WEST ORANGE, NJ — West Orange Education Foundation is sponsoring the sixth annual “Bowling for Scholarship Dollars” on Saturday, Feb. 2, at Eagle Rock Lanes, 424 Eagle Rock Ave., beginning at 7:30 p.m. The popular event raises funds for West Orange High School Principal Hayden Moore’s Scholarships, which are awarded to graduating seniors each year. […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Thanks to the passion of West Orange resident Dorit Tabak, the Tarbut Sighet Foundation will hold an “All Generation Gathering” to commemorate the 75 years since the Jewish deportation from Maramures-Sighet to Auschwitz. Tarbut is organizing a May trip, sponsored by Tabak, to Romania, specifically the town of Sighet, the hometown […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Board of Education kicked off the new year at its reorganization meeting on Jan. 7 at West Orange High School, swearing in two new members and electing a new president and vice president. Cheryl Merklinger and Terry Trigg-Scales took the seats previously held by former board members Ron […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The year just started, but Luna Stage is in the middle of its theater season, and on Monday started rehearsals for “Roan @ the Gates,” a play about internet privacy and the risks of whistleblowing. The show, which features a two-person cast, will make its world premiere at Luna on Feb. […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Discover Jersey Arts — a project dedicated to increasing the awareness of and participation in the arts in New Jersey, and co-sponsored by the ArtPride New Jersey Foundation and New Jersey State Council on the Arts — recently announced that voting in the 2019 JerseyArts.com People’s Choice Awards is under way. […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — On Thursday, Jan. 10, Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo Jr. and Sheriff Armando Fontoura announced Code Blue procedures were being activated because of extreme cold weather in the forecast. The Code Blue will be in effect through Monday, Jan. 14. “Providing our homeless residents with a warm place to stay during […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The annual “Dedication of Hands” ceremony at Daughters of Israel, led by Rabbi Zvi Karpel, the facility’s chaplain, helps staff members recharge for the new year. The ceremony, which took place in the Daughters synagogue during the last week in December, is a two-part ritual consisting of rinsing the hands with […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Essex County Board of Chosen Freeholders unanimously voted to reduce the speed limit on Pleasant Valley Way at its Dec. 19 meeting, following an ordinance that the West Orange Township Council adopted at its Oct. 16 meeting. The speed limit will be reduced to 25 miles per hour from 30 […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Luna Stage will launch 2019 with the world premiere of Christina Gorman’s cyber-security romance “Roan @ The Gates,” directed by Michelle Tattenbaum. An exploration of internet privacy and the risks of whistleblowing, this suspenseful new play examines the cost of doing the right thing. Previews begin Thursday, Jan. 31, and the […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Arts Council presents an “Afro Cuban Folklore Art” exhibit, featuring the original paintings of local artist Alberto Hernandez. The exhibit runs through Jan. 27 at the West Orange Arts Center, 551 Valley Road. There will be an artist’s reception on Sunday, Jan. 13, from 3 to 6 p.m., […]