MAPLEWOOD, NJ – As the head coach of the girls’ basketball team at Columbia High School, Johanna Wright got the opportunity to coach some top players and some outstanding teams. But for Wright, who is now a well-respected member of the local Board of Education, her top thrill on the hardwood came in the […]
NEWARK, NJ — Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo Jr. dedicated three bronze plaques to the memories of Balozi Harvey from South Orange, Dr. Leon Smith from Essex Fells and Lawrence “Lonnie” Wright from South Orange on Wednesday, Sept. 20. Harvey had been director of the Essex County Office of Cultural Diversity and Affirmative Action & […]
Whether it was coaching the girls’ basketball team at Columbia High School, or serving on the South Orange-Maplewood Board of Education, Johanna Wright has always had a true passion for her job. On the evening of August 26 at the Grand Pavilion Ballroom in the Embassy Suites Hotel in Winston-Salem, N.C., Wright was one of […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – At Columbia High School, Gene Chyzowych in soccer and Len Klepack in track and field are generally regarded as the top coaches in school history. But another name that belongs on that list is Johanna Wright in girls’ basketball. During her long tenure at the Maplewood school, CHS was a perennial contender […]