EAST ORANGE, NJ — The Essex Vicinage of the Superior Court of New Jersey presents an expungement seminar on Monday, Dec. 11, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at the East Orange Public Library, 21 South Arlington Ave., East Orange. The seminar will be conducted by representatives from the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office, Essex-Newark Legal Services, […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Jewish Community Housing Corporation of Metropolitan New Jersey will commemorate the silver anniversary of the South Orange B’nai B’rith Federation House, a 65-unit senior living community in South Orange on Monday, Dec. 11. The special event, open to the public, will take place during the South Orange Board of Trustees […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Edison Middle School Central Sixth open house event on Nov. 15 highlighted student opportunities in academics, curriculum and co-curricular activity and the arts. Several fourth- and fifth-grade parents and students attended the event, which included a brief overview of course offerings and operations by Principal Xavier Fitzgerald and Assistant Principal […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Planning Board discussed the possibility of the Essex Green shopping center and office buildings becoming an “area in need of redevelopment” at its Nov. 1 meeting, after town planner Paul Grygiel presented a report to the board that showed the redevelopment needs of the complex in West Orange. […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — A new series of Gift-it-4Ward family havdalah celebrations is being launched by B’nai Shalom in West Orange with a Hanukkah Pajama Party on Saturday, Dec. 9, from 6 to 8 p.m. “The three havdalah celebrations prior to Hanukkah, Tu B’Shevat and Passover will provide a wonderful opportunity for children, parents and […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Redwood Elementary School Gymnasium was filled with song on Nov. 22, when students, staff and community members came together to celebrate the life of Joel Perry, who was the school’s vocal music teacher until he died suddenly in September, just before the start of the new school year. A 22-year […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange African Heritage Organization sponsors an after-school tutoring program, along with the West Orange Board of Education and elementary school PTAs in West Orange. Organizers are looking for high school students, parents and community members interested in volunteering as tutors for the program. No experience is needed and students […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — As Thanksgiving rolls into the rearview mirror and the weather grows crisp and cold, West Orange will ring in the Christmas season with a full day of festivities during its Holiday Open House on Saturday, Dec. 2, presented by the Downtown West Orange Alliance. The full-day wintertime event will begin with […]
VERONA, NJ — Our Lady of the Lake School Principal Benjamin Ronquillo recently led a Blue Ribbon Celebration highlighting the school’s second consecutive Blue Ribbon of Excellence Award win. Verona Mayor Kevin Ryan issued a Certificate of Achievement to Our Lady of the Lake and West Orange Mayor Robert Parisi acknowledged the school with a […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — High school students at Golda Och Academy in West Orange will become documentary filmmakers this year, as 20 students in grades 10 through 12 participate in the “Names, Not Numbers” program. The program turns studying the Holocaust into an interactive project, enabling students to interview Holocaust survivors and subsequently create a […]