ESSEX COUNTY – Alixon Collazos-Gill has announced her candidacy for the state Assembly in the 27th District, which includes West Orange, Livingston, Millburn, Montclair, Roseland and Clifton. If elected, Collazos-Gill — who migrated to the United States from Colombia at age 14 — will make history as the first woman and Latina to represent the […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The night was about bowling but it was more than that for members of the autistic community who got a chance to meet one another, share stories and possibly make friends. The event at Hanover Lanes in East Hanover on March 13 was hosted by Pat Miller and Pam Foley, who […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Bloomfield elected officials were in attendance at the Saturday, March 25, memorial service for State Senator Ronald L. Rice, D-28th District, who represented Bloomfield, Glen Ridge, Irvington, Nutley and Newark. Rice died March 15 and was the longest-serving black state legislator in NJ history, having served 36 years. The memorial service was […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The tradition-rich Women’s Club of Glen Ridge held a “My Favorite Doll Tea Party” fundraiser Sunday, March 26, with 188 guests in attendance. The charitable event would be a bright circle drawn on anyone’s calendar when daughters, with mothers and dolls in tow, gathered at the club to have their doll’s […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The film “A Tree of Life: The Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting” was shown at the New Jersey Film Festival on March 19 at JCC MetroWest along with an art show that aimed to inspire hope. Before the film was played at the festival, an art show displaying various mosaics was displayed at […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — East Orange Mayor Ted Green hosted the seventh annual Black-Tie Gala at the Hilton hotel in East Rutherford on March 11. The night was full of celebration for women from notable figures like Irvington Mayor Tony Vauss, Orange Mayor Dwayne Warren and Newark Mayor Ras Baraka. Congresswoman Mikki Sherill spoke about […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Irvington Councilwoman October Hudley was honored with the trailblazer award during the 10th annual Women of Worship ministries Women’s History Month empowerment event on March 23. “We honor people who are doing great work in their communities,” said Tony Fairley, who organized the event and founded WOW ministries in 2013. “We mainly […]
NEWARK, NJ — Monsignor Gerard McCarren has been appointed rector and dean of the Immaculate Conception Seminary School of Theology at Seton Hall University. McCarren has served as interim rector and dean since July 1, and prior to that time, he was associate professor of systematic theology and the seminary’s spiritual director, according to a […]
NEWARK, N.J. –The Unified Vailsburg Services Organization has been selected to help administer the Prudential Community Grants Program that aims to support local, community-based projects that foster stability and growth. “We are looking for programs or projects that create vibrancy in neighborhoods, that support neighbors,” said Tiffany Jackson, Prudential’s director of inclusive community and administrator […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — Six students from the fourth and fifth grades at the Dionne Warwick Institute of Economics and Entrepreneurship joined the school’s administrative team at the annual “The Great American Emancipation Day Awards Banquet” sponsored by The Positive Community magazine. The magazine, a faith-based lifestyle magazine targeting African American consumers in the New […]