WEST ORANGE/MONTCLAIR, NJ — West Orange resident Luis Crespo was a senior standout at first singles for Montclair Kimberley Academy’s state-ranked boys tennis team during the 2024 spring season. The Ithaca College-bound Crespo helped MKA (15-6) win the state prep B-Division Tournament team championship and also reach the semifinals of the Essex County Tournament where […]
Photos by Rocco Ungaro MAPLEWOOD — Memorial Park hosted the North Jersey Pride Festival on Sunday, June 9. The event was a free family-friendly day of celebration, music and community for LGBTQ and ally attendees. Live music was played throughout from a variety of acts and vendors were on hand selling jewelry, art, crafts, […]
Freeman Gardens held a fundraiser, Friday, June 7, called Grub ‘n’ Roses. From its 4 p.m. start, it attracted a considerable crowd which only grew until a 9 o’clock closing. Hawthorne Avenue, where the gardens are located, was closed to traffic while people came with folding chairs and picnics or purchased from food trucks lining […]
MAPLEWOOD/MONTCLAIR, NJ — Montclair Kimberley Academy’s Ellie LoPiccolo of Maplewood knew that she would soon take her final high school at bat before preparing to head off to Franklin & Marshall College to begin her college softball career. And, while there have been some tough days along the way for rebuilding MKA the past few […]
ORANGE/MONTCLAIR, NJ — Orange residents Kalvin Thomas and Sameul Akaho were key contributors in helping to lead the Montclair Kimberley Academy boys track and field team to its first-ever New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s Non-Public B championship on Saturday, June 8, at Stockton University. The Cougars, who also won the state prep B Division […]
PRINCETON, NJ — Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center Executive Director Eve Schaenen was honored with the 2024 John Cotton Dana Award by the New Jersey Association of Museums at the NJAM Annual Meeting on June 12 at the Historical Society of Princeton’s Updike Farmstead. Given every other year, the prestigious Dana Award is awarded […]
An Essex County grand jury has reviewed and dismissed charges against Frank Sanchez, who was accused of assault and endangering a child while working as Columbia High School principal. Sanchez still faces a charge of simple assault, a disorderly persons offense, which will be addressed on a date to be scheduled. The simple assault charge […]
One was a renowned journalist and entrepreneur. The other is an acclaimed saxophonist, keyboardist, vocalist, composer, and producer. The late Ayesha K. Faines, Class of 2004, and Michael C. Ghegan, Class of 1986, were recently inducted into the Columbia High School Hall of Fame. Monica Soliman, CHS teacher of social studies, welcomed attendees to the […]
“Beautiful: The Carole King Musical” is a high-energy entertaining musical which follows the early years of Carole King’s rise to success. This Tony-nominated musical, with book by Douglas McGrath, directed by Casey Hushion and with an outstanding 18-member uber-talented cast is a must-see and currently playing at the Paper Mill Playhouse. The show opens […]
The new, 13,000-square-foot Bilal Beasley Community Center was dedicated Friday in Irvington Park. The structure provides modern accommodations for residents to gather and experience the park in a new way and provideS additional space for community groups who regularly utilize the park, according to Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo Jr. “The old community center […]