Lyn Goldsworthy describes herself as a Valerie Fund mom. “My daughter was diagnosed with Meduloblastoma, a brain cancer, and we met the Valerie Fund immediately after the tumor was removed at Morristown,” said Goldsworthy, who lives in Bloomfield. “They took care of her through 13 months of radiation and chemo and beyond,” Goldsworthy said. “We […]
The sky was blue and the streets filled with green as the 71st annual West Orange St. Patrick’s Day parade passed through the township on Sunday. “I think it went great,” said Parade Committee Chairperson Michael Cunningham. “The rain held out. We got dribbled on a little bit at the end but at 12:15 exactly, […]
West Orange and Maplewood both held Ramadan ceremonies over the weekend. A steady rain could not dampen the Ramadan celebration in West Orange on Saturday. Mayor Susan McCartney spoke at the event, thanking the organizers and the Department of Public Works for helping to set up the display of the Crescent moon in front of […]
WEST ORANGE — To end Black History Month on a high note, the West Orange Board of Education recognized the award-winning Step teams, a published poet, and a beloved mathematics teacher retiring after three decades of teaching at Edison and Roosevelt Middle Schools during the Feb. 26 meeting. Conflict Resolution and Student Affairs Coordinator and […]
A former East Orange police officer has been convicted of aggravated assault and endangering the welfare of a child for physically abusing his then nine-year-old son. On Feb. 15, 2018, Devin L. Higgs, 53, of West Orange, brought his son to the hospital for injuries that he said stemmed from a fall. Higgs was employed […]
The West Orange Library opened at its new location, 10 Rooney Circle, near the end of 2023. Its innovative new building has much to offer, not just for adults, but for teens and children too. Having a big teen space was part of the plan for the new building. In the old building, the teens […]
On display in the lobby of the Tarnoff Gymnasium at West Orange High School today are many artifacts relating to the school’s history. The exhibit showcases memorabilia from two former high schools in town that merged to become the high school of today. In 1984 the West Orange Cowboys and the West Orange Mountain Rams […]
Members of the Nikhil Badlani Foundation’s Youth Advisory Board woke up to good news last month, when Gov. Phil Murphy signed bill S2789/A3793. The law requires 50 practice hours on the road for driving permit holders under the age of 21; 10 of those hours must be completed after dark. When it goes into […]
The West Orange Chamber of Commerce held its annual Community Breakfast on Feb. 15 at The Wilshire Grand Hotel. Chamber president Tez Roro and event chair Paul Petigrow both spoke while Mayor Susan McCartney was the featured speaker, giving a state of the township address. Petigrow said that this was a networking event to meet […]
WEST ORANGE — A “zoom bomb” turned a recent council meeting ugly with racist, anti-semtic and generally hateful remarks. “The first thing I did was I prayed,” said Council President Bill Rutherford, who is also a Baptist minister. “Silently in my head for my colleagues who were visibly shaken. I prayed for the people that […]