WEST ORANGE, NJ — A 14-year-old male from West Orange sustained multiple stab wounds during an altercation in Montclair’s Nishuane Park on Thursday, Nov. 2, according to the Montclair Police Department. Officers were called to the park at 6:50 p.m. for an injured child, and found the victim with multiple stab wounds. The suspect, also […]
SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The people have spoken and they have elected incumbent Elizabeth Baker, and challengers Anthony Mazzocchi and Robin Johnson Baker to the South Orange-Maplewood Board of Education. Elizabeth Baker, who was coming to the end of her first term on the board, has served as board president for the last […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — With 20 of 21 districts reporting in by 10 p.m. on election night, Maplewood voters have again made clear that they want an all-Democrat Township Committee. In a landslide election, Democratic incumbent Vic DeLuca and challenger Dean Dafis have been elected to the two open seats on the committee, beating out Republican […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Despite a very close election with just two candidates, both of whom were challengers, as of midnight on election night, it appears that Ken Alper has obtained the sole open seat on the West Orange Board of Education. By midnight, only 34 of 37 districts had reported their results, yet Alper […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The annual Community Thanksgiving Luncheon in West Orange will be Wednesday, Nov. 22, at Mayfair Farms, 481 Eagle Rock Ave. in West Orange. This event is held by the West Orange Chamber of Commerce, the Lions Club, West Orange Rotary and UNICO. This fun-filled event, featuring Mindy Scheier, founder of Runway […]
And they’re off! In the first major meet of the 2017-2018 season, nearly 130 athletes from the YMCA of Montclair Dolphins swim team competed in the recent 2017 Ocean County YMCA Great Turkey Invitational in Toms River. The Dolphins were one of six YMCA teams from New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware to participate in the […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Health Department and West Orange Police Department are sponsoring a brown bag event for senior citizens, presented by ADAPT, the Essex Prevention Coalition. On Wednesday, Nov. 15, from 10 a.m. to noon at the John P. Renna Jr. House Community Room, 10 Gaston St. in West Orange, seniors […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — This alert was released by Glen Ridge Police Chief Sheila Byron-Lagattuta The Glen Ridge Police Department is currently investigating the report of an attempted armed robbery which took place on Outlook Place, close to Forest Avenue at 7:48 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 3. The suspect, who is described as a black […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Berkeley Elementary School fifth-graders were treated to a visit on Friday, Nov. 3, from the senior naturalist of the Essex County Park System. The naturalist, David Alexander, came with objects and photographs to illuminate local ecosystems and set up four discovery stations for the students to explore. Sitting on the classroom floor, the […]
LIVINGSTON, NJ — On Tuesday, Nov. 14, from 6 to 9 p.m., and Wednesday, Nov. 15, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., indoors at Temple B’nai Abraham, 300 E. Northfield Road Livingston, you can do your holiday shopping early at the annual Fall Marketplace and Book Fair, sponsored by TBA Early School Parents’ Council. The […]