WEST ORANGE, NJ — Essex County marked the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center with a ceremony at Eagle Rock Reservation, at which the names of the 57 county residents who died in the attacks were read. Among the speakers were Deborah Calimano, a flight attendant with United Airlines; […]
MAPLEWOOD / SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The members of the Columbia High School marching band didn’t even wear their uniforms last year. The fall 2020 season was different from usual, the COVID-19 pandemic still upending what a normal school year looked like even six months after lockdown began in March. So the planned marching band […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The new school year is little more than a week old, but the Bloomfield High School social studies department is already winning awards. Shamshadeen Mayers, who teaches Advanced Placement United States history and Advanced Placement comparative government and politics at BHS, won the Teacher of the Year Award from the New Jersey […]
UNION, NJ — Premiere Stages, the professional acting company in residence at Kean University, has resumed production after a two-year, pandemic-induced hiatus with the staging of “Year One,” a 90-minute one-act play by Erik Gernand. The play was directed by Glen Ridge resident John Wooten. “Year One” is about the conflict within a multigenerational family […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — In a statement sent to the West Orange Chronicle on Sept. 13, West Orange Mayor Robert Parisi said that the township has reached a settlement with Prism Capital Partners, the former redevelopers of the downtown Edison Village redevelopment project on Main Street. The West Orange Township Council voted to reacquire the […]
NUTLEY, NJ — The Nutley CROP Hunger Walk will be held Sunday, Oct. 17, starting at Vincent Church, 100 Vincent Place in Nutley. Registration will begin at 12:30 p.m. with the walk beginning at 1 p.m. with a welcome and an interfaith prayer. Walkers will walk south through Yanticaw Park to Centre Street over to […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange senior picnic returned to the Ginny Duenkel Pool on Friday, Sept. 10. Summer fun was on full display as sunny blue skies welcomed the seniors back to the annual event that was canceled last year due to COVID. Friendly smiles and good cheer ruled the day as members […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — Manufacturers Village Artist Studios, located in an 1880s industrial complex building in East Orange, will open its doors to the studios of more than 60 different artists Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 16 and 17, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. The enclave, just minutes from Thomas Edison’s original workshop, houses […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — For the last 36 years, Phyllis Kalb, wearing pink, has served as program coordinator at the South Orange Public Library, bringing the community notable speakers of all disciplines and more. Kalb recently retired from the SOPL.
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Congratulations to champions Mark Bochner and Eric Bochner, and runners-up Lara Tomlin and Barry Etchman in the third annual Laura Holtz Tennis Tournament for Epilepsy, held at the Memorial Park Tennis Courts in Maplewood on Sept. 12. The tournament hosted 16 doubles teams and raised more than $4,000 for Epilepsy Services of […]