WEST ORANGE, NJ — The inaugural RWJBarnabas Health “Running with the Devils 5K Run and Family Fun Walk” in partnership with the New Jersey Devils, will take place on Sunday, Sept. 24, at Turtle Back Zoo and South Mountain Reservoir in West Orange. The charitable race and day of family fun will benefit RWJBarnabas Health’s […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — West Orange High School Class of 2011 alumnus Leonard “Matt” Dunovant is enjoying the challenge of serving his country as Weapons Platoon commander and Fire Support Team leader for Weapons Platoon, Company B, 1st Battalion, 3D Marines. “My Marines range in age from 18 to 33 and prove to be both […]
NEWARK, NJ — NJ Transit plans to restore full service at Penn Station New York on Tuesday, Sept. 5, following confirmation by Amtrak that Phase One of the track renewal project has concluded. As a result, all Morris & Essex Lines Midtown Direct trains will resume service to and from PSNY and will no longer […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The events in Charlottesville, Va., on Aug. 11 and 12 and the raging debate it has spawned was a watershed moment in America. According to West Orange Unity, a recently created group, this is a dangerous time for the nation as some try to use our differences to drive wedges between […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — With the recent resignation of Bruce Arcurio, principal at Redwood Elementary School, Superintendent of Schools Jeff Rutzky has named Heather Carr as the interim principal. The text of the letter sent to Redwood parents is below. Carr will assume the post effective Aug. 30. Carr has previously served as interim principal […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — It takes a community to cure childhood cancer. The St. Baldrick’s Foundation, a volunteer-driven charity dedicated to raising money for childhood cancer research, will host one of its signature head-shaving events at The Shillelagh Club, 648 Prospect Ave., West Orange, on Saturday, Sept. 16, at 3 p.m. Dozens of men, women […]
FAIRFIELD, NJ — Arts Unbound will hold its second Arts Accessible Festival on Friday, Oct. 6, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Essex Regional Educational Services Commission, 369 Passaic Ave. in Fairfield. This event is for children, teens and adults with disabilities, as well as seniors. The feature of the festival is all […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — JCC MetroWest presents an exhibit of pastels and paintings by Gaelen Juried Art Show award winners Carol Clemens and Arthur Meranus. The exhibit takes place in the Gaelen Gallery East at the Leon & Toby Cooperman JCC, Ross Family Campus, 760 Northfield Ave., West Orange. The exhibit will be on view […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Approximately 80 West Orange residents marched down Main Street and held a candlelit vigil on Thursday, Aug. 17, to show their support for the victims of violence in Charlottesville, Va., as well as to stand up against the white supremacist rallies and terror attacks at the University of Virginia that occurred […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Mayor Robert Parisi appointed a new West Orange municipal judge at the Aug. 15 Township Council meeting: Dawn Donohue. Donohue comes to West Orange from her position as the Union Township municipal prosecutor, where she had been since 2009. Prior to working in Union, Donohue was a criminal defense attorney for […]