GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Jonathan Dai proved he is one of the best high school fencers in the state. Competing as an independent, the Glen Ridge High School senior won the second-place medal in foil at the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s state individual finals at Hunterdon Central High School in Flemington on Saturday, […]
MAPLEWOOD — A room where troubled parishioners once assuaged their guilt by confessing their sins is now helping people with sensory issues find peace. “It went from a confessional to a safe space,” said Fr. Jim Worth, pastor of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church. “We dedicated it on Dec. 8, 2024.” The old confessional had fallen […]
By chance, a tragedy that would have reverberated through the township for years instead ended with the prospects of a 10-year-old boy explaining to his mother how he managed to come home, after an afternoon with friends, jacketless, swaddled in a blanket and soaked to the bone. “Dispatch got a call from a neighbor with […]
The Orange Housing Authority hosted an Information Expo on Thursday, March 6, in the community room of the Walter G. Alexander Village complex on Wilson Place. “We invited a number of different community organizations to speak to people so they can find jobs, get health care, counseling, talk to PSE&G and other agencies that provide […]
A 23-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a string of home invasion burglaries and sexual assaults in Irvington, according to a statement from Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II and Irvington Public Safety Director Tracey Bowers. On Feb, 19, Kedwens Auguste was arrested following a joint investigation by the Essex County Prosecutor’s […]
The United States has yet to elect a female president but just over a century ago, Edith Bolling Galt Wilson became the nation’s first acting president when her husband Woodrow Wilson became incapacitated after a stroke. Historian and author Rebecca Boggs Roberts tells the story in her new book “Untold Power: The Fascinating Rise and […]
Photos by Joe Ungaro A 5K race was held Saturday, March 8, to benefit the Columbia High School Boys and Girls Cross Country and Track and Field programs. About 250 people ran in the race through the streets of Maplewood. Abraham Hoffmann, 16, of Maplewood, botthom right, won the race, finishing in 17 minutes and […]
West Orange Chamber of Commerce recently held its Annual Breakfast at the Rock Springs Golf Course. Event Chair Paul Petrigrow offered opening remarks, expressing that this was a networking event to meet and greet others in the community. He thanked the sponsors and the club for hosting the breakfast. Pastor Doug Adams led the flag […]
WEST ORANGE — Mayor Susan McCartney hosted U.S. Congressman and Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate Josh Gottheimer last week at her daycare center where he rolled out his “Lower Costs Plan.” “We are here at a child care center because, in my opinion, there is nothing more important,” Gottheimer said. “And child care is just too expensive.” […]
The recently concluded Bloomfield High School Thespian Society production of “Alice By Heart” is a story about conflicting territories. One territory is the subterranean shelter for English children fleeing their city streets during the Nazi bombardment blitz of London during World War II. The second territory is in the mind of Alice Spenser, a child […]