Jersey shows its pride at festival in Maplewood’s Memorial Park

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Jersey shows its pride at festival in Maplewood’s Memorial Park

Photos by Rocco Ungaro   MAPLEWOOD — Memorial Park hosted the North Jersey Pride Festival on Sunday, June 9. The event was a free family-friendly day of celebration, music and community for LGBTQ and ally attendees. Live music was played throughout from a variety of acts and vendors were on hand selling jewelry, art, crafts, […]

Community rallies around vandalized cafe

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Community rallies around vandalized cafe

Harper’s Cafe is open again and a $10,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest of the person or persons responsible for the recent bias incidents that occurred in West Orange. “It’s been going good,” said Garan, the Harper’s owner who asked to be identified only by one name. “We are hitting […]