WEST ORANGE, NJ — Rachel Coalition will host its annual Women to Women luncheon on Tuesday, April 17, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at The Wilshire Grand Hotel, 350 Pleasant Valley Way in West Orange. The luncheon will feature a presentation by Melissa Dohme Hill, who was brutally attacked by her high school ex-boyfriend, […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — The Young Professionals of East Orange are on the move in East Orange, as was evident on Saturday, March 17, at Mayor Ted Green’s first Black Tie Affair in the Parsippany Hilton Hotel. “We’re having our annual gala here tonight and we had a great turnout. We had people from every […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Students in Paul Stefanelli’s third-grade class at Redwood Elementary School entertained and informed parents and guests during the annual Patriots vs. Loyalists debate on March 15. Parents and family jammed the classroom to hear students debate the reasons for choosing the side of the patriots or the loyalists during the American […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The Women’s History Month Film Festival comes to 1978 Maplewood Arts Center on Thursday, April 5, at 5 p.m. for the screenings of three films, which combined equal approximately two hours. Admission is free. “Tale of Four” is inspired by Nina Simone’s song “Four Women”; “Rhoda” is a 75-year-old woman’s look back […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Business owners, nonprofits and social media marketers who want to learn the latest on how to leverage social media to drive traffic, generate leads and more sales will enjoy April’s West Orange Chamber of Commerce Biz 2.0 guest speaker Julbert Abraham. Abraham, known as the “LinkedIn Guy,” specializes in helping small […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — You may need a geiger counter of sorts to find this out-of-the-way dance studio, but once you discover it you’ve struck gold. And the gold is on the shoes of the tap dancers at the New Jersey Tap Dance Ensemble. Located in Bloomfield, the company was recently named the 2018 People’s Choice in […]
LIVINGSTON, NJ — Registration is now open for April computer classes at the Linda & Rudy Slucker NCJW/Essex Center for Women. Intermediate Excel is scheduled to run on four consecutive Mondays and Wednesdays beginning April 9 from 10 a.m. to noon, and intermediate Word is scheduled for four consecutive Tuesdays and Thursdays beginning April 10 […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Township historian Joseph Fagan recently donated a German Army WWI regimental history book to Jonathan Casey, director of archives at the National World War I Museum and Edward Jones Research Center in Kansas City, Mo. The book was published in 1920 in Stuttgart, Germany, following the war and came to West […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — On March 14, South Orange Middle School students participated in the National School Walkout, marching around the building, then gathering for a student-organized program. The students spoke about gun violence and read the names of those who were killed on Feb. 14 at the Parkland, Fla., school shooting.
IRVINGTON, NJ — Mayor Tony Vauss and Public Safety Director Tracy Bowers had good things to say about the township’s response to the snowstorm that hit town Wednesday, March 21. It was the second time Gov. Phil Murphy declared a state of emergency across New Jersey, to keep residents safe until after the snowstorm had […]