Mosaic Dance Theater Co., the Glen Ridge troupe dedicated to the dance movements and folklore of the Mediterranean region — the Middle East, North Africa and southern Europe, will be performing at Freeman Gardens on Saturday, Sept. 14, at 4 p.m. The show will be a 30-minute excerpt taken from the complete 90-minute performances of […]
The Bloomfield Fire Department held its second annual Girls on Fire day camp for fourth- and fifth-grade girls on the mornings of Aug. 14 and 15 at its East Passaic Avenue fire station. With all the mental focus, exercise and teamwork involved, acquanting energetic 9- and 10-year-old girls with a firefighter’s job on a summer’s […]
Nutley natives and residents watching the Belmont or Haskell Stakes might have found themselves rooting for eventual winner Dornoch because of the maroon and gray colors he wore. The racing colors were in fact a tribute to Nutley High School, where the horse’s owner, Vito Cucci, went to school and played on the football team. […]
A growing number of Maplewood families will be simultaneously screening “Beetlejuice” from the comfort of their own backyards on Sept. 7. The event is intended to be a fun night out but also to show that “our creative town needs an in-person movie theater,” according to Angela Matusik, who is one of the organizers. Matusik […]
Each year the Maplewood Police Department participates in National Night Out. About 500 people usually show up for the free event, according to Officer Matt Jones. “The event helps build a relationship between the public and police department,” Jones said at DeHart Park where the event was held. “Everything is free. N&K Prime Marketplace donated […]
Latino Festival was held in Monte Irvin Park in Orange last weekend. The event was part of the Essex County Free Summer Music Concert Series. It included numerous acts over the two days of the event plus food trucks, vendors, dancing, activities for kids and recognition of the various countries that produce Latin culture.
Janétza Miranda played the Gazebo on Springfield Avenue in Maplewood on Friday, Aug. 23. Miranda, a Newark native, plays a variety of genres including jazz, soul, rhythm & blues, bolero, bomba y plena and hip hop. The last concert of the summer at the Gazebo is set for Friday, Aug. 30. The R&B band MPack […]
By Charlie Brannick Special to the Chronicle When two high schools from neighboring towns play each other it often winds up being called a “rivalry game.” When Orange and West Orange take to the field Fridy night, it will be the 60th year since October 1964 when the then West Orange Cowboys and the Orange […]
Joanne De Simone was a talented gymnast—and dancer but her real dream was motherhood. She began babysitting when she was 12 and teaching gymnastics when she was 14. She felt she had a real connection with children. However, for De Simone, motherhood was a rough start all around. She and her husband John were about […]
A New Jersey Historic Sites Council resolution was unanimously passed, following an Aug. 15 Zoom conference with NJ Transit representatives, to prohibit NJT’s proposed changes to the downtown historic train station. The main sticking point for the council is NJT’s preferred plan to increase the height of the boarding platforms over four feet to make […]