MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Congratulations to champions Mark Bochner and Eric Bochner and runners-up Rjay Basco and Jim Serrano in the fourth annual Laura Holtz Tennis Tournament for Epilepsy, which wrapped up Sept. 11 at Maplewood Memorial Park. Eric and Mark Bochner successfully defended their titles from the previous two years by defeating Basco and Serrano […]
NEWARK, NJ — The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office, along with Newark detectives, is investigating a motor vehicle collision in Newark that resulted in one fatality, according to a Sept. 9 press release from the ECPO. On Sept. 9, at about 2 a.m., police responded to a report of a collision at the intersection of Avon […]
ORANGE, NJ — As the Community Wealth Preservation Program bill sits on Gov. Phil Murphy’s desk awaiting his action to become law, faith-based leaders, members of the New Jersey Urban Mayors Association, and labor and grassroots organizations collaborated with Assemblywoman Britnee N. Timberlake, the author of the bill, to rally support in asking the governor […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Burlington store in West Orange recently celebrated its grand opening Sept. 9 at Essex Green with a $5,000 donation to Washington Elementary School. The donation will be divided among the teaching staff to purchase needed supplies for their classrooms. Pictured with the check, from left, are Nicole Dicanio, interim Superintendent […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Join Durand-Hedden and artist Karen Fuchs for an engaging afternoon in Grasmere Park as she guides children and adults in botanical printmaking on Sunday, Sept. 18, from 1 to 3:30 p.m. Participants will incorporate the beauty and design of natural growth patterns, forms and structures. They will examine natural specimens as Fuchs […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — This year, Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children of Essex County was able to equip more than 425 Essex County youth in foster care with brand-new backpacks filled to the brim with school supplies, all thanks to donations. “Back-to-school spending over the last three years on average is a $35 billion […]
NEWARK, NJ — As part of an awareness campaign and in support of new moms and babies, University Hospital Foundation has launched a fundraising campaign to promote the benefits of breastfeeding and to raise funds to purchase breast pumps for moms in need. “We provide an average of 60 pumps annually to moms who give […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Essex County officially opened the new Louis LaSalle Amazing Asia Exhibit at Turtle Back Zoo on Thursday, Sept. 8. The new exhibit is dedicated to Louis LaSalle, the longtime president of the Essex County Parks Foundation, in recognition of his long-standing advocacy for Turtle Back Zoo and the Essex County Parks […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Attention gardeners: Girl Scout Camille Azeglio, of Glen Ridge, wants your leftover green tomatoes. Actually, she has been collecting any organic leftover homegrown produce and herbs this season as part of her Girl Scout Gold Award project. She formed a cooperative organization called Community Crop Share, where she coordinates and collects […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Walsh Gallery, in partnership with The Charles and Joan Alberto Italian Studies Institute at Seton Hall University, will present a talk by scholar Caterina Agostini illuminating the role coins play in shaping perceptions and experiences of cultures, economies and societies. “Currency, Culture and the Ron D’Argenio Collection of Coins and […]