WEST ORANGE, NJ — Mayor Robert D. Parisi honored Pete Longo at the annual West Orange Veterans Day ceremony on Nov. 11. Longo is West Orange’s oldest surviving World War II veteran, who turned 100 years old earlier this month. Parisi also announced that West Orange resident CJ Morgan, who was killed in a training […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The fourth annual CJ Morgan Foundation golf outing and brunch reached its $50,000 goal to ultimately provide a $100,000 endowment to West Point at an event held at Rock Spring Golf Club on Aug. 29. The endowment is in memory of Christopher “CJ” Morgan, a beloved member of the West Orange […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — West Orange High School held its annual Senior Awards Night on June 2, recognizing students for academic successes, athletic achievements, community service and more, and distributing scholarships totaling nearly $400,000. The West Orange Scholarship Fund, overseeing several community scholarships, distributed a record $140,900 to 142 students. Formed in 1923, the fund […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — An Army soldier involved in a military vehicle crash in June 2019, killing Cadet Christopher “CJ” Morgan and injuring others, was sentenced to three years of confinement after being convicted of negligent homicide, The New York Times reported on July 21. Staff Sgt. Ladonies P. Strong was driving the truck that […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Student Council took first place in the Youth and Students for Peace “S!NERGY” competition, held Dec. 20 in Newark. The competition provided an opportunity for students and young adults to attend a daylong workshop and present ideas or projects that promote peace and better societies. WOHS Student Council […]
Editor’s note: The following article also was published on goarmywestpoint.com. WEST ORANGE, NJ — This season’s Army West Point wrestling senior night versus Lehigh, now on Jan. 31 at 7 p.m., has officially been moved to West Orange High School, to honor the late Black Knights wrestler, Christopher “C.J” Morgan. “We just felt like moving […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The annual Veteran’s Day Ceremony held by the West Orange High School AFJROTC on Nov. 15 was dedicated to the memory of Class of 2015 alumnus and West Point Cadet Christopher “CJ” Morgan, who was killed in a training exercise on June 6, 2019. Morgan’s death deeply impacted the West Orange […]
NEWARK, NJ — At the annual Essex County Veterans Day Observance in Essex County Veterans Memorial Park in Newark on Friday, Nov. 1, Congresswoman Mikie Sherrill, a Navy veteran who represents the 11th District, joined Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo Jr. During the ceremony, the county executive posthumously presented an Essex County Community Star Award […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — More than 100 golfers took to the course at Rock Spring Golf Club on Monday, Sept. 30, to raise money for the Chris Morgan Scholarship Fund, in honor of Christopher “CJ” Morgan, a West Orange High School graduate, standout wrestler and cadet at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point who […]
WEST ORANGE,NJ — During halftime of the West Orange High School football team’s home opener against Paterson Kennedy on Friday night, Sept. 13, the late Christopher “CJ” Morgan was honored as his family gathered on the field. Morgan, a 2015 WOHS graduate, was a standout football player and wrestler. A cadet at the U.S. Military […]