Black parents advocacy group launches new website

MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The South Orange-Maplewood Black Parents Workshop has launched a new website — www.blackparentsworkshop.org — as part of its continuing efforts to advocate for equity in the South Orange-Maplewood School District. The organization was launched in 2014 as an effort to address a perceived two-decade failure of the SOMSD to address a racial […]

‘Earth, Wind & Wonder’

WEST ORANGE, NJ — Don Braden will present jazz arrangements of music by Earth Wind & Fire and Stevie Wonder on Sunday, April 30, at 7 p.m. at Luna Stage, 555 Valley Road in West Orange. Admission is charged. For more information, visit www.lunastage.org or call 973-395-5551.

Crecco Plaza arch in doubt

BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The construction of the proposed memorial arch in Crecco Plaza appears unlikely to happen, according to the former treasurer of the foundation that would pay for the arch. Also dubious of the original plan being realized is the daughter of John Crecco, the former Bloomfield councilman and mayor for whom the the arch […]

Roosevelt Middle to present ‘Seussical Jr.’ on April 28 and 29

WEST ORANGE, NJ — Roosevelt Middle School, located at 36 Gilbert Place in West Orange, will present “Seussical Jr.” on Friday and Saturday, April 28 and 29, beginning at 7 p.m. “Seussical Jr.” is a family-friendly adaptation of “Seussical,” the Tony-nominated musical that features several Dr. Seuss books and characters weaved into a tale of […]

Turtle Back Zoo opens new exhibits

Turtle Back Zoo opens new exhibits

WEST ORANGE, NJ — Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo Jr. announced the opening of two new natural habitat-themed animal exhibits at Turtle Back Zoo on Monday, April 17. One exhibit is for Andean condors and the other exhibit combines giant anteaters and maned wolves. The new exhibits are part of the county’s ongoing initiative to […]

Bank provides grant to aphasia center

WEST ORANGE, NJ — Adler Aphasia Center was recently granted a $5,000 gift from The Provident Bank Foundation in Morristown to support the center’s satellite program at the JCC MetroWest in West Orange for people with aphasia and their families. The grant will also support the Adler Aphasia Center’s Aphasia Communication Groups located in seven […]

Religious school parents at TSTI pound it out for charity

SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Linda and Rudy Slucker Religious School at Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel in South Orange recently sponsored a pound fit class to benefit Girls Helping Girls. Period., which distributes feminine hygiene products to girls and women in need. Approximately two dozen women, whose children attend the religious school or are synagogue members, […]

Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day

CEDAR GROVE, NJ — Essex County will hold a Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day on Saturday, May 6, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Old Essex County Hospital Center, 125 Fairview Ave. in Cedar Grove. Materials being collected at the Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day include pesticides and herbicides, paint thinners and solvents, oil-based […]

TBA Congregational Learning presents series about Holocaust

LIVINGSTON, NJ — On Thursdays, May 11, 18 and 25, at 7 p.m., at Temple B’nai Abraham, 300 E. Northfield Road, Livingston, TBA Congregational Learning will present “The Holocaust: The Machinery of Mass Murder,” led by Jill Tejeda. A lifelong temple member and Holocaust scholar, Tejeda is a history teacher at Livingston High School; her […]