WEST ORANGE, NJ — CASA for Children of Essex County held its third annual Homeward Bound Walk on Oct. 14 at the Clipper Pavilion at the South Mountain Recreation Complex in West Orange. The walk serves as a way to raise both awareness and funding for the county’s court-appointed special advocates program. CASA for Children […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Essex County invites area dog owners to display their creativity and participate in “Strut Your Mutt,” the county’s annual canine Halloween costume parade and contest. This year, three parades have been scheduled, with the newly-opened Essex County Hilltop Dog Park hosting its first event. Participation is free. The costume parades and […]
ORANGE, NJ — The Junior League of the Oranges and Short Hills, with support from local sponsors, will host a trivia night, an exciting evening of team trivia, great food, beer and wine, and a raffle, on Friday, Oct. 19, at The Appian Way, 619 Langdon St. in Orange. Join JLOSH members and guests and […]
LIVINGSTON, NJ — Jewish Vocational Service of MetroWest will offer a one-time seminar to help brief New Jersey’s small businesses on new workplace laws, which may affect businesses, on Wednesday, Oct. 24, from 9 to 11:30 a.m. at 354 Eisenhower Parkway, Plaza 1, Suite 2150, Livingston. The seminar is for business owners, human resources specialists, […]
MILLBURN, NJ — Congregation B’nai Israel will host a special presentation of the L’Dor V’Dor Speaker Series with award-winning reporter Matt Katz, who will discuss “Immigration in America: How it Impacts Us Nationally and Locally,” on Sunday, Oct. 14, at 9:30 a.m. A bagel breakfast will precede the talk at 9 a.m. Katz is a […]
MILLBURN, NJ — The Junior League of the Oranges and Short Hills invites local nonprofit organizations to apply for a community grant for 2018-2019. The group offers grants ranging from $1,000 to $5,000; grant recipients will be announced in spring 2019. The grants will be awarded to qualifying organizations whose programs further JLOSH’s new “Fill […]
MILLBURN, NJ — Junior League of the Oranges and Short Hills members, along with members of the YMCA, United Way and other New Jersey-based groups, joined together at America’s Grow-a-Row Pittstown Farm to harvest tomatoes, zucchini and cucumbers. Together they harvested 4,500 pounds in one morning. This yields approximately 18,000 servings and will directly reach […]
CEDAR GROVE, NJ — Essex County resident are encouraged to participate in the Essex County Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day, sponsored by the county of Essex and the Essex County Utilities Authority, on Saturday, Oct. 6, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Old Essex County Hospital Center, 125 Fairview Ave. in Cedar Grove. “There […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — In the overwhelmingly Democratic Essex County, a group of women are working to bring together female Republican voters in the area with the Essex County NJ Republican Women. “The mere existence of our group gives like-minded people a place to go,” co-founder and President Maureen Edelson said in a recent interview. […]
SHORT HILL, NJ — The weather cooperated Monday, Sept. 17, as more than 80 golfers teed off in support of the South Orange Rescue Squad at the second South Orange Invitational at the East Orange Golf course in Short Hills. South Orange Village Trustee Deborah Davis Ford, who served as chairwoman of the invitational, announced […]