EAST ORANGE, NJ — Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and Kelly E. Levy, acting director of the office of the New Jersey Coordinator for Addiction Responses and Enforcement Strategies, announced Nov. 1 the launch of a new pilot program to establish prosecutor-led diversion programs in six municipal courts across New Jersey that will help nonviolent […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Arts Council presents its “Small Works Members Show,” an event showcasing big talent on a small scale at the West Orange Arts Center, 551 Valley Road in West Orange. This exhibit features the work of 26 artists: Judyann Affronti, Kim Alexander-Cook, Rey Arvelo, Josie Barreiro, Booey McBooerson, Lois […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Bloomfield Councilman Rich Rockwell, a member of the Historical Society of Bloomfield, gave a well-researched presentation Oct. 25 on the changes the construction of the Garden State Parkway wreaked in Bloomfield. His talk, “The Toll the Garden State Parkway Had on Bloomfield,” was at the Church on the Green and included projected […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Gregory Elementary School celebrated the completion of its five-week unit of study on Hispanic heritage with a schoolwide exhibit on Oct. 26. Parents, students, and faculty turned out for an evening full of color, culture and information. “As part of our annual acknowledgment for Hispanic Heritage Month, each grade level team […]
NEWARK, NJ — The man suspected of shooting two Newark police officers on Tuesday, Nov. 1, was arrested and charged the following day, Nov. 2. Kendall Howard, 30, of East Orange, is accused of shooting the two police officers as they tried to question him that afternoon near an apartment building in Newark, according to […]
NUTLEY, NJ — Dr. Miriam Hoffman, vice dean for academic affairs at the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, has been named to a prestigious fellowship for women leaders in academic medicine and health care. The Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine program is a year-long, part-time fellowship for women faculty in schools of […]
NEWARK, NJ — In October, the Newark Board of Education welcomed back Marianne Belsky, chief academic officer for the Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center at Gallaudet University, along with chief administrative officer Nicole Sutliffe, who provided the staff of Bruce Street School for the Deaf and the staff of the Technology High School Deaf […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Oheb Shalom Congregation in South Orange planned a weekend retreat in the Poconos for young families to connect, make new family friends and have some seasonal fun. To keep members engaged during the technology sabbath, Rabbi Abigail Treu, Cantor Eliana Kissner and education director Gavin Hirsch provided many interactive programs for […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Mark your calendar for Saturday, Nov. 19, at 8 p.m. That’s when Giants of Jazz, an annual jazz festival featuring nearly 30 performers, returns to the South Orange Performing Arts Center, 1 SOPAC Way, for the first time since 2019. Produced by Grammy-winning producer John Lee, this year’s 23rd event honors […]
NEWARK, NJ — Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo Jr. dedicated memorial busts of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and U.S. Rep. Peter Rodino in the lobby of the Essex County Martin Luther King Jr. Justice Building in Newark on Tuesday, Nov. 1. “We have named buildings and fields and created statues and […]