NEWARK, NJ — Essex County Sheriff Armando Fontoura with his officers and elves delivered more than 5,000 holiday gifts throughout Essex County in December. Santa’s helpers made the first stop of their annual toy drive at the Salvation Army Headquarters in Newark. Electronic learning devices, sports equipment, arts and crafts materials, books, games, dolls and […]
LIVINGSTON, NJ — Registration is now open for January computer classes at the Linda & Rudy Slucker NCJW/Essex Center for Women. Basic Excel will be held on Mondays and Wednesdays beginning Jan. 8, from 9 to 11 a.m., and Intro to Word is scheduled for Tuesdays and Thursdays beginning Jan. 9, from 10 a.m. to […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Samikkannu Thangavel, the new associate director of the Institute of NeuroImmune Pharmacology at Seton Hall University, has received a five-year $2.2 million research award from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Drug Abuse. The grant was awarded to Thangavel to conduct neuro-AIDS research in the context of drugs of […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — The Junior League of the Oranges and Short Hills celebrated the Christmas holiday with Isaiah House, a critical safety net for local families and an organization founded in part by JLOSH. Located in East Orange, Isaiah House provides temporary and permanent housing, food, social and financial services to the most vulnerable […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Green Hill has been awarded the silver medal in the Best of Essex 2017 contest in the category of senior living. The highly competitive competition included 15 other senior living facilities in Essex County. “We are very proud of our community and the family of team members who provide intimate, person-directed […]
MONTCLAIR, NJ — U.S. Rep. Donald M. Payne Jr., NJ-10, announced the winner of the 2017 Congressional App Challenge for high school students in New Jersey’s 10th Congressional District. Zoe Lynch of Montclair Kimberley Academy in Montclair was named the winner for her charitable services app GiveGetNJ. GiveGetNJ pairs people in need with charitable organizations […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Like followers of good King Wenceslas, a 10th-century Bohemian monarch known for his helping a peasant, congregants in Bloomfield houses of worship are tending to the needy this holiday season, too. But Pastor Diana Wilcox, of Christ Episcopal Church of Glen Ridge and Bloomfield, said there is more meaning to the Wenceslas story […]
Photo by Chris Sykes The Rev. George Sykes leads his S3 Music Review singers during the Christmas concert at Christian Pentecostal Church on Sunday, Dec. 17.IRVINGTON, NJ — George Sykes a gospel music artist and the chief executive officer of S3 Music Review, hosted a Christmas concert at Christian Pentecostal Church on Clinton Avenue on […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Winter Chorus Concert brought in the holiday season at West Orange High School on Dec. 7 with a sparkling mix of classic and contemporary seasonal favorites and some emotional surprises. The Treble Choir, Combined Concert and Treble Choir, the Concert Choir, Chamber Choir, Jubilee Choir and Glee Club came together […]
LIVINGSTON, NJ — Students and their family members of The Early School of Temple B’nai Abraham participated in creating a family quilt at a festive evening event at temple. Each school family received a material square a week before the special night. The instructions were to create a square that represents their family with their […]