WOHS Digital Music Production Club produces original school spirit song

WEST ORANGE, NJ — Students in the Digital Music Production Club have produced an original all student produced “Mountaineers School Spirit Song” as part of their club activities. Students Jon Montuma, Jaquan Smith, Isiah Baskerville, Loucille Magloire and Mazen Dahroug visited club adviser Tyrone Corbett’s professional recording studio on May 18 to record vocals and […]

West Orange policemen see promotions

WEST ORANGE, NJ — Members of the West Orange Police Department were recently promoted. Wilfred Jiroux and George Lopez were both promoted from detective to sergeant; Charles Bryant and Robert Hartman were both promoted from sergeant to lieutenant; and Michael Cali and William Varanelli were both promoted from lieutenant to captain. Photos Courtesy of West […]

Daughters assists town in aiding Puerto Rico

WEST ORANGE, NJ — Daughters of Israel teamed up with the West Orange Mayor Robert Parisi and the West Orange Fire Department to assist Hurricane Maria victims in Puerto Rico. Daughters of Israel is running a drive throughout the month of October, in which staff members are contributing baby food, diapers, laundry detergent, clothing and […]

West Orange struggles to save ash trees

WEST ORANGE, NJ — Thousands of local ash trees are under threat of ash yellows disease and emerald ash borers, prompting West Orange and the West Orange Environmental Commission to investigate ways to save as many of the town’s trees as possible. According to town forester John Linson, the outbreak of diseased trees is currently […]

Year-to-year PARCC scores show change

WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Board of Education was presented with results of the PARCC standardized testing at its Oct. 16 meeting. This is the first year that year-to-year results — from 2015 and 2016 — could be compared. Students from third through 11th grade took the state-mandated test in English language arts […]

Friends of the WOPL hold fundraiser

WEST ORANGE, NJ — Friends of the West Orange Library will host an all-day fundraiser on Thursday, Oct. 26, at Oak Barrel Pub, 440 Main St. in West Orange. Stop by the establishment for lunch or dinner and 15 percent of all purchases will be donated to Friends.

WOHS to present ‘Our Town’

WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange High School drama department’s fall play will be “Our Town,” the Pulitzer Prize-winning drama that tells the story of the fictional American small town of Grover’s Corners between 1901 and 1913 through the everyday lives of its citizens. First produced and published in 1938, “Our Town” has become […]

CASA holds 2nd ‘Homeward Bound’ event in West Orange

WEST ORANGE, NJ — Braving the elements in bright red T-shirts and even brighter smiles, a group of more than 100 volunteers gathered for the Homeward Bound Walk hosted by the CASA for Children of Essex County under the Clipper Pavilion of the South Mountain Recreation Complex in West Orange on Sunday, Oct. 15. Based […]