ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — The municipalities of Irvington, Roseland and West Caldwell and the public school districts in Belleville, Cedar Grove and Livingston are participating in the Essex County Pooled Government Equipment Leasing Program to purchase approximately $11.9 million of new equipment, according to an Oct. 21 press release from the county. This new program […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Michael Gallo, a graduate of Seton Hall Preparatory School’s Class of 1979, has been appointed headmaster at his alma mater. Gallo’s appointment came upon recommendation from the school’s board of trustees, school President Msgr. Michael Kelly, and Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, Archbishop of Newark, according to an Oct. 18 press release. […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — South Orange is now home to a spiffy new left-hand turn signal at the intersection of Ridgewood Road and South Orange Avenue, thanks to work from the Essex County Department of Public Works. Prior to this, cars attempting to turn left from Ridgewood Road to get to downtown South Orange could […]
NEWARK, NJ — The Newark Public Library continues its Philip Roth Lecture Series with a lecture by celebrated author and leading American history scholar Sean Wilentz on Monday, Nov. 4, from 6 to 8 p.m.; doors open at 5:30 p.m. The lecture will be in Centennial Hall at 5 Washington St., Newark. Wilentz, a preeminent […]
NEWARK, NJ — Irvington Mayor Tony Vauss attended the John Sharpe James South Ward Civic Association inaugural golf outing along with Newark corporate and civic luminaries at the Weequahic Golf Course in Newark on Tuesday, Oct. 15. In an event that gathered the “who’s who” of Essex County, participants teed off to raise $50,000 to […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield Home and School Council sponsored a debate last week for the six local Board of Education candidates vying for three seats in the Nov. 5 election. Before an audience of 20 at the middle school, the candidates sat at a table in alphabetical order; they included challenger Dan Anderson, incumbent […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Rachel Mazzetta’s third-grade science class at Watsessing Elementary School became a paleontology lab on Monday, Oct. 21, as students learned about fossils. The hands-on lesson required pupils to visit four classroom discovery stations, with two being especially challenging. One required students to uncover the laminated photograph of a fossil, buried inside a […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Can interreligious dialogue save the planet? This important question will be explored by the Sister Rose Thering Fund for Education in Jewish-Christian Studies. The fund’s ninth annual Dr. Marcia Robbins Wilf Lecture will be Sunday, Nov. 3, from 2 to 4 p.m. in Bethany Hall on Seton Hall University’s main campus, […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — JCC MetroWest will present an all-female slate of art exhibits this November and December, including works by 2019 Gaelen Juried Art Show winners Mozelle Forman and Lizzy Synalovski, as well as painter Jennifer Levine. An opening reception for all exhibits will be held Sunday, Nov. 3, from 11 a.m. to 1 […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Hayden Moore got a little choked up while listening to a list of his accomplishments being read to a crowd of student council members from across the state at the New Jersey Association of Student Councils fall business meeting at The College of New Jersey. The West Orange High School principal […]