SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The South Orange Department of Health and the South Orange Chiropractic Center will present a free, healthy cooking seminar, called “Childhood Obesity,” on Wednesday, Oct. 23, from 7 to 9 p.m. The presentation and cooking demonstration will be held at the Boccone South restaurant, 59 South Orange Ave. in South Orange. […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Anne Sussman and Shirley Matthews will lead a free 20-minute meditation and sound bath called “Maplewood Meditates” on Sunday, Sept. 15, from 4 to 5 p.m. at Maplewood Memorial Park. Do you want to attain clarity, feel less stressed, tap into your innate creativity, sleep better, become more focused and productive, and […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Paula Poundstone has a treadmill desk in her office, but she never turns it on to use it. “Here’s the thing,” she said in a phone interview with the News-Record on Aug. 29. “It makes everything on there shimmy and shake!” The comedian was talking about how she writes jokes, in […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Luna Stage kicks off its new American Voices Series — and the 2019-2020 season — with” Soo Jin Pretty Nail (and more!),” written and performed by South Orange resident Susan Hyon and directed by David Skeist. This darkly comic work is inspired by Hyon’s childhood as the youngest of four unhappy […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — On Saturday, Sept. 14, at noon, the South Orange Villagers will play the Flemington Neshanock in a baseball game played according to the 1864 rules of the game in Cameron Field in South Orange. Part game, part show, part history lesson and all fun, the Flemington Neshanock team will return to […]
CEDAR GROVE, NJ — The Essex County Department of Public Works will hold a Paper Shredding and Used Tire Recycling Day for county residents on Saturday, Sept. 14, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the DPW, 99 West Bradford Ave. in Cedar Grove. “Along with our Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day and Computer & […]
‘Hope’s Daughter’ delivers solid writing, engaging story
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — It is easy for period novels to become so entrenched in being historical that they become bulky and difficult to read. Luckily, South Orange author Joani Ascher deftly maneuvered her newest novel, “Hope’s Daughter,” through this thin margin, making a readable and enjoyable novel that immerses the reader in 1940s New […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — New Jersey Monthly magazine recently released its biannual list of “the top towns” in the state, ranking each municipality from best place to live to worst place to live based on a number of criteria. In the 2019 list, Essex County ranged the gamut, with two towns in the top 20, […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — An independent report released by the Seton Hall University Board of Regents on Aug. 27 found that former Diocese of Newark Archbishop Theodore McCarrick sexually harassed university seminarians during his time with the diocese. The report was compiled by Gibbon P.C. and Latham & Watkins Law Firm, and the findings were […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Maplewood novelist Lisa A. Sturm will celebrate the publication of her debut novel, “Echoed In My Bones,” just released by Twisted Road Publications, at an author event on Thursday, Sept. 12, at 7 p.m. at The Woodland, 60 Woodland Road, Maplewood. “Echoed In My Bones” is the story of twin biracial sisters […]