West Orange HS baseball team wins seven straight games

West Orange HS baseball team wins seven straight games

WEST ORANGE, NJ — After a tough start to the season, the West Orange High School baseball team has bounced back strongly. The Mountaineers defeated Newark Academy, 7-2, on Monday, April 21, at home for their seventh straight win to improve to a 7-3 record on the season. Junior utility player Shep Stevenson went 2-for-4 […]

Hope Kerzner

Dedicated wife,mother, grand- mother, great-grandmother, sister, aunt and friend                            3/13/32-3/25/25 Hope Kerzner (nee Harmelin) of West Orange, New Jersey passed away peacefully on Tuesday morning, March 25th – exactly seven years to the day of her beloved husband Irv Kerzner’s unveiling. Her […]

Doing ‘Art Like a Girl’ and showing it off at Maplewood gallery

Doing ‘Art Like a Girl’ and showing it off at Maplewood gallery

The Just Like A Girl art exhibit challenges stereotypes and showcases the creativity, strength, and vision of young female artists. “The exhibit aims to flip outdated narratives of what it means to do something ‘like a girl,’” said Andrea Teutli, manager of Maplewood Arts and Culture. Timed to coincide with Women’s History Month, all the […]

Carteret school honors veterans

Carteret school honors veterans

  Several activities last week, after the Monday, Nov. 11, official township observance on The Green, wrapped-up Bloomfield Veterans Day activities. Carteret Elementary School held its annual Veterans Day assembly Thursday, Nov. 14. On hand were four veterans: Eduardo Bosquez, National Guard, Saudi Arabia; John Sapienza, Marines, Vietnam, Purple Heart recipient; Michael Costantino, Army, Korea […]

Governor visits township to tout access to child care

Governor visits township to tout access to child care

WEST ORANGE – Gov. Phil Murphy was in the township last week to highlight how his administration has invested more than $1 billion in expanding access to child care across the state. The governor also announced an additional $17 million in funding for the New Jersey Economic Development Authority Child Care Facilities Improvement Program. With […]

Residents plead for theater as redevelopment plan is unveiled

Residents plead for theater as redevelopment plan is unveiled

MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Every seat at the Woodland was filled recently when the draft of the Movie Theater Redevelopment Plan was presented. Many attendees were in red and black, to show they were in support of saving the historic theater. Mayor Nancy Adams and Paul Grygiel, a planning and real estate consultant, hosted the event […]

Free training offered in high-demand industries via Rising Builders Program

The city of East Orange’s Rising Builders Program will launch six new training programs in high-demand trade industries this fall. The Rising Builders Program, created under the administration of Mayor Ted R. Green and led by David Sharp, coordinator of Employment and Training Programs for the Mayor’s Office of Employment and Training, is an innovative […]

Library hosts Haitian folk dancing

Library hosts Haitian folk dancing

For its monthly music program, the Bloomfield Public Library presented on Saturday afternoon, July 27, La Troupe Zetwal, a traditional folk dancing Haitian dance company. The four dancers — two were seven and eight-year-olds — performed in the library courtyard to recorded tracks. The temperature had let up a little outside, so the heat was […]