WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Township Council unanimously approved an ordinance on second and final reading issuing $285,714.24 in bonds to fund the purchase of new buses for the town jitney service during its Oct. 6 meeting. Township engineer Leonard Lepore told the West Orange Chronicle that the bond money — in addition […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Bryce Millington and Emma Scalora were crowned the 2016 West Orange High School homecoming king and queen during halftime activities in Suriano Stadium on Oct. 14. Junior Ogoke and Ashley Velasquez were crowned honorary homecoming king and queen. Halftime activities also included performances by the SEC Champion cheerleaders and the award-winning […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — West Orange High School student Shaurya Sangvi won the coveted Statesman Award at the SkillsUSA Washington Leadership Training Institute Conference, held in Washington, D.C., from Sept. 17 to 21. SkillsUSA is one of the national student organizations at West Orange High School that is funded by the Carl D. Perkins Career […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — A dancer’s destiny is decided before she is born.… The nature of polygamy is brought to the screen.… A passion for baking propels a woman’s career.… The cultural disconnections about intimacy and a marriage proposal takes on a life of its own.… These captivating stories and several others will be presented […]
Don’t normalize domestic violence; help to end it instead
EAST ORANGE, NJ — October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month and much has been done to bring awareness to the disease so far. But this is also National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and more should be done to combat this insidious killer lurking in our society. FAMILYConnections, a nonprofit organization based in East Orange […]
MONTCLAIR / WEST ORANGE, NJ — ReelAbilities is the largest disability film festival in the country and will be hosted from Oct. 30 through Nov. 5 at Montclair State University and at JCC MetroWest in West Orange. The festival is dedicated to promoting awareness and appreciation of the lives, stories and artistic expressions of and […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The third annual Heroes for Children 5K and Family Fun Walk was held Oct. 1 at the South Mountain Recreation Complex’s Clipper Pavilion in West Orange. More than 300 neighbors, community members and friends donned their favorite superhero costumes for a fun-filled day to help raise awareness about child abuse and […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The popular Mountaineer Master Chef competition will return to West Orange High School on Nov. 18, beginning at 6 p.m. in the Tarnoff Cafeteria, 51 Conforti Ave. The fundraiser for the Principal’s Scholarship, distributed during Senior Awards Night to a graduating senior, will feature a dinner buffet at 6:15 p.m.. The […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — From left are Onie Meyers, Sam Maslansky and Bonnie Sue Golden, who received the President’s Volunteer Service Award for their work at Daughters of Israel in West Orange. The three volunteer with the RSVP Center of Essex & Hudson Counties, which is sponsored by Jewish Family Service of MetroWest. Myers and […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — West Orange High School has announced the names of its 2017 valedictorian and salutatorian. Derek Lim was named valedictorian and Mariel Go as salutatorian. Lim is the captain of cross-country track and hopes to start a Science Olympiad team at the high school. He wants to major in mathematics and attend […]