WEST ORANGE, NJ — Redwood Elementary School recognized Autism Awareness Month on April 8 with its annual “Bubbles for Autism” event. Students, faculty, staff, parents and guests joined together to blow bubbles in recognition of Autism Awareness Month. Redwood has several special-needs students, some on the autism spectrum. Special-needs teacher Stacy Forte coordinated the event […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Hollister Construction Services, a construction manager specializing in health care, corporate, educational, industrial, retail and residential construction, has broken ground on a new medical office building for Care Station Medical Group, a provider of primary, urgent and occupational medical care. The groundbreaking ceremony took place Wednesday, April 28, at the project […]
CALDWELL / WEST ORANGE, NJ — West Orange residents and Mount St. Dominic Academy students Genevieve Duran and Tyler Moorer helped to bring Earth Day awareness to the school community with a variety of activities. During Earth Week, the students sold leaves on which fellow students wrote suggestions to help the planet. The collected donations […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — A new National Park Service report shows that 56,317 visitors to Thomas Edison National Historical Park in 2015 spent $3.2 million in communities near the park, according to a recent release. That spending supported 42 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $4.4 […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Zoning Board ruled that the Sai Hira Ram Trust Inc. — the West Orange-based nonprofit group granted approval to construct a Hindu house of worship at 23 Laurel Ave. — will not be penalized for failing to demolish the building located on the property within the 90-day timeframe […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Linda and Rudy Slucker NCJW/Essex Center for Women will be exhibiting at the North Jersey Woman EXPO on Monday, May 2, from 4 to 8 p.m. at Mayfair Farms in West Orange. This event is dedicated to the things women care about — programs and services — and things women […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — West Orange has a new superstar and his name is Okieriete “Oak” Onaodowan, who is currently starring in the smash Broadway hit “Hamilton.” Already a Grammy winner as “Best Musical Theater” album and a recipient of seven Drama Desk Awards, “Hamilton” received a Pulitzer Prize on April 18 and is poised […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Congregation Ahawas Achim B’nai Jacob & David will have its annual dinner on Sunday, May 8, at 6 p.m. at the Wilshire Grand Hotel in West Orange. The dinner is the culminating event of a year filled with special programs and activities to help celebrate AABJ&D’s 50th anniversary. Rabbi Alvin and […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Schedule your spring tune-up and attend a cocktail party at Thomas Edison’s garage on Thursday, May 19, from 5 to 7:30 p.m. on the grounds of Glenmont, the Edison estate in Llewellyn Park in West Orange. Come out to meet new and old friends, socialize in a historic setting, savor hors […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Township Council President Victor Cirilo presents Jaclyn Tyson of ADAPT — the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Team — with a proclamation for Family Meal Week, which encourages families to have meals together to talk about drug and alcohol abuse, during the council meeting on April 19.