SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Pierro Gallery of South Orange presents “Text Me,” an exhibition about words and images, from Jan. 25 through March 4. There will be an opening reception Wednesday, Jan. 25, from 7 to 9 p.m. and an art talk Wednesday, Feb. 15, from 7 to 9 p.m. Co-curators Stephanie Damiano and […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Students in the eighth-grade science honors program at Liberty Middle School participated in the World Climate Change Negotiations simulation on Dec. 8. To date, this interactive, role-playing exercise of the United Nations climate change negotiations for groups has held 564 events in 67 countries with 28,658 participants. The simulation uses an […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Matthew Henegan, a Columbia High School student, has been studying cello since elementary school. And his music journey advanced Jan. 8 at a concert at Algonquin Arts Theatre in Manasquan when Father Alphonse Stephenson, conductor of the Orchestra of St. Peter By the Sea and founder of the Cecelia Foundation, surprised Henegan […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Bianca Trinidad was named the winner of the 11th annual Poetry Out Loud competition at West Orange High School on Jan. 4, and Elijah Chilton was named runner-up, with only two points separating the two seniors. Trinidad recited “I Felt a Funeral in My Brain,” by Emily Dickinson, and “Dear Reader,” […]
MORRISTOWN, NJ — World-renowned retired American astronaut and West Orange native Capt. Scott Kelly spoke at the Mayo Performing Arts Center in Morristown on Jan. 12 about his life and experiences in space. Kelly spent one year in space aboard the International Space Station and set a record for most accumulated days in space for […]
Budget passes with 4-1 vote, though Krakoviak votes against it due to recent upheaval with Eben
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Township Council approved the proposed 2017 Downtown West Orange Alliance budget totaling $207,000 at its Jan. 3 meeting. Council President Joe Krakoviak cast the sole vote against the budget, which actually has the same net operating total as last year. But while the net operating budget may be […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — St. Mark’s Episcopal Church is still a long way from being restored after a fire tore through the nearly 200-year-old historical structure on New Year’s Day 2016, but one year later progress is being made. West Orange construction official Tom Tracey said the building’s walls have been shored and its windows […]
Town’s Scouts open arms to boy booted from his pack
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — A Maplewood Cub Scout pack has offered to take in an 8-year-old transgender boy who made international headlines after being asked to leave his Secaucus pack due to his gender identity. Cub Scout Pack 20 leader Kyle Hackler said he sent an invitation to Joe Maldonado and his family through the journalist […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — A Bloomfield activist is currently fasting to gather support for a presidential pardon of a Native American. Broughton Avenue resident Ted Glick began a water-only diet, at home, on Monday, Jan. 2. He is hoping that concerned people and Bloomfield residents will contact the White House website and request that President Barack Obama, […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Sandra Mordecai and Irv Schwarzbaum were unanimously elected president and vice president, respectively, of the West Orange Board of Education during the board’s Jan. 5 reorganization meeting. This is Schwarzbaum’s first leadership position on the board since joining last year, and the new vice president said he is looking forward to […]