President Andrzej Duda of Poland bestowed his nation’s Knight’s Cross of the Order of Merit upon Stanlee Stahl, the executive vice president of The Jewish Foundation for the Righteous (JFR), for her work in support of Polish rescuers of Jews during the Holocaust. The award was given to Stahl this month at Poland’s Permanent Mission […]
WEST ORANGE — The township’s four largest community service groups, The Chamber of Commerce, the Rotary Club, the Lion’s Club and Unico, will be joining together to host their annual Community Thanksgiving Luncheon on Wednesday, Nov. 22. “It’s kind of unofficial theme is being grateful, thankful and not just for living in West Orange, but […]
For nearly 60 years, the Nursery School of Christ Church has been caring for children, from infants to 6 years old. Started unofficially in 1967 as basically a baby-sitting service, according to its present director, Aazhae Coleman, the school has become a learning and socializing center for children from surrounding towns. There are currently 27 […]
Shamshadeen Mayers, the 2023 Essex County Teacher of the Year while at Bloomfield High School, is the new principal at Watsessing Elementary School. A Bloomfield resident, married with three children, he has been an educator for 16 years, the last seven in the district. A 2003 graduate of BHS, prior to his district employment, he […]
The Nikhil Badlani Foundation had a remarkable run of good weather for its biggest event on the calendar: 12 straight years of sunny skies for the STOP for Nikhil 5K. The streak came to an end this year, but rain didn’t stop the West Orange community from heading to West Orange High School for this […]
BLOOMFIELD — The Foley Field Foundation has made an $80,000 donation to the Bloomfield Township Board of Education to be used towards the new concession stand – or “snack shack” – at Foley Field. The donation was presented and accepted at the monthly Board meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 12, at the School Administration Building. The […]
New Behavioral Threat Assessment Teams that will investigate students if there is a concern they might pose a risk to others was one of the topics covered during a South Orange Maplewood School District online forum on school safety and security. The forum was on Thursday, Sept. 21, and included Ronald Taylor, superintendent of the […]
MONTCLAIR, NJ — Montclair Kimberley Academy’s football team is looking forward to the return to action of valuable sophomore wide receiver Nate Chou of Maplewood, who is in his second season as a varsity player for the Cougars (0-4). “Nate has been out with an illness since the end of the first half of […]
MONTCLAIR, NJ — Orange resident Jaylen Ankrah-Jones, a senior co-captain, is versatile player for the Montclair Kimberley Academy football team, which has been progressing while going through the rigors of an 0-4 season to date entering its Sept. 30 game at Pingry in Martinsville. Ankrah-Jones excels as an outside linebacker and wide receiver for the […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield High School boys soccer team continued its great start to the season. The Bengals defeated West Essex and Glen Ridge to extend their winning streak to five games and improve to 6-2 overall on the season. Senior Juan Pozo and juniors Miguel Ganhito and Nicholas Travers each had a goal […]