Shade Tree Committee oversees tree planting

Shade Tree Committee oversees tree planting

GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The London plane tree was lowered into the ground, an Arbor Day symbol for many more that are being planted across the borough. It had been anticipated that 55 trees, including more than two dozen elms and lindens, would be planted along Hillside Avenue this past Friday, April 28, Arbor Day. […]

EO STEM Academy students recognized

EO STEM Academy students recognized

EAST ORANGE, NJ — Four East Orange STEM Academy seniors have been awarded $40,000 scholarships from Amazon. “Every year, I continue to be inspired by our scholarship recipients’ academic achievements and drive to use their problem-solving abilities to build solutions for their communities,” said Victor Reinoso, global director of Philanthropic Education Initiatives at Amazon, “With […]

Opening ceremony set for 56 unit building

Opening ceremony set for 56 unit building

IRVINGTON, NJ — A grand opening ceremony is planned for a 56-unit affordable apartment building on Chancellor Avenue. The community, located at 722 Chancellor Ave., was developed through a partnership between The NRP Group and Adenah Bayoh, a Black female real estate developer and entrepreneur who manages a portfolio consisting of multifamily assets and fast-casual […]

Orange resident pens ‘Hanging With Vampires’

Orange resident pens ‘Hanging With Vampires’

ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — When the publisher Quirk Books was looking to launch a series about supernatural phenomena for kids in the middle grades, writer Insha Fitzpatrick immediately knew she wanted in. A lifelong horror fan, Fitzpatrick penned the first book in the “Totally Factual Field Guide to the Supernatural” series, released on March 28. […]

South Orange resident and MKA two-sport star Jordan Fishback feted at Essex–Hudson scholar-athlete affair

South Orange resident and MKA two-sport star Jordan Fishback feted at Essex–Hudson scholar-athlete affair

SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — South Orange resident Jordan Fishback, a senior at Montclair Kimberley Academy and a standout for the Cougars’ lacrosse and football teams, was recently MKA’s representative at the 2023 Essex–Hudson County Scholar–Athlete Dinner. An Essex tradition that started more than a half century ago, and now also includes a neighboring county, was […]

Nutley HS athletes announce college choices

Nutley HS athletes announce college choices

NUTLEY, NJ — On Friday, March 31, the Nutley High School athletic department honored several senior student-athletes who announced their commitments to colleges and universities. Here is the list of those student-athletes: Anthony Pinal, football, Division II Kutztown University, division 2 Brandon Lucia, football, Division I Marist College. Donald Slane, football, Division II Chestnut Hill […]

Note to our newspaper subscribers

Problems at the printing plant where our newspapers are printed have caused a delay in their distribution. Subscribers to the News-Record of Maplewood and South Orange, The Glen Ridge Paper, West Orange Chronicle, Irvington Herald, The Independent Press of Bloomfield, Record-Transcript and Union County LocalSource should receive their newspapers in Friday’s mail.  We apologize for […]