Verona HS football team overpowers Newark Collegiate

Verona HS football team overpowers Newark Collegiate

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 […]

Kids enjoy big trucks on recycling day

Kids enjoy big trucks on recycling day

The Bloomfield Department of Public Works and Park Maintenance held its annual Big Truck Day and Electronic Recycling, on Saturday, Sept. 14, in the parking lot of Universal Technical Institute, on Broad Street. It was an opportunity for residents to jettison E-wastes, including computers, TVs, VCRs and the like. For parents, there were also heavy-duty […]

Show highlights work of local artists

Show highlights work of local artists

The recreation department is exhibiting, at the Ridgewood Avenue train station until the end of October, works by four Glen Ridge artists. The show is co-curated by Stephanie Kosbuka and Megan Giulianelli. It opened Saturday, Sept. 14. “This is our first group show,” Guilianelli said at the opening. “In the past, we’ve only had one […]

Adam Sandler sightings creating buzz around town

Adam Sandler sightings creating buzz around town

SOUTH ORANGE — The village has been abuzz with talk of Adam Sandler. Sandler is reprising his role as Happy Gilmore in the sequel “Happy Gilmore 2” and has been filming on Hamilton Road in South Orange. “Happy Gilmore” followed the antics of an unsuccessful ice hockey player who discovers he has a talent for […]

Irvington remembers sacrifices of Sept. 11, 2001

Irvington remembers sacrifices of Sept. 11, 2001

IRVINGTON — The township commemorated the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks with a ceremony that included recognition for local first responders and prayers for those lost. “One of the worst days in American history saw some of the most heroic acts from police, fire and EMS (emergency medical services),” said Irvington Fire Department Capt. Danny Cruz, […]

Man arrested after day-long stand off

Man arrested after day-long stand off

A 34-year-old township resident was peacefully taken into custody after a nearly day-long standoff with police on Nesbit Terrace. Karim M. Brunson, 34, of Irvington faces charges of harassment and weapons possession from the incident. He was being detained in the Essex County Correctional Facility pending an appearance in the Essex County Central Judicial Processing […]

Funeral home holds service for pets

Funeral home holds service for pets

Van Tassel Funeral Home, on Belleville Avenue, held its eighth annual Pet Memorial Day on Sunday, Sept. 8. The second Sunday in September is designated as National Pet Memorial Day, an observance established in 1972 by the International Association of Pet Cemeteries and Crematories. The day has provided people with the opportunity to remember their […]