Old Timer’s Day at Colgate Park in West Orange

WEST ORANGE, NJ — West Orange’s 40th annual Old Timer’s Day will be Saturday, Sept. 10, at noon at Colgate Park, at Franklin Avenue and Cherry Street. The schedule is as follows: batting practice at noon; greetings and introduction at 1 p.m.; the presentation of awards at 1:15 p.m.; an exhibition baseball game at 2 […]

Advisers continue work for safer streets

PSAB meets with county engineers about Pleasant Valley, stays hopeful for reduced speed limit

Advisers continue work for safer streets

WEST ORANGE, NJ — Members of the West Orange Pedestrian Safety Advisory Board recently held a meeting with Essex County representatives regarding traffic safety measures that can be implemented in the area of Pleasant Valley Way and Main Street, including the possibility of lowering speed limits on Pleasant Valley Way. Recapping the Aug. 23 gathering […]

WOAHO to host annual membership meeting Sept. 21

WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange African Heritage Organization will hold its general membership meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 21, from 7 to 9:30 p.m. in the Edison Middle School library at 75 William St. At this meeting, all current members will vote by secret ballot to elect the next president, vice president and financial […]

Daughters of Israel receives prestigious recognition for increased infection protection

WEST ORANGE, NJ — Daughters of Israel participated in a training course under the Healthcare Research and Educational Trust of NJ, a program of the NJ Hospital Association Institute for Quality and Patient Safety, to reduce health care-associated infection, or HAI, and catheter-associated urinary tract infections, or CAUTI, a common issue in older adults, particularly […]

Concert for Love & Unity at OSPAC this September

WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Oskar Schindler Performing Arts Center in West Orange will host the Concert for Love & Unity at the center, 4 Boland Drive, on Saturday, Sept. 10, from 3 to 8 p.m. This free concert will have plenty of food and fun. There will be live performances by Lynette Sheard, Nestor […]

West Orange High School set for Sept. 6 opening

West Orange High School set for Sept. 6 opening

WEST ORANGE, NJ — While students slept in late and played Pokemon GO, work continued at West Orange High School. Even as sports teams practiced, summer enrichment classes filled the halls with future high school students and teachers prepared for September, custodial services cleaned, polished and waxed the school. This week marks the return of […]

NJIT, Kean co-host inaugural computer science education awards ceremony

UNION, NJ — There’s no shortage of accolades in Hollywood, with the Oscars, Tonys, Grammys and Emmys. “But what about the teachers?” asked West Orange resident James Geller, a computer science professor and associate dean of research at New Jersey Institute of Technology’s Ying Wu College of Computing Sciences. Geller decided to organize an award […]

Essex County annual 9/11 memorial at Eagle Rock

WEST ORANGE, NJ — Essex County will host its annual Sept. 11 ceremony on Sunday, Sept. 11, at 8 a.m. — with chamber music playing until 2 p.m. — at the Sept. 11 Memorial in Eagle Rock Reservation off of Eagle Rock Avenue in West Orange. This year’s ceremony, which is held by County Executive […]

NJ Transit continues quality of commute improvements at Port Authority Bus Terminal

NEWARK, NJ — Following the success of last year’s reorganization and consolidation of services within the Port Authority Bus Terminal, NJ Transit is again partnering with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey for Phase Two of improvements to the quality of commute, according to an Aug. 23 press release. Beginning Sept. 3, […]