Photos by Rocco Ungaro MAPLEWOOD — Memorial Park hosted the North Jersey Pride Festival on Sunday, June 9. The event was a free family-friendly day of celebration, music and community for LGBTQ and ally attendees. Live music was played throughout from a variety of acts and vendors were on hand selling jewelry, art, crafts, […]
An Essex County grand jury has reviewed and dismissed charges against Frank Sanchez, who was accused of assault and endangering a child while working as Columbia High School principal. Sanchez still faces a charge of simple assault, a disorderly persons offense, which will be addressed on a date to be scheduled. The simple assault charge […]
One was a renowned journalist and entrepreneur. The other is an acclaimed saxophonist, keyboardist, vocalist, composer, and producer. The late Ayesha K. Faines, Class of 2004, and Michael C. Ghegan, Class of 1986, were recently inducted into the Columbia High School Hall of Fame. Monica Soliman, CHS teacher of social studies, welcomed attendees to the […]
Bess Kalb is an Emmy Award-nominated writer for the “Jimmy Kimmel Live” television show and a journalist with The New Yorker magazine. She’s also the author of the best seller “Nobody Will Tell You This But Me: A True Story.” She recently was at Words Bookstore in Maplewood, reading from her new children’s book, “Buffalo […]
By Paul Brubaker Special to Essex News Daily MAPLEWOOD – At a special meeting Tuesday night, Board of Education members approved a veteran of educational leadership as the next South Orange and Maplewood School District (SOMSD) Superintendent of Schools. Jason Bing comes to the District as the former Superintendent of the Dutchess County Board […]
Aida Jones has spent most of her adult life straddling two worlds. She is an abstract painter whose work has been exhibited in shows and galleries but she’s also the vice president of a company that produces software used by millions of people in thousands of companies. “My focus, the work I’ve done, has always […]
SOUTH ORANGE — The arts helped Svetlana “Lana” Rogachevskaya assimilate. A native of Ukraine, Rogachevskaya moved to Brooklyn when she was 19 and art helped ease the transition. “The reason I dedicated myself to the arts is that feeling of community,” she said. “Through the arts, I found my way to assimilate.” The South Orange […]
Photos By Joe Ungaro The South Mountain YMCA held its 25th Anniversary Duck Race in the Rahway River in Memorial Park on Monday, following Memorial Day services at Town Hall. More than three dozen volunteers helped plan, organize and execute the event. About 6,000 tickets were sold so there were six races, each with 1,000 […]
SOUTH ORANGE — The South Orange Rescue Squad held its annual “Sound The Siren” 5K Run / Walk and EMS Open House on Sunday. In addition to the run, the event included a kids fun run and then an open house at the EMS building at 62 Sloan St. The winner of the 5K was […]
The dates and bands have been announced for the annual two-day Maplewoodstock Music and Arts Festival. The music will begin at noon on Saturday, July 13 and end around 9:30 p.m. before it picks up again on Sunday, July 14, again lasting from noon to 9:30 p.m. Remember Jones will bring Saturday night to a […]