WEST ORANGE, NJ — Over the past few years, the West Orange Police Department has made a concerted effort to improve its relationship with members of the LGBTQI community and how the department responds and serves them, according to a June 15 press release. “We were fully aware that a lack of trust and understanding […]
ORANGE, NJ — The popular saying ‘The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach’ rang true on June 9 when three Orange community leaders competed in the culinary cooking challenge “Chopped Style” during Orange Week 2021. Held at Orange High School and sponsored by Chartwells school dining services, the virtual cooking competition saw […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The South Orange Public Library had to shut its doors for four months when the COVID-19 pandemic took hold of the world last year, and even when it opened again in July, things looked different than they had before the pandemic. But the staff adapted and made it work, and the […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The intersection of South Wyoming and Lenox avenues was named “Nikhil’s Way” on June 11, honoring Nikhil Badlani on the 10th anniversary of his death in a car crash when a driver failed to stop at a stop sign at the corner in South Orange. In the decade since, Nikhil’s family, […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — This school year at Glen Ridge High School looked a little different from previous years because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but it didn’t stop the staff of the literary magazine from doing their jobs. The 2021 issue of “In Between” was released last week, after months of the editors combing through […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The 18.4 acres of open space on Lion Gate Drive in Bloomfield officially became a park on June 14, as officials cut the ribbon while standing at the center of the new turf soccer field on land that was once an industrial glass factory. In addition to the field, Lion Gate Park […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — On Tuesday, June 8, high winds, heavy rain, rolling bouts of thunder and dangerous bolts of lightning passed through Irvington, where lightning struck the three-story home at 1293 Springfield Ave., sparking an intense house fire toward the roof of the home and causing smoke to billow from the home. The inside of […]
MAPLEWOOD / SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Columbia High School’s Hall of Fame added two more members to its ranks at last, after a yearlong induction hiatus because of the COVID-19 pandemic, which forced a double ceremony, for both 2020 and 2021 inductees. Chosen by the Student Council, Eric Hudson was honored as the 2020 Hall […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — In an attempt to aid residents through these trying times, East Orange has established a COVID-19 small business relief grant program in response to the serious financial hardships many East Orange businesses face as a result of COVID-19. An informational Zoom webinar was held on June 3 about the program, which […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — After a COVID-19–related hiatus, live theater is back at Glen Ridge High School. The Ridgewood Avenue School theater will once again have an audience in it when the high school drama club stages “Footloose,” the first production that they’ll be able to put on in person in more than a year […]