NUTLEY, NJ — As a little kid, one of the fondest sports memories for Phil Cuzzi was watching the 1963 World Series between the New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers. Led by Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale, two of the best pitchers in Major League history, the Dodgers swept the Bronx Bombers, despite the presence […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Redwood Elementary School Gymnasium was filled with song on Nov. 22, when students, staff and community members came together to celebrate the life of Joel Perry, who was the school’s vocal music teacher until he died suddenly in September, just before the start of the new school year. A 22-year […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — She sang at the fifth annual Bloomfield Most Talented Competition on Tuesday, Nov. 21. And although not a finalist, Carteret Elementary School third-grader Zoe Love deserved a prize for a little girl’s triumph over adversity. The competition, hosted by the Bloomfield Cultural Commission at Bloomfield High School, attracted 31 elementary, high school […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — This December, interACT Youth Productions presents the beloved Disney classic, “The Jungle Book.” The show runs for two weekends at the Baird Theatre on Three, opening this Friday, Dec. 1, and closing Sunday, Dec. 10, for eight performances total. Friday and Saturday night performances begin at 7 p.m., and the Saturday […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Forty years ago this coming week, on Saturday, Dec. 3, 1977, the Glen Ridge High School football team won the Section 2 Group 1 state championship by defeating Kenilworth High School, 18-12. Histories of the event have recorded that GRHS students who witnessed a thrilling comeback to cap the victory cheered themselves […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — High school students at Golda Och Academy in West Orange will become documentary filmmakers this year, as 20 students in grades 10 through 12 participate in the “Names, Not Numbers” program. The program turns studying the Holocaust into an interactive project, enabling students to interview Holocaust survivors and subsequently create a […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Students from West Orange High School attended the Family, Community and Career Leaders of America state conference in Cherry Hill on Nov. 20 and returned with one gold, two silver and two bronze medals. The annual conference brings together high school FCCLA students for competitions and information sessions in various areas […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Members of the Science National Honor Society spent the morning of Nov. 18 planting six new trees to beautify the landscape on the Pleasant Valley Way side of West Orange High School. “We have wanted to do something for a while now,” SNHS adviser Ronald Brandt said, “and we all decided […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Sixty-seven students from theater, band, orchestra, marching band, glee club and choirs were inducted into the West Orange High School Tri-M Music Honor Society on Nov. 14. Tri-M Music Honor Society, formerly known as Modern Music Masters, is both a middle school and high school honor society and is a program […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Community members gathered at Mayfair Farms on Wednesday, Nov. 22, for the annual Thanksgiving Luncheon, held by the Chamber of Commerce, Lions Club, Rotary Club and UNICO.