MONTCLAIR — People want Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce to be happy. At least that’s what a team of faculty at Montclair State University determined after analyzing social media data during Sunday’s NFL primetime game between the host New York Jets and Kansas City Chiefs. The early season game took on added significance due to […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — South Orange resident Ben Morganstein, a junior at Montclair Kimberley Academy, is enjoying a fine season as a key two-way lineman for the Cougars. He had posted a team-leading 38 tackles with one forced fumble through the first four games for the Montclair-based private school, which is a member of the […]
UNION, NJ — The East Orange Campus High School football team lost to Montclair, 42-27, Saturday, Sept. 30. For what it’s worth, the generations-old rivalry between East Orange and Montclair has its ebbs and flows, along with the ups and downs. In a preseason interview, Montclair head coach Jermaine Johnson made it clear there was […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Glen Ridge resident Alex Provost, a junior at Montclair Kimberley Academy, continues to be an important member of the Cougars boys soccer team as one of the better, young goalkeepers in the Super Essex Conference, with his strong play as the Cougars were off to a 1-1-2 start this fall after […]
The New Jersey Section of the Professional Golfers’ Association of America has announced its 2023 annual award recipients, led by Robin Curtis, assistant golf professional at Maplewood Country Club, who was named 2023 NJPGA Golf Professional of the Year, the highest honor for a PGA Professional within the Section. Curtis was elected to PGA Membership […]
Luisa Frey knew about signs from a young age. When she was 9-years-old, her oldest sibling was seeking out colleges—with the rest of the family in tow, including her mom and herself. At the time, The Beatles had just released their hit song “Let it Be.” When Frey’s family visited a chapel on the college […]
WEST ORANGE — An Island Giants Exhibit at Turtle Back Zoo featuring alligators and Komodo dragons in natural habitat-themed spaces has officially opened. “The new exhibit enables us to provide more indoor and outdoor spaces for our alligators and Komodo dragons and create a more dynamic year-round experience for our visitors to see the animals,” […]
An Irvington man was sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison for stealing more than $237,000 in Social Security benefits intended for his deceased brother, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Silvano Chable, 54, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Susan D. Wigenton to one count of wire fraud. Judge Wigenton imposed […]
The East Orange, Bloomfield and Belleville School Districts will each be receiving about a quarter million dollars to plant trees. Marking Climate Week, Commissioner of Environmental Protection Shawn M. LaTourette, Sustainable Jersey and The College of New Jersey announced the award of $4.55 million in grants to fund the planting of trees at 34 public […]
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 […]