Towns unite for a monthlong celebration of LGBTQ Pride with many events
MAPLEWOOD / SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Pride Month in Maplewood and South Orange kicked off June 1 and 2, with a rally and flag-raising at Maplewood Town Hall, and it’s just the beginning of a monthlong celebration of LGBTQ pride for which the two towns are collaborating. Theater, book club meetings, drag shows and rallies […]
NEWARK, NJ — As cheering family and friends looked on, nearly 1,200 Essex County College students received their hard-earned associate degrees as the college celebrated its 50th annual commencement on Friday, May 31, at Prudential Center in Newark. Fighting back tears, class valedictorian and criminal justice major Pyetra Camargo said, “I want to start off […]
Town jumps on the bandwagon for Community Band
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Steve Kimmons was waiting in line to talk to Mayor Robert Parisi during his office hours during the winter when he realized that the person in front of him was complaining about snow removal and the person behind him was complaining about potholes, so he knew that his proposal to start […]
Village honors servicemen, servicewomen at annual Memorial Day ceremony
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Residents gathered at Meadowland Park to celebrate Memorial Day on May 27, reading the names of village locals who died while serving their country. Boy Scouts from Troop 60 read the names from World War I, World War II and the Korean, Vietnam and Iraq wars before dedicating a wreath near […]
Township honors servicemen, servicewomen at annual Memorial Day ceremony
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Sand from Omaha Beach was scattered on the front steps of Town Hall as West Orange residents and officials gathered for the annual Memorial Day Ceremony on May 27, honoring two World War II soldiers from West Orange who never returned home. The ceremony also celebrated the four West Orange High […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Garrett Diegnan has nearly two years left to finish his Eagle Scout project, but he’s well on his way to his $4,000 fundraising goal for supplies to assemble care packages for cancer patients and their families to be delivered to the Cancer Center at Overlook Hospital in Summit. His GoFundMe campaign has […]
Josh O’Neill Senior, NHS baseball When did you first get interested in baseball? How did you evolve into becoming a pitcher? I first got interested in baseball when I was about 13 years old. I have been playing ever since I was young but I was never truly interested in it until after Little League. I […]
Emily McIntyre Senior, NHS track and field “Emily McIntyre has been with our program every season while at NHS. She has been one of the hardest working athletes I have had the privilege of working with in my career at NHS. Emily has worked hard to get results she has achieved on the cross country […]
NUTLEY, NJ — The 13th annual Nutley Relay for Life will meet its 2019 goal, according to Commissioner Mauro Tucci. With that figure being $90,000, $88,615 has already been donated. “I think we’ll overshoot our goal,” he said in a recent telephone interview. The event was held May 17 in DeMuro Park. During its 13 […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Glen Ridge observed Memorial Day on Monday, May 27. Following a parade down Ridgewood Avenue, a crowd, smaller than those in recent years, gathered in the area between Ridgewood Avenue School and the library. The emcee was Jim O’Grady, of the Kiwanis Club of Glen Ridge, which sponsors the event. A […]