SOUTH ORANGE/MONTCLAIR, NJ — South Orange resident Van Girton Marshall is a senior leader and leading scorer for a very young and rebuilding Montclair Kimberley Academy boys basketball team, which entered recent action with a 1-5 record, while having three freshmen and two sophomores in its rotation for veteran coach Tony Jones, a former standout […]
Irvington High School alumnus Adon Shuler will be playing for the national championship next week. Shuler, a 6-foot, 200-pound sophomore safety, will take the field with the University of Notre Dame football team in the College Football Playoff championship on Monday, Jan. 20, at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Ga. The seventh-seeded Fighting Irish (14-1 record) […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Glen Ridge resident Alex Provost was selected first-team All–Super Essex Conference–Liberty Division after leading Montclair Kimberley Academy’s boys soccer team to a superb 19-4 season in 2024 that included a prep B Division Tournament championship and a runner-up finish in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s Non-Public B state […]
WEST ORANGE/MONTCLAIR, NJ — The much-improved Montclair Kimberley Academy ice hockey team has received a big boost from veteran defensemen Ibou Conteh and Ayan Flowers. The West Orange residents have helped the Cougars put together one of the top units of resistance in the N.J. Interscholastic Ice Hockey League’s Kelly Division this season. Conteh, a […]
ORANGE/MONTCLAIR, NJ — The tradition of senior athletes who serve as supreme leaders and solid examples for younger players on the teams they play for is part and parcel of what makes high school programs click over the course of time. And when there is a multi-sport athlete who maintains those high qualifications for an […]
West Orange native Cody Simon will lead the eighth-seeded Ohio State University Buckeyes (13-2 record) in the College Football Playoff national championship game on Monday, Jan. 20, against seventh-seeded University of Notre Dame (14-1) at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia at 7:30 p.m. on ESPN. A 6-foot-2, 235-pound senior linebacker, Simon has been a force […]
Turning Point Community Services is reconfiguring and expanding its Servants House shelter facility. Grants from the Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey and the Schumann Fund for New Jersey have enabled the organization to expand its services to include a Clinical and Supportive Services Division, alongside a new Housing Assistance Program. “This will help us make […]
EAST ORANGE —The East Orange School District has been awarded the Women and Minorities in Construction grant from the New Jersey Department of Labor. The grant, totaling more than $400,000, will significantly enhance career opportunities for students by supporting The Path Career Academy, according to a press release from the district. In partnership with the […]
The West Orange Township Council selected Joe Krakoviak as council president and swore in a new member at their first meeting of the new year on Jan. 6. The Council Chambers were filled to near capacity as family, friends, and supporters witnessed the ceremony. Krakoviak, who was elected in November, was administered the Oath of […]
Mark the 25th of this month on the calendar. That is when the Women’s Club of Glen Ridge, established in 1905, will host the Mayor’s Gala and kick off the centennial of the dedication of its clubhouse. “I think of this building as a big golden ticket for our community,” said Susan Costa, the club […]