Maplewood Glee Club to bring holiday harmony

MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Be a part of North Jersey’s grandest, long-running, sweet-sounding holiday tradition on Sunday, Dec. 9, at 4 p.m., when the Maplewood Glee Club holds its annual family-friendly holiday show at St. Joseph’s Church, 767 Prospect St. in Maplewood. The concert, “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year,” will feature songs about “wonder,” […]

Show your basketball skills at Elks free throw competition

MAPLEWOOD, NJ — South Orange Elks No. 1154 will hold its Elks Hoop Shoot Free Throw Competition on Sunday, Nov. 18, at noon at St. Joseph’s School gym, located at 240 Franklin St., Maplewood. Registration is from 11:45 a.m. to noon; the contest begins sharply at noon. The program is free to all contestants. The […]

MFD holds first-ever open house event

MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Maplewood Fire Department celebrated Fire Prevention Month at its Dunnell Road headquarters on Saturday Oct. 13 with an open house, where residents could watch demonstrations and try on firefighting gear, culminating with the dedication of a long-awaited new fire engine. According to fire Chief Michael Dingelstedt, the new engine is replacing one […]

Ailing Mt. Pleasant student passes away

WEST ORANGE, NJ — Mt. Pleasant Elementary student Henry Chang, age 7, passed away on July 21 after a valiant battle with childhood cancer. Henry is survived by his mother, Heather Young, an art teacher at West Orange High School; his father Henry, an instructional aide in the West Orange School District; 5-year-old brother Derrick; […]

Towns remember horrors of Holocaust

SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Hundreds of South Orange and Maplewood residents came together on Sunday, April 15, to remember the victims of the Holocaust and to pledge that such an atrocity will not happen again on their watch. The Holocaust is the name given to the mass murder of Jews, homosexuals, disabled people, Romani and […]

Local scholarship winners to perform at Maplewood Glee Club’s spring concert

MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Every spring since 1971, the Maplewood Glee Club awards a scholarship to a high school senior intending to study music in college and beyond. According to club scholarship Chairman Steve Adamczyk, “This year, the level of talent was so phenomenal, we handed out two!” The winners, Hunter Kovacs, a musical theater tenor […]

AIDS benefit concert to be held in Maplewood

MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Triad Arts Ensemble will present a Canticles for Life AIDS Benefit Concert on Sunday, April 15, at 7 p.m. at St. Joseph’s Church, 767 Prospect St. in Maplewood. The concert will feature Canticles Chairperson Ginny Johnston of Maplewood conducting the 27-voice Triad Vocal Ensemble. They will perform traditional anthems, pop arrangements and […]

Elks support OLS and St. Joseph’s food pantries

SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — South Orange Elks Treasurer Ron Housley recently presented a check for $500 to Kate Cahill and Ellen Wiese, pictured, co-managers of the Our Lady of Sorrows Food Pantry in South Orange; proceeds came from the Beer Garden at Maplewoodstock, plus a generous donation from the Elks. In addition, the Elks also […]