WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Friendly Sons of the Shillelagh, Essex Division, is planning its 48th annual dinner dance for Saturday, April 9, at Mayfair Farms in West Orange. The event will begin at 6 p.m. with a cocktail hour and dinner and dancing to follow at 7 p.m. This year’s honorees are Shillelagh Men […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Edison Middle School student Marley Dias, 11, is presented with a commendation at the Feb. 23 West Orange Township Council meeting for her #1000BlackGirlBooks project, created to collect and distribute books that represent young black females as main literary characters. Marley is pictured above with her parents, council President Victor Cirilo […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Three Essex County musicians has been named a finalists in the Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey’s New Jersey Shout Down Drugs competition. Kalib K. Adams of Elizabeth, Jamari Hall of West Orange and Rahmele K.S. Mincey of Newark, students at Essex Campus Academy, are three of 30 students who were […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — United Presbyterian Church of West Orange is encouraging people to come on Saturday, March 12, to donate blood and treat themselves to a bounty of bagels, fruit, sandwiches and snacks, all provided by the church’s volunteers. Community Blood Services’ state-of-the-art Bloodmobile will be on the church campus from 10 a.m. to […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — On Sunday, March 13, the annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade will take place on Main Street in West Orange. Main Street will be closed to vehicular traffic at the south end of Northfield Avenue and the north end of Harrison Avenue from approximately 11:15 a.m. to approximately 3 p.m. Eagle Rock […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Mountain Top League is offering several youth sports options for the spring 2016 season: Girls’ softball, the only softball program in West Orange, is for girls in pre-K through sixth-grade, register by March 15; Soccer, the largest youth sports program in town, has two programs, an in-house recreation league and 3v3 […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The owner of 23 Laurel Ave. demolished the single-family home located on the property in preparation for construction of a Hindu house of worship, but could be penalized for failing to do so within the 90-day timeframe specified by a Zoning Board resolution adopted Oct. 15, 2015. Sun King Private Limited is […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Jimmy Tiernan, a senior at West Orange High School, has recently been diagnosed with leukemia, and his friends are rallying to help him and his family with upcoming treatments. A Go Fund Me page has been set up by his friend Paige Cooper where donations can be made: https://www.gofundme.com/fbqvrh38. In addition, […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Community groups are joining forces — for a fourth year — in Millburn next month for a children’s volunteering event to help youngsters in need. ‘Kids For Kids,’ organized by the Junior League of the Oranges and Short Hills, brings together local groups and children for a morning of hands-on volunteering […]
U.S. representative pledges his support — though not financial — to the historic church's restoration
WEST ORANGE, NJ — U.S. Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen toured the remains of the fire-damaged St. Mark’s Episcopal Church and discussed avenues to pursue in restoring the structure with church representatives and township officials during a visit to West Orange on Feb. 17. Frelinghuysen represents Congressional District 11, which includes parts of West Orange, in the […]