ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — After a hiatus last year because of the pandemic, this year’s Essex County Historic Holiday House Tour includes 10 Essex County historic sites, which will be decorated for the holidays and open to the public for a weekend tour. The tour includes Essex County Kip’s Castle and the Walther House at […]
MONTCLAIR, NJ — The Master of Science in Nursing program at Montclair State University has been accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, a national accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education. The preeminent accrediting agency in the country for nursing programs, CCNE ensures the quality and integrity of nursing curricula through […]
TRENTON, NJ — With the winter holidays underway, acting Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck and the Division of Highway Traffic Safety are reminding motorists to stay sober behind the wheel as New Jersey prepares to launch its annual traffic safety enforcement campaign targeting impaired driving during the busy holiday travel season. Starting Friday, Dec. 3, […]
NUTLEY / MONTCLAIR, NJ — After the third time Napoli Trattoria & Pizzeria in Nutley was flooded out, the restaurant had no choice but to relocate. The Italian restaurant, owned by Amy and Phil Arito, was inundated with water when the remnants of Hurricane Ida blew through New Jersey in September, leaving the building untenable […]
BELLEVILLE, NJ — Belleville resident Anthony Rea recently completed his eighth season as the head football coach at Montclair Kimberley Academy, guiding a very young Cougars squad to a highly-competitive 4-6 record. Rea (39-39 record), who had previously been an assistant coach at MKA and William Paterson University, took over the reins of the Cougar […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Good Bottle Refill Shop, New Jersey’s first zero-waste refill shop, with locations in Maplewood and Montclair, expanded into food refills in its Springfield Avenue location in Maplewood. Maplewood welcomed the expanded store with a festive ribbon-cutting on Saturday, Nov. 13. Good Bottle owner Deanna Taylor-Heacock officially cut the blue ribbon — which […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — West Orange resident Ayantu Flowers, a senior at Montclair Kimberley Academy, is now getting ready for her fourth varsity season as a top player for the Cougars girls basketball team. But during the 2021 fall season she enjoyed another solid campaign as a top defender for the MKA field hockey team […]
NUTLEY, NJ — Nutley resident Patricia Columbia-Walsh, a student at Montclair Kimberley Academy, was joined by family members when she signed her National Letter of Intent on Nov. 10 to play women’s lacrosse at the University of Pennsylvania. The senior standout is coming off a superb 2021 spring season in which she led the Cougars […]
EAST ORANGE / CLIFTON, NJ — Assemblyman Thomas P. Giblin and Assemblywoman Britnee Timberlake are calling on residents, businesses and organizations in the 34th Legislative District to support their 2021 holiday toy and book drive, which last year handed out hundreds of toys and books to children ages 3 to 15. “We want to extend […]
MONTCLAIR, NJ — This Thanksgiving will be a special time for Jill Szalony, 51, of Montclair. Szalony; her husband, Alex Samuelson; and their three children, Benjamin, 22, Grace, 20, and Jesse, 18, are celebrating the give-year anniversary of Szalony’s life-saving heart transplant. In 2006, Szalony’s health issues became a concern when she was diagnosed with […]