SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Every year, the fourth-grade religious school students at Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel in South Orange participate in “My Family Story,” an international Jewish heritage program sponsored by the Museum of the Jewish People of Beit Hatfutsot in Tel Aviv, Israel. The program is designed to connect students to their families’ personal stories […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The COVID-19 pandemic took over normal life three months ago, and with the crisis came a lack of medical equipment, face masks and hand sanitizer. Those things have become easier to find in stores now, but Owen and Jack Witt are raising money to send to Doctors Without Borders, hoping to help […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — A number of JESPY clients who recently returned to JESPY’s onsite residences were welcomed back with delicious treats, courtesy of Maplewood State Farm agent Christine Coster and Maplewood-based bakery The Able Baker. The surprise came to fruition after Coster received funding to support a local food business for the benefit of JESPY […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Leslie Pogany, owner of Bunny’s Sports Bar in South Orange, was removed from the South Orange Village Center Alliance’s board of directors on June 12 following a vote via Zoom meeting. The vote was 10-2 — the nay votes were from Maurice Blackwell, who represents residents on the board, and Pogany […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Kids Camp Maplewood is ready to keep children active and engaged, while remaining safe and socially distanced this summer. Kids Camp is available for youth entering kindergarten through fifth grade. Home base, as usual, will be DeHart Community Center and Park, but to complete the vintage vibe, campers will also enjoy Maplecrest […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The South Orange Board of Trustees passed the 2020 municipal budget at its June 8 meeting, setting into motion plans to apply to civil service for furloughs and layoffs in the South Orange Fire and Police departments after three of the unions did not accept a proposed 2-percent pay freeze over […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Chinese students and alumni from the Stillman School of Business China MBA Program came together to donate 2,000 personal protective equipment gowns to first responders, nursing homes and other health care facilities in Essex County. Through their collective efforts, the group raised a total of 489,384 renminbi, or approximately $69,122, to […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Seton Hall University professor Widian Nicola, a licensed clinical social worker, has launched a Facebook Live series that will discuss weekly the “lived experience” of black Americans. Nicola, a Palestinian-American who emigrated from Galilee, a region in northern Israel, to the United States with her parents when she was 8 years […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Katia Passerini, a nationally recognized knowledge management scholar with extensive higher education experience, began her tenure as the new provost and executive vice president of Seton Hall University. Passerini assumed the provost’s position on June 5, almost a month earlier than her originally scheduled start date of July 1. “I am […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center honored 34 student athletes from member high schools of the Super Essex Conference in a celebration of the qualities that made Yogi Berra a national treasure. This is the eighth year in a row that the museum along with the SEC have presented the Best […]