By The New Jersey Department of Transportation There were more than 600 crash-related fatalities on New Jersey roadways in 2023. We’re so used to seeing statistics that it can be easy to forget there are real people behind the numbers. So let’s reframe it. Haga clic aquí para leer este artículo en español In […]
Andrea Lyn Cammarato-Van Benschoten was born in Columbus Hospital in Newark and grew up in Belleville in the 1970s. “I loved it,” Cammarato-Van Benschoten said. “It was a primarily Italian-Irish neighborhood. We had a great street I grew up on. It was a time you could hop on your bike. No cell phones. No technology. […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — Celebrating a proud legacy of excellence, service and football tradition, the East Orange Old Guard Pre-Thanksgiving Dinner will take place Wednesday, Nov. 27, at 6 p.m. at Galloping Hill, located at 1085 Galloping Hill Road, in Union. The cost is $75. The annual event brings together former East Orange High School […]
VERONA, NJ — It was a must-win situation for the former North Jersey Section 2, Group 1 football champions Malcolm X. Shabazz Bulldogs, who were in jeopardy of being eliminated from the NJSIAA Group 2 playoffs this past Friday evening, Oct. 25, in Verona. Verona was already locked in and was expecting to be seeded […]
LITTLE FALLS, NJ — On Sunday, Nov. 10, The Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center is hosting a special program in honor of veterans, including Seaman Second Class Lawrence Peter Berra. Author William Palmer will discuss his book, “We Called Ourselves Rocketboat Men: The Untold Stories of the Top-Secret LCS(S) Rocket Boat Missions of World […]
VERONA, NJ — The Verona High School football team defeated Newark Collegiate 24-8 to raise its record to 3-1 on the season. With the 2024 football season reaching the halfway point, it was an all-community event with the Verona Hillbillies playing host to the Newark Collegiate Academy Panthers for a Week 3 tilt between Super […]
UPPER MONTCLAIR, NJ — The Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center will host their annual Yogi Berra Tribute Day, with free admission for all Museum visitors, on Sunday, Sept. 22. The date coincides with the day of Yogi’s passing in 2015, and also commemorates the day in 1946 when he played his first game in […]
Photos Courtesy of Kathleen Witcher Local mosques and parks were filled with colorful garments worn by Muslims of all ages who gathered to pray early on Sunday, June 16, which was Eid Al Adha known as the Feast of Sacrifice. The feast is the time when millions of Muslims from many countries gather at Mount […]
LITTLE FALLS — Continuing a beloved tradition in local high school sports, for the 12th consecutive year, the Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center honored student-athletes from member schools of the Super Essex Conference in a celebration of the qualities that made Yogi Berra a national treasure. Recipients of the museum’s 2024 Best Teammate Award, […]
NEWARK, NJ — As part of his Armstrong Leaves His Mark campaign, South Orange native Mark Armstrong of the Villanova University men’s basketball team recently donated new team shoes to the boys basketball team at Newark West Side High School. Pictured above are some members of the team holding the shoe boxes. Despite being in […]