SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Congregation Beth El in South Orange has announced that its Beth El Beit Midrash, or “House of Study,” program in partnership with Project Zug, a leading Jewish study organization, will launch its 2018 program of partnered study, or chavruta, on Jan. 28. The word zug is Hebrew for “pair” or “couple” […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The winners of the annual holiday window display competition among 13 downtown storefronts were announced by the Bloomfield Center Alliance on Dec. 26. Judges selected Gail Ann’s Beauty Salon for the second straight year while the “people’s choice” winner, as determined by online voting, was Ricciardi Brothers Paints. The salon is located at […]
NEWARK, NJ — In a room on the third floor of the Newark Museum, a group of high school students gather for an after-school program that teaches them not only about art and what’s in the museum, but the skills they will be using when they are in the so-called “real world” after they receive […]
SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The New Jersey gubernatorial election went as had been expected, but elections at the local level did offer some surprises in Essex County. A few weeks after the election, Essex County Clerk Christopher J. Durkin certified the results, making official the winners reported in the News-Record/West Orange Chronicle. In […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The annual Kelly Elementary fifth-grade international lunch was held Dec. 14, much to the delight of students, parents and teachers. “What a wonderful way to celebrate our annual international luncheon,” Principal Joanne Pollara said. “I would like to commend our fifth-grade teachers, Amy Pacifico, Anthony Carsillo, Kelly Clancy, Patty Quinn, Nick […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — The Junior League of the Oranges and Short Hills recently announced that its board of directors has approved Isabelle S. Felix as the president-elect-elect who will serve as president of the organization in the 2019-2020 league year following membership approval. Felix joined the Junior League of the Oranges and Short Hills in […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo Jr. and county and zoo officials welcomed the Owens/Kusik family from East Orange — Joseph Kusik, Alanah Williams and Ikea Owens — as the 900,000th visitors to Turtle Back Zoo during 2017 on Wednesday, Dec. 27. This is the third milestone reached at the zoo in […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — West Orange resident Jack Greenberg spotted a bald eagle in a tree on the Essex County Golf Course in West Orange from Pleasant Valley Way on Christmas Day. Photos Courtesy of Jack Greenberg
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Explore the writing-gardening connection on Monday, Jan. 8, at 7:30 p.m. at Maplewood Memorial Library, 51 Baker St., Maplewood, when the Maplewood Garden Club hosts Marta McDowell. She teaches landscape history and horticulture at the New York Botanical Garden and lectures widely. For years she has been interested in writers who garden […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — West Orange High School students became engineers Monday, Dec. 11, when they gathered to build circuits with Liter of Light, a nonprofit organization that aims to bring affordable and sustainable solar light to people without access to electricity. A crowd of students, teachers and town officials came together to make the […]