WEST ORANGE, NJ — The first phase of the ongoing “Legacy Walkway Project” was unveiled at West Orange High School as the community gathered to celebrate on June 11. The West Orange High School PTA created the ongoing project to raise funds for the high school. Mayor Robert Parisi, Principal Hayden Moore, Board of Education […]
WHIPPANY, NJ — On June 12, JFS MetroWest offered two separate lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning events for National Pride Month. During the afternoon, JFS hosted a professional development program, “Beyond the Rainbow: LGBTQ Sensitivity Training,” featuring Phoenix Schneider as the speaker. Schneider is a transactivist, educator and social worker specializing in program development […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — On Monday, June 18, Hazel Elementary School students honored first responders for all they do to help maintain a safe and secure school environment and for their service to the community at large.
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Claudine Baptiste, left, and Bill Moloney are appointed to the Seniors Advisory Committee at the June 6 Maplewood Township Committee meeting.
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Brian Saber, founder of Asking Matters, an online resource on asking, recently released “Asking Styles: Revolutionize Your Fundraising,” based around his company’s concept. The book makes the case that fundraisers must be themselves to be successful and shows fundraisers how to use their “Asking Style” throughout the fundraising process. “This could […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Mt. Pleasant Elementary School held its 17th annual Flag Day ceremony on June 14, bringing the school community together to honor local veterans. Flag Day is celebrated in the United States on June 14 and commemorates the adoption of the flag of the United States on June 14, 1777. National Flag […]
VERONA, NJ — On Saturday, June 9, more than 4,000 supporters joined together in a 1-mile walk around Verona Park to celebrate the courage and resilience of children in the area being treated for cancer and blood disorders. Earlier in the day, the debut of a new flatter, faster 5K certified race course that straddled […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Although retiring Fairview Elementary School media specialist Nancy Clark would be quick to point out that she is not a librarian, at least not since the school combined the computer lab and the library, she does believe she had it in her to be a librarian long before computers even reached the schools. […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Even though his bar mitzvah date is 15 months away, Samuel Nasberg-Abrams, 11, of Maplewood, figured there’s no time like the present to start implementing his service project. A student at the Linda & Rudy Slucker Religious School at Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel in South Orange, he has set up a book […]
ORANGE, NJ — After months of speculation, Orange business administrator Chris Hartwyk revealed the state Civil Service Commission has approved the layoff and furlough plan he submitted for review weeks ago. The Thursday, June 14, letter from Kelly Glenn, director of Agency Services for the state Civil Service Commission, to Mayor Dwayne Warren, approves the […]