ESSEX COUNTY, NJ – What do you get when you combine Disney’s classic, timeless songs with Broadway’s brightest stars and the holiday magic of the Paper Mill Playhouse? You get “Wow!” You get just what you would expect with this triple threat — an enchanting, entertaining evening, right in your own backyard. “A Jolly Holiday: […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — “Meet Her at the Gate,” a reentry program for women returning from incarceration to Essex County, won first prize in the “Shark Tank”-style competition for social services held at Seton Hall University. The competition was part of an eight-week Social Justice Certificate program, which was a collaboration between the Center for […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — The Irvington High School football team is the king of the North. The Blue Knights put an exclamation point on their best season ever as they defeated Northern Highlands in thrilling fashion, 19-14, to capture the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s North, Group 4, regional, championship on Saturday, Dec. 4, at […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The 2021-22 ice hockey season opened up for Seton Hall Prep on Sunday night, Nov. 28. Under seventh year head coach Mike Atkinson, the Pirates are looking forward to the season and the always tough Gordon Conference schedule, as well as a really tough non-conference schedule that includes Portledge School from […]
IRVINGTON, NJ – Coming off its first-ever state sectional championship, the Irvington High School football team will close out its stellar season when it faces Northern Highlands in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s North, Group 4, championship game at Rutgers University’s SHI Stadium in Piscataway on Saturday, Dec. 4, at 4 p.m. The […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The South Orange Performing Arts Center is back with another installment of Laughs in the Loft, a monthly stand-up comedy series. Hosted by comedian Joe Larson, each show features several comedians. The next performance is Wednesday, Dec. 1, at 7:30 p.m. Purchase tickets at https://www.sopacnow.org/events/laughs-in-the-loft/. The lineup includes: Ophira Eisenberg, the […]
EOCHS moves to 11-0 on season after beating Passaic County Tech in the final
EAST ORANGE, NJ — The East Orange Campus High School football team captured the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s North Jersey, Section 1, Group 5, playoff championship with a 35-7 victory over Passaic County Technical Institute on Saturday afternoon, Nov. 20, at Paul Robeson Stadium. Senior running back Damon Phillips rushed for 205 yards […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Bloomfield High School’s theater department is back to performing this weekend with its annual fall play, this time staging the 1936 play “Stage Door.” Telling the story of a group of young women who go to New York to study acting and find jobs in the theater, the show eventually follows a […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — The night of Nov. 11, the East Orange teenager who had been missing for four weeks was spotted in New York City — just one day before a scheduled candlelight vigil praying for the 14-year-old’s safe return. The teenager, a runaway, had been staying at a women’s shelter in Brooklyn. In […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Seton Hall Prep football team concluded its season with a heartbreaking 21-20 loss to St. Peter’s Prep (Jersey City) in the quarterfinal round of the NJSIAA Non-Public, Group 4, playoffs at Bill Cochrane Stadium at Caven Point in Jersey City on Friday night, Nov. 12. The Pirates’ final record was […]