Hikaru Wakeel Hayakawa, a climate justice activist from Maplewood, is feeling “incredible.” The history and environmental studies student who recently graduated from Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, has been included in the top 50 shortlist for a Chegg.org Global Student Prize 2024. Hayakawa was selected from more than 11,000 nominations and applications from 176 countries. […]
School district rooms and hallways continue to be busy places this summer as the custodial staff of Robert Gomes, the schools’ supervisor of buildings and grounds, prepares for September and the arrival of students. Five buildings have work being done. At the high school, a new drop ceiling is in place in anticipation of the […]
Van Tassel Funeral Home hosted its fourth annual butterfly release ceremony on Saturday, Aug. 10. Its purpose was a symbolic letting go of personal grief and other emotional burdens brought on by the death of a loved one. The event has grown since its pre-COVID inception, with 35 people in attendance this time and fluttering […]
Glen Ridge High School has been playing host to a contingent of seventh- and eighth-grade Chinese students visiting the United States as part of a cultural program. The activity is sponsored by the International Partnership of Education, Research and Cooperation, a non-profit headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. It works with school districts in Columbus and Los […]
SOUTH ORANGE — Hello, South Orange foodies! Max Gray created something special just for you. On Saturdays, Chow Town Food Tours offers a 2.5-hour walking tour where you can sample from the best of South Orange’s restaurants. Gray, a resident of Orange, recently launched Chow Town Food to express his love of the Jersey suburbs […]
The Orange Police Department reported suspending one officer during the 2023 calendar year, according to a report released last week by the state Attorney General’s Office. Officer Lamar Payne was suspended for six days for abuse of sick time, specifically for taking more than his allotted time, as well as showing a pattern of calling […]
Programming at the Bloomfield Public Library has changed in the last several months with the addition of reference librarian Jenne Sudia, who now works with long-time program coordinator and reference librarian Lisa Cohn. In the past, Cohn has been responsible for booking the monthly musical acts and, with Sudia, will continue to do so. Sudia […]
Three Bloomfield police officers were suspended from duty last year, according to a report released last week by the state Attorney General’s Office. The suspensions were for actions that included not reporting behind overpaid, violating motor vehicle pursuit guidelines and harassment. The information was contained in an annual report released by the attorney general’s office […]
Irvington was one of 15 Essex County police departments reporting no major disciplinary actions taken against its police officers during 2023. “I’m happy to report that our officers are following department and state policies and directives,” said Tracy Bowers, director of public safety for the Township of Irvington. “And by posting this information publicly gives […]
A public Zoom conference, conducted by the NJ Historic Sites Council, will discuss the future of the Bloomfield historic train station located on Raymond J. McCarthy Boulevard, on Thursday, Aug. 15, at 10 a.m. Once considered the “linch-pin” of downtown Bloomfield redevelopment, the locked and derelict underground pedestrian underpass connecting eastbound and westbound New Jersey […]