ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — The Essex County Division of Senior Services invites Essex seniors ages 60 and older to submit an original story focusing on a special person, life-changing experience or significant period of their life to the 2022 Essex County Legacies Writing Contest. “Our senior citizens have led interesting lives and I am always […]
NEWARK, NJ — On Feb. 9, NJ Transit’s board of directors appointed James Sincaglia as senior vice president and general manager of rail operations. Sincaglia is a career employee at NJ Transit with more than 26 years of service with the corporation. “We are fortunate to have Jim lead us during this exciting time at […]
NEWARK, NJ — On Feb. 9, the NJ Transit board of directors approved the purchase of 25 additional MultiLevel III rail cars. The purchase exercises options on the original December 2018 contract with Alstom for the purchase of 113 new MultiLevel III rail cars. The additional 25 cars in this action are funded as part […]
NEWARK, NJ — Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, archbishop of Newark, will honor Thomas Calimano, senior vice president of institutional asset management for PNC Bank, and John F. Capo, director of the Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Administrative District Council, at the cardinal’s 29th annual Business & Labor Recognition Reception on Tuesday, March 1, at Mayfair Farms […]
NEWARK, NJ — Mayor Ras J. Baraka and Gov. Phil Murphy welcomed Vice President Kamala Harris and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan to Newark to highlight the success of the city’s Lead Line Replacement Program on Feb. 11. “Less than three years ago, we put the first shovels in the ground with the […]
NEWARK, NJ — The Newark Museum of Art invites filmmakers to submit their films for the 2022 Newark Black Film Festival and Paul Robeson Awards. The festival has historically featured the Paul Robeson Awards, a biennial competition that allowed filmmakers to submit and screen their films as part of the festival. The Paul Robeson Awards […]
NEWARK, NJ — The Scholarship Fund for Inner-City Children recently launched the Torch of Learning campaign, a new three-year initiative that aims annually to match the $150,000 the Archdiocese of Newark provides each year to fund its “We Are Living Stones” Catholic Tuition Assistance Program offered through SFIC. Established in 2021, the yearly “We Are […]
NEWARK, NJ — Andrew Hrechak, of Irvington, recently joined Essex County College as chairperson of the Division of Mathematics, Engineering Technologies and Computer Sciences. Hrechak has been an academic chairperson, academic coordinator and professor at New Jersey colleges for more than 30 years. He most recently served as interim/assistant chairperson in the School of Business’ […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The Maplewood Township Committee unanimously passed a resolution opposing the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission’s plan for a fracked gas power plant in Newark at its meeting on Feb. 1, asking Gov. Phil Murphy to shift to a renewable energy alternative. Other local, state and federal officials were named in the resolution as […]
NEWARK, NJ — Seton Hall University’s board of regents Chairperson Kevin H. Marino announced last month that he and his wife, Rita Marino, are donating $1 million to establish an endowed professorship at Seton Hall University School of Law. The professor occupying the endowed chair will be known as the Marino Tortorella & Boyle Professor […]