WEST ORANGE, NJ — As Cheryl Katz prepares to leave her post as artistic director at Luna Stage, Ari Laura Kreith has been working in West Orange to step into the role. Arriving from Theater 167 in New York City, where she was the founding artistic director, Kreith has been working on the 2018-2019 theater […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — In a May 13 update, the South Orange-Maplewood School District reported that it received the results from an April test of 21 plumbing fixtures in the district; only one unit had an unacceptable level of lead and failed the retest. The district retested the 21 fixtures, which had been offline during the […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The valedictorian and salutatorian of the West Orange High School Class of 2018 were honored at the 31st annual Essex County Academic Awards Banquet, held April 30 at Nanina’s in the Park in Bloomfield. The banquet recognizes the top two students from each public high school in Essex County. WOHS valedictorian […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino announced May 14 that two Atlantic County men have been convicted of the January 2017 Maplewood triple murder, following a trial before Superior Court Judge Richard T. Sules. The jury deliberated for a week before finding Lavelle T. Davis, 37, of Galloway, and Jimmy P. […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — May 1 is College Decision Day across the country, and seniors at West Orange High School joined in by donning spirit wear from the colleges they will be attending in the fall. Students were all smiles posing around school in their new college gear. With only a few weeks to go […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — More than 100 people came out to discuss what integration means in the 21st century during the annual Conversations on Race, hosted by the South Orange/Maplewood Community Coalition on Race on May 9 at The Woodland. Participants were challenged by powerful moderator Elizabeth Williams-Riley of the American Conference on Diversity to rethink […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Fire Department has partnered with West Orange High School as part of a series of guest classroom speakers, and the first session was held May 4 in the senior CPR class taught by Brian Dillon. Capt. Joe Matullo, Firefighter Rich Mulligan and Firefighter Daniel Keenan visited with four […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The student council at South Mountain Elementary School, with the help of the local green team, recently kicked off a schoolwide recycling program. The program began with a schoolwide assembly followed by new recycling bins for every classroom at South Mountain and the Annex. Parents from the green team partnered with […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield School District held its 41st annual elementary school chess championships on Saturday, May 5, at Fairview Elementary School. The tournament was under the direction of Fairview sixth-grade language arts teacher and chess club adviser, Mary Donovan, with the assistance of the Fairview Home & School Association. The championship is traditionally held […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — A musical debut of sorts took place at Bloomfield Middle School on Sunday, May 6. In a scheduled concert by the Bloomfield Mandolin Orchestra, a member of the orchestra performed on a mandobass. Easy to spot, the mandobass is the big, upright bass standing on an end pin in a field of handheld […]