WEST ORANGE, NJ — With Mother’s Day just around the corner, find unique one-of-a-kind gifts for the special ladies in your life or treat yourself at a Mother’s Day Shopping Boutique, hosted by the West Orange Arts Council, on Saturday, May 5, and Sunday, May 6, from 1 to 5 p.m. at the West Orange […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — West Orange High School seniors E.J. (Erik) Akerblom and Meghan White have been named as Essex County Athletic Director’s Association Scholar Athletes. White is co-captain of the girls’ softball team. Her grade-point average is 4.6261 and she is in the top 5 percent of her class at WOHS. She is secretary […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — On Sunday, April 29, from 3 to 7 p.m., the Oranges and Maplewood Unit of the NAACP will celebrate its 105th anniversary. The 105th annual Freedom Fund event will be held at Wilshire Grand Hotel, 350 Pleasant Valley Way, West Orange. The evening’s theme is “Freedom is Never Granted but Won. […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Board of Education unanimously passed the 2018-2019 preliminary budget at its special meeting on Monday, April 9, at Liberty Middle School, after receiving an extension from the county to submit the budget for approval. The previous county deadline was March 29. The preliminary operating budget is a total […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Scholarship Fund recently announced the addition of a new award, which will be presented to a graduating senior at West Orange High School beginning in June, in memory of West Orange resident Tommy Page. Page was a musician and music executive who died unexpectedly last year, and whose […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Pleasantdale Presbyterian Church, which has stood at the corner of Eagle Rock Avenue and Pleasant Valley Way since the 1960s, has been demolished. A Chase Bank branch will be built at the site. The Pleasantdale congregation merged with First Presbyterian Church in Caldwell. Photos by Yael Katzwer
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — New art is hanging on the walls of the 1978 Maplewood Arts Center in a show that centers around hanging items on walls: “Post No Bills,” put together by the New Jersey Photography Forum, a group of professional photographers who live and work in New Jersey. The show’s title refers to laws […]
SHORT HILLS, NJ — Harriet Perlmutter-Pilchik, a resident of West Orange, will be honored by Temple B’nai Jeshurun at a gala celebration commemorating the synagogue’s 170th anniversary on Thursday, May 10. The evening’s theme, “Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow,” pays tribute to the temple’s past presidents, the Interfaith Hospitality Network’s founding organizers and the synagogue’s Rabbi […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — On Thursday, April 12, the curtain will rise on West Orange High School’s annual musical and a group of student thespians will take the stage to perform “In the Heights,” a show that tells the story of a group of Hispanic-Americans and immigrants living in Manhattan’s Washington Heights neighborhood. Written by […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Township administration will hold a meeting to discuss the redevelopment of Essex Green Plaza on Wednesday, April 25, from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Tarnoff Cafeteria at West Orange High School, 51 Conforti Ave. This meeting is open to the public and all are welcome.