders. The Valerie Fund Walk & JAG Physical Therapy 5K Run is a fine example of a small community event with […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Friends of Maplewood Library are holding a one-day Bag-of-Books Sale on Saturday, July 9, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., with entry via the library until 1 p.m. and then via the parking lot only. The sale takes place in Memorial Hall at the library, 51 Baker St. in Maplewood. For $8 […]
NEWARK, NJ — The Essex County Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning Advisory Board hosted the Essex County LGBTQ Pride Month Celebration on Wednesday, June 29. During the ceremony, County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo Jr. presented Pride of Essex County Awards to Hetrick Martin Institute-New Jersey Executive Director Ashawnda Fleming, North Jersey Pride Executive Director C.J. […]
MILLBURN, NJ — Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray announced June 29 that Shawn Custis, 45, of Newark was sentenced to life in prison, plus five years, by presiding Essex County Criminal Division Judge Ronald Wigler for brutally assaulting a mother during a home invasion robbery. On June 1, an Essex County jury convicted […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Camp Invention, a summer enrichment day camp program, supported by the United States Patent and Trademark Office and a product of the National Inventors Hall of Fame, is coming to Clinton Elementary School in Maplewood the week of July 4. For students entering grades one through six, Camp Invention is a weeklong […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The South Orange/Maplewood Community Coalition on Race presents XRootsFest, an annual multicultural heritage festival that is one the most diverse and interactive events in the area. Returning for its third season — previously called the Cultural Heritage Festival — XRootsFest will take place at Flood’s Hill in South Orange’s Meadowland Park […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — There is going to be a new but familiar face in town at South Mountain Elementary School; following the superintendent’s recommendation and the Board of Education’s May 12 approval, Alyna Jacobs is the new school principal, effective July 1. Jacobs — who graduated from South Mountain Elementary School, South Orange Middle […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Maplewood Middle School Principal Jerrill Adams has resigned from his position, effective Aug. 31. The former principal’s name was included on the list of resignations within the personnel fiscal resolutions approved by the South Orange-Maplewood Board of Education at its meeting Monday, June 20. His departure comes less than two years after […]
Former CHS baseball player claims that he was bullied by his coaches
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The father of a former Columbia High School baseball player, who has long said his son was repeatedly bullied by his coaches, is now demanding to know why the results of the special Harassment, Intimidation and Bullying investigation into the coaching staff have still not been reported roughly four months after they […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — More than 50 people of all ages filled the Woodland for Mike Summersgill’s campaign kickoff rally, which included karaoke, face painting and an ice cream truck. Summersgill joined local children on stage and tried to keep up with Taylor Swift’s “Shake It Off” — a potential campaign mantra for a Republican running […]