Fishing derbies to be held for children in Essex County parks
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — The Essex County Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs invites the public to participate in its 2022 fishing derbies. The free events will be held in seven locations...
View ArticleSeton Hall U. commencement to feature UN secretary-general
SOUTH ORANGE / NEWARK, NJ — Seton Hall University will celebrate its 166th baccalaureate commencement ceremony on Tuesday, May 24, at the Prudential Center, 165 Mulberry St. in Newark, at 9 a.m. United...
View ArticleSeton Hall U. student partners with East Orange, creates sports leadership...
SOUTH ORANGE / EAST ORANGE, NJ — Madeline Field can barely remember her first swim meet, an intrasquad competition during her first week of kindergarten at the local YMCA in suburban Chicago. “I know...
View ArticleTrash tacklers help keep the reservation clean, beautiful
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — The South Mountain Reservation has recently benefited from several groups coming into the reservation to do trash-tackling events. Twelve members of the Millburn for Climate Action...
View ArticleFormer ESPN analyst named executive director of center for Sports Media at...
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Seton Hall University announced May 4 the appointment of Jane McManus as the inaugural executive director of the recently established Center for Sports Media within the College of...
View ArticleSeton Hall University receives $1 million from the O’Brien family
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Seton Hall University alumnus Jim O’Brien ’82 and wife Judy O’Brien announced their family is donating $1 million to Seton Hall University to help fund the sweeping, more than $40...
View ArticleUpcoming diversity events in the South Orange–Maplewood community
SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month and June is Pride Month to celebrate the LGBTQ community. South Orange and Maplewood will celebrate these months with several...
View ArticleMaplewood TC, residents discuss equity as it pertains to town pool
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The Maplewood Township Committee passed a bond ordinance for improvements to the Maplewood Community Pool at its May 3 meeting on first reading, setting a public hearing and second vote...
View ArticleAll-star hockey game to benefit The Valerie Fund
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Kids Ice Cancer and The Valerie Fund, which is based in Maplewood, are teaming up to score a goal against pediatric cancer in New Jersey. The Kids Ice Cancer all-star hockey game will...
View ArticleFamily Connections honors Frank McGehee, area bank a ‘A Toast to Hope’
EAST ORANGE, NJ — On Tuesday, May 10, Family Connections honored former Maplewood Mayor and current Committeeman Frank McGehee with the Roger Manshel Lifetime Achievement Award, and Valley National...
View ArticleMaplewood 9-year-old wins third place in writing competition
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Penelope Mango Phillips, of Maplewood, age 9, received third place in the January 2022 Cricket League writing competition, according to a May 11 press release. For this contest, each...
View ArticleEssex County creates Offices of LGBTQ Affairs, names its first director
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo Jr. announced the creation of the Essex County Office of LGBTQ Affairs and introduced Newark resident Reginald Bledsoe as its first...
View ArticleSOPAC receives grant from for arts education programs
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The South Orange Performing Arts Center recently received a $5,000 grant from the Investors Foundation. The grant will help further SOPAC’s arts education programs, which invest in...
View ArticleJewish Family Service celebrates its volunteers
FLORHAM PARK, NJ — Jewish Family Service of MetroWest NJ celebrated its volunteers with an annual event at which JFS staff greeted more than 60 volunteers on Sunday, May 2, at its offices in Florham...
View ArticleMonsignor McCarren appointed interim rector, dean of SHU theology school
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Archdiocese of Newark and Seton Hall University announced that Monsignor Gerard McCarren will begin a one-year appointment on July 1 as the interim rector and dean of Immaculate...
View ArticleEssex County students to graduate from prestigious New Jersey STEM program
CHATHAM, NJ — On Saturday, May 21, Essex County residents Deborah McDougall and JéVanni Napoleon, of East Orange; Elaina Mann, of Livingston; Leonard Jasper, of Maplewood; Julia Schanen, of Montclair;...
View ArticleLocal first responder heroes receive Valor Awards
BELLEVILLE, NJ — The Two Hundred Club of Essex County held its 56th annual Valor Awards presentation at Nanina’s in the Park, Belleville, on May 10. Since 1966, the organization has provided assistance...
View ArticleHarmonium Choral Society announces the winners of High School Composition...
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Harmonium Choral Society has announced the winners of the 25th annual High School Composition Contest. Cranford High School student Asher Shectman’s piece “By Day” won first prize...
View ArticleMaplewood Library will host Nikole Hannah-Jones with federal humanities grant
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Maplewood Library is one of 200 libraries nationwide to receive the American Library Association’s American Rescue Plan: Humanities Grants for Libraries, designed to assist libraries...
View ArticleSouth Orange and Maplewood community gathers to ‘Remember & Tell’
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — South Orange and Maplewood’s interfaith Holocaust remembrance service, “Remember & Tell,” made its return to an in-person ceremony on May 15, bringing together local clergy from...
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