NEWARK, NJ — The Irvington High School Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps once again played a major role in the Class of 2018 graduation ceremony in the Essex County College Gym on Wednesday, June 20. “JROTC graduated 41 cadets,” retired U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Harvey Craig said Tuesday, June 26. “I have six that […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Friends of Maplewood Library will hold a Bag-of-Books sale on Saturday, July 14, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Sunday, July 15, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Maplewood Memorial Library, 51 Baker Street; enter via the parking lot. Lots of great books in all genres, as well as […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Grammy Award-winner and seven-time Grammy Award-nominee Patty Griffin is famed in song and verse for her prolific career. She brings her extensive catalogue of music, which spans from Americana to folk and country, to the South Orange Performing Arts Center, 1 SOPAC Way, on Friday, July 27, at 8 p.m., along […]
LIVINGSTON, NJ — Lesley Greenstein, of Summit, was installed as president of the National Council of Jewish Women, Essex County Section at the organization’s annual installation and awards evening at Cedar Hill Country Club in Livingston. A natural and resourceful leader, Greenstein has a long history with NCJW in numerous capacities and is committed to […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Enjoying 50 years at the peak of the music industry, Justin Hayward’s voice has been heard the world over, and now he will appear at the South Orange Performing Arts Center on Sunday, Aug. 19, at 7:30 p.m. He will perform many songs from his 2016 album “All The Way,” and […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — Mayor Ted Green spoke at East Orange Campus High School’s 16th annual commencement exercises at Paul Robeson Stadium on Park Avenue in East Orange on Monday, June 25, urging the Class of 2018 to strive to shine as brightly as they can in whatever they choose to do with their lives. […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Students at West Orange High School knew that they wanted to do more than hold a memorial service for the students killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., on Feb. 14. That service was held on March 14, one month after the shootings. Students then held a multimedia […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — A family’s fight to build wheelchair ramps at their house on Conforti Avenue finally came to a close June 21, when the West Orange Zoning Board of Adjustment voted to approve a variance that will allow Stephanie Roman and Abenimbola Laniyan to install ramps in the front and back of their […]
NEWARK, NJ — The gymnasium at Essex County College in Newark was filled with anticipatory energy and bursting pride on Thursday, June 21, as the 508 members of the Columbia High School Class of 2018 were conferred their diplomas. The graduating seniors were joined by family and friends, who watched as they walked across the […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — A party recognizing the contributions of volunteers to residents of Job Haines Home was held at the facility on Thursday, June 21. Among them was a group of Rosary Society members from Sacred Heart Church in Bloomfield who have been coming regularly to pray the Rosary with the aged. According to Danyette Randolph, […]