WEST ORANGE, NJ — Yale S. Hauptman, founding partner of Hauptman & Hauptman, will host “Estate and Long-Term Care Planning Blunders: Don’t Make the Same Mistakes” on Monday, Sept. 9, at 12:30 p.m. at the JCC MetroWest, 760 Northfield Ave. in West Orange. This forum will discuss and answer questions about the legal issues families […]
NEWARK, NJ — Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo Jr., NJ State Sen. Teresa Ruiz and Sheriff Armando Fontoura announced the dedication of the “Patrolman Daniel ‘Danny’ J. Smith Memorial” on Wednesday, Aug. 28. A native of Bloomfield and a member of the old Essex County Police Department, Smith was fatally shot on Sept. 17, 1984, […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — West Orange will hold its 43rd annual Old Timer’s Day on Saturday, Sept. 7, at noon at Colgate Park. Ben’s Lunch softball team will receive the Team Recognition Award, and the following people will be individually honored: Jackie Cassidy, Pat Cassidy, Vinny Delort, Gary Fittin, Herman Shauger, Buzzy Thatcher, Rich Strowe, […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — In light of the ongoing issues related to elevated lead levels in Newark, New Jersey American Water is reassuring its customers that their water is safe to drink. “New Jersey American Water routinely tests and monitors the drinking water leaving the treatment facilities and at different distribution points through the system […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — JCC MetroWest will present art exhibits this September and October, including works by Bauhaus artist Claire Wagner Kosterlitz and painter Oscar Peterson. An opening reception for both exhibits will be held Sunday, Sept. 8, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at JCC MetroWest, 760 Northfield Ave. in West Orange. Susan Rider, […]
Architect says delay is due to contractor and manufacturer disagreement
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The air structure known as the “bubble” at West Orange High School that houses locker rooms, a weight room and a practice facility is in the midst of its rebuild after a snowstorm collapsed the structure in February 2018. The West Orange Board of Education received an update on the progress […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Registration is now open for the ninth annual Stop For Nikhil 5K Run/Walk to remember those who died and to honor those who have been seriously injured in traffic crashes. The event will be Sunday, Sept. 15, at West Orange High School, 51 Conforti Ave. On race day, registration begins at […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — When Steve and Dianne Moore of the band The Cranberry Merchants finished writing and recording their song “The Black Maria,” they knew the only place it made sense to film the music video was at the site of Thomas Edison’s lab and production studio in West Orange. So the Atlanta-based couple […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Four West Orange Student Council members had the opportunity to attend Derek Jeter’s 2019 Leaders Leadership Conference in Philadelphia from Aug. 4 through 8. The event was presented by Goldman Sachs. Jeter’s Leaders is part of the former Yankee’s Turn2 Foundation. According to the website, “Jeter’s Leaders is a leadership development […]
CALDWELL, NJ — On Aug. 3, six students from Caldwell’s Mount St. Dominic Academy, along with two members of the school’s faculty, traveled to McAllen, Texas, for a week-long mission trip in support of the Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley, a charitable branch of the Diocese of Brownsville, Texas. Just a short drive […]