SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The coronavirus didn’t stop cellist Marty Steinberg and students from his South Orange teaching studio from performing at their annual recital. Because of the pandemic, the eight players and audience members wore masks and maintained social distance for the Fourth of July performance at the outdoor amphitheater at Marshall Elementary School, […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — As society continues to delay, reschedule and cancel events big and small due to the ongoing coronavirus health crisis, the West Orange Police Department made history by hosting its first-ever virtual promotion ceremony on July 2. Former officers Robert O’Toole, Edwin Diaz, Paul Parada and Jeffrey Carosia were promoted to the […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — West Orange High School’s graduation ceremony is usually held at Codey Arena, but this year it was held at each individual senior’s home. With the COVID-19 pandemic forcing gatherings to be shut down, the Class of 2020 lost out on all the traditions that come along with finishing high school. But […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Doctors, nurses, grocery store employees and others have been hailed as essential-worker heroes over the last three months as they’ve been wading out into the COVID-19–infected world to work during the global pandemic that upended daily life this winter. But there is another profession that, while able to work from home, […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — The American Red Cross conveyed its appreciation for and thanks to Essex County Sheriff Armando Fontoura on July 2, after the sheriff donated convalescent plasma in an effort to help combat COVID-19. In a statement sent to the sheriff following his donation, the American Red Cross applauded his actions. “When you […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — For the sixth year in a row, the West Orange Scholarship Fund presented graduating West Orange High School seniors with the Timothy Groves Memorial Scholarship, a scholarship established by Lisa and Donald Shauger in 2014. The scholarship, which is awarded each year at Senior Awards Night, was founded in memory of […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — On June 22, Lawrence Lighten, an employee of PSE&G, was reading meters in Llewellyn Park when he heard cries for help. He quickly pinpointed them as coming from inside a three-car garage. He was able to open the garage door manually and found an older woman lying on the floor in […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Members of the West Orange Fire Department and Community Emergency Response Team volunteers met to say thank you to IFF for its generous donation of hand sanitizers to first responders and township volunteers during this pandemic. Pictured, from left, are Dan Shelley, deputy fire chief; Anthony Loreto, firefighter; Massimo McCormick, CERT […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — West Orange Rotary Club’s annual scholarship ceremony looked a little different this year. The usual plan, when the world isn’t three months into a global pandemic–induced lockdown, is to gather at Mayfair Farms to honor graduating high school seniors from town and award them money to use for college. But with […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — In the wake of the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer and the Black Lives Matter protests that have broken out across the country over the last several weeks, many statues depicting Confederate leaders have either been defaced and destroyed or removed by the cities they’re in, with […]