Maria Vera appears to have won election to the West Orange School Board, having defeated incumbent Melinda Huerta 3246 to 1611, according to numbers provided by the Essex County Clerk’s Office.. Vera is a school counselor for the Orange Twp Board of Education with a BA in early childhood education from Montclair State University and […]
Maplewood School Board candidates Liz Callahan, Will Meyer and Shayna Sackett-Gable appear to have held off a write in challenge from former school board members Jeff Bennett and Anthony Mazzocchi. Essex County listed Sackett-Gable with 5,000 votes, Meyer with 4,854 and Callahan with 4,775. There were three open seats on the board. Bennett received a […]
SOMA Cross-Cultural Works partnered with the Township of Maplewood to host the 6th annual Diwali Fest, a multicultural celebration of Diwali and South Asian arts and culture. Diwali is the Hindu festival of lights, symbolizing the victory of light over darkness, good over evil, and knowledge over ignorance. The event was held Saturday in the […]
Police officers and firefighters were honored for heroic work in the line of duty by the Irvington Chamber of Commerce, which also honored a local businesswoman, a member of the chamber and a community servant. The Chamber had its 85th annual Police and Fire, Civic and Community Awards Dinner on Thursday, Oct. 26, at the […]
EAST ORANGE — A group of budding entrepreneurs from the East Orange Mayor’s Office of Employment and Training Summer Work Experience Program got to participate in a Pop-Up Shop at the Miseducation of Lauryn Hill 25th Anniversary Tour at Prudential Center in Newark. The group of 22 young moguls set up shops around the concourse […]
There are three open seats on the South Orange/Maplewood School District Board of Education. Three candidates filed to run by the July deadline and will appear on the ballot; Liz Callahan, Shayna Sackett-Gable and Will Meyer. Two additional candidates are also running; Jeff Bennett and Anthony Mazzocchi. They are asking that voters write their names […]
SOUTH ORANGE — A $1 million gift has been given to JESPY House, the South Orange-based non-profit that supports adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The gift from Summit residents Judy and Ken Peskin will support the organization’s campaign to build new residential units for clients ages 18 and older, with a focus on affordably […]
Two incumbents and a newcomer are running opposed on Tuesday, Nov. 7 for the three open, three-year seats on the nine person Glen Ridge Board of Education. Jocelyn Gottlieb, an incumbent, is running for her second three-year term. She has served on the Personnel/Policy Committee and chaired the Negotiations Committee. “I feel there’s a ramp-up […]
Six candidates are on the ballot for the Bloomfield Board of Education elections this Tuesday, Nov. 7. All were contacted for an interview by this newspaper; four responded. Three incumbents are seeking reelection and are on the Students Parents Community slate. The three challengers are on the Putting Children First slate. The board is composed […]
The Women’s Club of Glen Ridge had its first “Trick or Treats” on Sunday, Oct. 29. The event was geared for mothers, grandmothers and youngsters maybe not yet old enough to walk the neighborhood streets on Halloween night. A bouncy room was set up, there was face painting by a clown who doubled as a […]