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 […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — After decades of local advocacy and outreach and more than three years of direct negotiations, the Essex–Hudson Greenway Coalition announced Nov. 12 that the state of New Jersey will secure purchase rights to nearly 9 miles of former railway, spanning two counties and eight municipalities in one of the most highly […]
NEWARK / MONTCLAIR, NJ — The Oratorio Society of New Jersey will be performing its first live, in-person concerts since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic. The concerts will take place on Saturday, Nov. 20, at 8 p.m. at Union Congregational Church, 176 Cooper Ave. in Montclair, and Sunday, Nov. 21, at 3 p.m. at […]
NEWARK, NJ — Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo Jr. hosted the 2021 Essex County Italian American Heritage Month celebration on Thursday, Oct. 28, in the county’s Martin Luther King Jr. Justice Building. During the event, DiVincenzo recognized Judith M. Persichilli, commissioner of the N.J. Department of Health, and Frank J. Del Gaudio, director of […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Following unanimous Congressional and presidential approval of the 9/11 National Memorial Trail, the Essex–Hudson Greenway Coalition has renewed its call for the creation of the proposed park, a critical component of the newly designated federal trail. The national designation of the 9/11 National Memorial Trail — a 1,300-mile multi-use route that […]
GLEN RIDGE / MONTCLAIR, NJ — Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical Center has received the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association’s “Get With The Guidelines–Stroke” Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award in recognition of the hospital’s commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines along with treatment guidelines […]
MONTCLAIR, NJ — Studio Montclair presents “Absolute Abstraction” from now through Tuesday, Nov. 30, at Studio Montclair Gallery, 127 Bloomfield Ave. in Montclair. An opening reception will take place on Sunday, Oct. 31 from 2 to 4:30 p.m. The exhibit, featuring the artwork of 49 artists, embraces nonrepresentational art as a way for artists to […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — On Oct. 8, the People’s Organization for Progress, a longtime activist group that has expanded from Essex County to statewide, held “A Long Walk.” POP Chairperson Larry Hamm led the long-distance walk, starting in Montclair and moving the full 67 miles to Trenton, the state’s capital. Many marches, rallies and demonstrations […]