GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Despite an afternoon rain which threatened a change of venue, the Friday, June 16, commencement ceremony, for the Glen Ridge High School class of 2023, was held on Hurrell Field, at six o’clock. One hundred and thirty-seven seniors were awarded diplomas. The welcoming address was given by Colin Pennington, the class […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — The Deliverance Jesus Is Coming Church on Springfield Avenue will host pastors and bishops from around the country later this month for the annual Family of God Convention. Bishop Brenda Groomes, who is secretary of the association of mostly pentecostal churches known as the Deliverance Jesus Is Coming Fellowship of Churches, said […]
WEST ORANGE — The West Orange Chamber of Commerce held its annual awards dinner, recognizing an educator, a police officer, a business and a fire department for their actions during the past year. After introductory remarks by Board Member Adam Wolf, Pastor Terry Smith of The Life Christian Church gave a keynote speech, first praising […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange African Heritage Organization (WOAHO) held its annual Holcomb Scholarship Fundraiser called “Men Who Cook” on June 11. The event raises money and provides scholarships to college bound West Orange High School students. Dr. Ansley LaMar of the New Jersey City University Department of Psychology, was the keynote speaker […]
Five months into the COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing lockdown, Audrey Bellezza and Emily Harding decided to write a book. It was the end of August 2020, and they, like a lot of people, had spent much of the year working from home while their children were going to online school. Bellezza and Harding, who […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Watsessing Elementary School celebrated its class day on Friday, June 16, when the school’s sixth-graders, with middle school looming, ended their elementary school days. Witnessing the transition were applauding parents and teachers who lined the first-floor hallway as 44 students proceeded to the multipurpose room for awards and diplomas during the traditional […]
One day a few years ago, Trinity Davis-Floyd’s older brothers didn’t want to play with her so she went to find her dad to lodge a complaint and found him doing laundry. Anthony Floyd had a pile of socks waiting to be paired up, and he told her to jump into it like it was […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Columbia High School student Mac Silverstein has won a 2023 Paper Mill Playhouse Rising Star Award as Outstanding Performer in a Featured Role for his performance as “Brother Jeremiah” in the school’s production of “Something Rotten!” Since their inception in 1996, the Paper Mill Playhouse Rising Star Awards for Excellence in […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — A joint effort between Bloomfield’s human services and police departments, teaming up to respond to residents in crisis, has seen an increase in calls for help this year, said Francesca Viola, the township’s social work supervisor. The human services/police collaboration, known as the CARE unit, is an acronym for Creating a Resilient […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Project Graduation 2023, the generation-spanning June party produced by parents of graduating Glen Ridge High School seniors will be Friday, June 17. As in every year, GRHS seniors choose a theme for their bash and this time the animated movie “Rio” was selected. The party is at the home of a […]