WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange High School football team defeated Barringer, 52-21, during its Senior Night game on Friday, Nov. 1, and dedicated it to two of its own. Tragedy struck the heart of the West Orange community on Oct. 27 when WOHS students Larry and Michael Verducci were involved in a dangerous […]
ORANGE, NJ — In an effort to educate Orange residents about local education, the Orange Citizens Action Group held a candidates forum on Sunday, Oct. 27, for candidates running for election to the Orange Board of Education on Tuesday, Nov. 5. Originally six candidates were running for the three open seats on the BOE, but […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The Columbia High School football team hopes to get back on the winning streak. The Cougars lost for the first time in four games this season, falling to West Orange, 35-0, Friday night, Sept. 27, at Lynn V. Profeta Field at Underhill Field. West Orange moved to 3-1. The Cougars (3-1) will […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — The Irvington High School football team hopes to bounce back from its first loss of the season. The Blue Knights will host Millburn this Friday, Sept. 27, at 7 p.m. in a Super Football Conference-Freedom White Division game. Millburn is 3-0. Irvington fell to Ridgewood, 20-6, in its home opener Sept. 20, […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ – The Seton Hall Prep football team traveled to DePaul Catholic HS in Wayne on a rainey Friday night, Sept. 6, and dropped a 52-21 decision. SHP moved to 1-1 on the season. On the third play of the game, senior running back Matt Colantuono ran off left tackle and down the […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Glen Ridge observed National Night Out on Tuesday, Aug. 6, at the community pool. Police Chief Sheila Byron-Lagatutta said the borough has been celebrating the event for at least 28 years. “It’s evolved over the years,” she said. “We look for the best place to get the people together.” Tables were […]
IRVINGTON, NJ – Irvington High School girls basketball star Tiara Mahorn scored her 1,000th career point to lead the Blue Knights to a 71-31 win at Weequahic, Friday, Feb. 22, in the team’s final regular-season game. Mahorn, a senior, needed 27 points and finished with 32 points, along with nine steals, eight assists and five […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — February is National Library Lovers Month. With that in mind, we emailed a question to library lovers around town and asked them to name their first favorite book. We thank those people who responded and here is what they had to say. • Linda Colucci, principal of the Early Childhood Learning Center: “My […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ – The first round of the Region 3 wrestling tournament at West Orange HS took place last night, Feb. 21. The quarterfinals will take place tonight, Feb. 22, and the semifinals, wrestlebacks, third-place consolations and finals will be held Saturday, Feb. 23, all at WOHS. The top four finishers in each weight […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ – The Bloomfield High School boys basketball team defeated Nutley, 74-46, Feb. 19 at home on Senior Night. Senior forward Will Robinson had 20 points; junior guard Vinny Torrisi had 19 points with five 3-pointers; senior guard Tochi Anyanwu had 12 points; senior guard Michael Ramos recorded 11 points; senior forward Kevin Mitchell […]