WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Archdiocese of Newark has nominated its Teacher of the Year, Juliette Wester, a history teacher at Seton Hall Preparatory School in West Orange, for the New Jersey Council for American Private Education’s 2022 New Jersey Nonpublic School Teacher of the Year Award. NJCAPE is a diverse group of nonpublic schools […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The 69th annual West Orange St. Patrick’s Day Parade went off without a hitch on Sunday, March 13, along Main Street. Despite the snowstorm from the day before, marchers enjoyed a clear, sunny day. Leading this year’s parade were Mellen Dangler as grand marshal, and John A. DeMars Jr., Patrick F. […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Scholarship Fund for Inner-City Children raised $300,000 — which is $50,000 more than its target goal — to fund partial tuition assistance scholarships for underprivileged students attending Archdiocese of Newark schools at its annual gala in West Orange’s Pleasantdale Chateau on Nov. 11. Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, archbishop of Newark, […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — When some classmates from Seton Hall Prep Class of 1971 realized that the pandemic would derail their 50th reunion plans, they took matters into their own hands with an unofficial private event. On Sept. 18, 50 prepsters joined at the Monmouth Park Race Track to reconnect and reminisce under a beautiful […]
SAN DIEGO, CA — Chief Petty Officer Brian Bennett, a native of Bloomfield, joined the Navy 14 years ago and now serves as an information systems technician aboard USS Tripoli. “I originally joined the Navy because I needed a change in my life,” Bennett said. “The Navy provided me that opportunity.” Growing up in Bloomfield, […]
LITTLE FALLS, NJ — Continuing a beloved tradition in local high school sports, for the ninth consecutive year the Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center honored student athletes from member schools of the Super Essex Conference in a celebration of the qualities that made Yogi Berra a national treasure. Recipients of the 2021 Investors Bank […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Seton Hall Prep football team opened the 2020 season, dropping a 24-7 decision to Delbarton at Brendan P. Tevlin Memorial Field in West Orange. Seton Hall took the opening kickoff and drove down to the Delbarton 42-yard line where the drive stalled. Junior Nick Conforti’s punt was muffed by the […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Head coach Marty Berman is currently in his 35th season at the helm of Seton Hall Prep’s soccer team. His current record is 486-189-62 and the Pirates are coming off an outstanding season, with a 22-1-1 record, during which they and captured their seventh Super Essex Conference–American Division Title, sixth Essex […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The 2020 Seton Hall Prep football team is really looking forward to the upcoming season. As third-year head coach Bill Fitzgerald said, “Our guys did such a great job during the quarantine, and they came into our summer conditioning program hungry, focused, enthusiastic and ready to prepare for this season. It’s […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — West Orange Rotary Club’s annual scholarship ceremony looked a little different this year. The usual plan, when the world isn’t three months into a global pandemic–induced lockdown, is to gather at Mayfair Farms to honor graduating high school seniors from town and award them money to use for college. But with […]