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 […]
MAPLEWOOD — Teacher Christina Luzzi’s psychology class at Columbia High School is all about the brain, and one of the first things she wanted her students to know this year is how they can best use their own brains for success in school. That is why last week, Luzzi enlisted Regan Gurung, a psychologist […]
By Yvonne Nambe-Roach Special to the Chronicle If rain is a prophecy of “good fortune,” West Orange Public School System Superintendent Hayden Moore has a bright future. In a filled to capacity room on a rainy Sunday morning, Sept. 10, at the Rock Spring Golf Club, the West Orange African Heritage Organization hosted a “Chat […]
WEST ORANGE — The CJ Morgan Foundation reached its fundraising goal of $50,000 to fully fund the CJ Morgan Law and Legal Studies Endowment at West Point. A golf outing and additional events held at Rock Spring Golf Club on Monday, Aug. 28, and Tuesday, Aug. 29, helped the foundation with its goal. “CJ was […]
With autumn arriving, the Women’s Club of Glen Ridge begins a new season of activities. Already sold out are three community outreach CPR-training classes to be taught by the Glen Ridge Ambulance Squad on Thursday, Sept. 21 and Friday, Sept. 23, at 7 p.m., and Sunday, Oct. 1, at 1 p.m. More classes are expected […]