GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The Glen Ridge High School wrestling team, under head coach Kendall Southerland, has enjoyed a good season with a recent 4-3 dual-meet record. Above, senior Jesse Gibbs smiles as he wears his ‘pin necklace.’ Gibbs has a 20-2 record on the season. Photos Courtesy of Glen Ridge HS wrestling team managers
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — South Orange residents Ben Otner and Van Girton-Marshall are among the top players for the Montclair Kimberley Academy basketball team, which had a fine 10-5 record, including a perfect 9-0 mark in the Super Essex Conference–Freedom Division, through Monday, Jan. 22. Otner, a 6-foot-3 senior guard, and Girton-Marshall, a 6-1 junior […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Senior forward Gary Hu and defensemen Ibou Conteh and Ayan Flowers are West Orange residents who are providing a big boost to the continued development of the 2023-24 Montclair Kimberley Academy ice hockey team which is starting to come around with better play in recent action. The Cougars entered the week […]
An Irvington resident who served prison time for drug trafficking was among those invited to Gov. Phil Murphy’s state of the state address. Ulysses McMillan was sentenced to 22 years for drug trafficking while carrying a firearm. When he was released from prison, he met former Gov. Jim McGreevey and enrolled in New Jersey Reentry […]
The Kiwanis Club of Glen Ridge and the Friends of the Glen Ridge Public Library have joined in a unique partnership which they believe will benefit the community they both serve. On March 2, the two nonprofits will host a jazz concert by borough resident Kenny Garrett, the Grammy Award-winning jazz musician and 2023 […]
MAPLEWOOD — It started as a project in Art Teacher Curtis Grayson’’s classes about Spain – its culture, its architecture and its artists. And then, Ricardo The Bull happened. The more than 600-pound steer, who escaped the slaughterhouse and took to the streets and rail lines of Newark, captured the hearts and imaginations of Grayson […]
Sarah Jane Densen turned 100 this week. “She eats a relentlessly healthy diet, exercises regularly and remains both engaged and prayerful,” said her son Rob Densen. “These things really work.” Sarah said her philosophy of life is “to whenever and wherever possible, make someone’s life a little easier” and her secret to a long life […]
A Glen Ridge student was among those selected to be a guest at Gov. Phil Murphy’s 2024 State of the State address. Sabrina Rose Charles is a senior honors student at the Rutgers University School of Nursing in New Brunswick, who developed a passion for service at a young age that continues to shape her […]
The South Orange Public Library expanded and downsized within weeks of each other. On Nov. 29, the library joined the Bergen County Cooperative Library System, a consortium of libraries in Bergen, Essex, Hudson and Passaic Counties, which gives South Orange patrons access to a vast digital collection. Just a couple of weeks later, the SOPL […]
Bloomfield held its annual Martin Luther King Jr. observation on Monday, Jan. 15, at the New Light Baptist Church on Dewey Street. The emcee was Councilwoman Nina Davis who has been at the helm for 10 years. She acknowledged former Councilman Bernard Hamilton who brought about a consciousness and acceptance that the King holiday should […]