East Orange High News

Essex County boys track & field preview: Most exciting athlete, breakout candidate & teams to watch, 2019  NJ.com

MOST EXCITING ATHLETE: Alfred Chawonza, St. Benedict's, Sr. There is no shortage of individual talent in Essex County, but St. Benedict's senior Alfred ...

Obituary: Nettie Conzentino  Montclair Local

Nettie Conzentino, 90, of Little Falls, formerly of Montclair died on April 12. Visitation will be held Tuesday, April 16 at Caggiano Memorial in Montclair.

East Orange high school teacher shot to death on city street  NJ.com

A 45-year-old high school teacher was shot to death in East Orange early Friday, authorities said. Kofi A. Owens, of Newark, was struck by gunfire on South 16th ...

East Orange Renames Street For Beloved Community Activist  West Orange, NJ Patch

East Orange Renames Street For Community Activist - West Orange, NJ - Time hasn't slowed one of East Orange's most valuable community resources, Alberta ...

Top football coaches recruited for the ATHLEAD Combine & Skills Showcase at Rutgers this weekend  Youth1

On Saturday, April 13, ATHLEAD will hold its inaugural 2019 Middle School Combine & Skills Showcase, hosted by Rutgers Football. The top 6th, 7th and ...

Slain East Orange teacher who was gunned down remembered as 'shining light'  WABC-TV

East Orange High School teacher Kofi Owens was remembered as a shining light and living example of how to treat others during a candlelight vigil Tuesday ...

'We need some love in the hood.' Teacher's slaying brings Naughty by Nature rapper home.  NJ.com

Treach, lead rapper of Naughty By Nature, lends his voice to the anti-violence rally for Kofi Owens, a popular East Orange teacher who was shot and killed.

$10K reward offered for information about slain teacher  News 12 New Jersey

Essex County Crime Stoppers is offering a $10000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction in the killing of a beloved East Orange high school ...

Candlelight Vigil for Kofi Owens at 8pm on Tues, Aug 7  TAPinto.net

EAST ORANGE, NJ – Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino and East Orange Police Chief Phyllis Bindi announced that the East Orange Police ...

Essex Five Honored At African American History Month Event  Montclair, NJ Patch

'Essex 5' Honored For Civil Rights Contributions - Montclair, NJ - Officials honored the Essex Five, a group of local NAACP chapters and the Urban League of ...

Mayor Ted R. Green Presents Lifetime Citizen Awardee Lt. Governor Oliver with Portrait by East Orange artist Kojo “Drift” Aidoo  TAPinto.net

EAST ORANGE, NJ - On February 28th, The City of East Orange hosted a Black History Month Celebration & Lifetime Citizen Awards at Cicely Tyson School ...

Oprah, Michelle Obama give N.J. high school students the surprise of a lifetime  NJ.com

Students from West Orange High School met Oprah and former First Lady Michelle Obama.

New East Orange Campus HS head football coach Rae Oliver seeks to foster character-building program  Essex News Daily

EAST ORANGE, NJ – As the new head varsity football coach at East Orange Campus High School, Rae Oliver wants to not only develop players on the field, but ...

Rasul Douglas: From East Orange To The Super Bowl  Patch.com

Rasul Douglas: From East Orange To The Super Bowl - West Orange, NJ - Are you an Eagles fan in Essex County? Love it when the underdog wins? You've got ...

Glimpse of History: Styling in East Orange  NJ.com

ex0306history.jpg. Photo courtesy of Bobby Cole. EAST ORANGE -- Members of the East Orange High School Student Council in 1973, from left, Vicki Calhoun, ...

N.J. woman speaks her truth about sexual assault | Carter  NJ.com

Kimberly Green, who was sexually assaulted for seven years, shared her story at a youth driven forum in Newark to help others find the strength to speak up and ...

Police: East Orange And Linden High Schools Evacuated  CBS Local

EAST ORANGE, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — Separate incidents forced the evacuation of two New Jersey high schools Thursday morning. East Orange High School ...

East Orange high school student found dead of gunshot wound in bedroom  NJ.com

e.o.girldead.JPG. An East Orange police officer stands guard at the entrance to an apartment building where detectives and members from the prosecutors office ...

Boys basketball: New Providence rolls into Group I final  MyCentralJersey.com

The New Providence boys basketball team advanced to the Group I final with a 62-43 victory over Wood-Ridge.

Photos: East Orange High School prom 2014  Hunterdon County Democrat

Students from East Orange High School celebrated their senior prom Thursday night, June 12, 2014.

East Orange High School's disappeared swimming pool a hidden symbol for civil rights  The Star-Ledger - NJ.com

By Janice Harris Jackson. Those Baby Boomers who walked the halls of East Orange High School in the 1960s will remember searching for a swimming pool ...

New East Orange Campus HS football coach Rae Oliver outlines broad-ranging goals  Essex News Daily

EAST ORANGE, NJ (updated Wednesday August 2, 9:05 a.m.) – After two years, the East Orange Campus High School football team has seen a quick turnover ...

College Collecting Donated Prom Dresses  Essex County College News

The tradition continues! Since 2009, Essex County College's West Essex campus has been a drop off site for more than 700 new and slightly worn dresses.

Residential Revitalization Planned for Abandoned East Orange Hotel  Jersey Digs

Better days could be ahead for two abandoned buildings in East Orange. Revitalization is proposed for the structures at 89 North Arlington Avenue, at the corner ...

Essex County Prom Dress Donation Will Help In-Need Teens  Caldwells, NJ Patch

Essex County Prom Dress Donation For In-Need Teens - Caldwells, NJ - Organizers are shooting for 100 donations this year. Find out how to help an in-need ...

Bloomfield Beats Nutley 44-42 in Girls Basketball Rivalry  TAPinto.net

BLOOMFIELD, NJ – It came down to the final seconds, but the Bloomfield Bengals rallied to beat cross-town rival Nutley Maroon Raiders 44-42 in a girls varsity ...

So. Plainfield Elks Honor "William Cochrane" Citizen of the Year  TAPinto.net

The South Plainfield Elks, along with 10 other lodges in the area, comprise the Central District Elks Association. Every year, each lodge recognizes an ...

How Dionne Warwick Fought to Be Heard  The Wall Street Journal

The singer grew up in a musical family in New Jersey. When she warned two songwriters, 'Don't make me over,' the line became her first hit.

This New Jersey Immigrant's Struggle to Attend College | WNYC News  WNYC

This story was produced by the Teacher Project, an education reporting fellowship at Columbia Journalism School, in partnership with Chalkbeat and WNYC.

Dixon, Regina Carroll  The Daily Progress

Ms. Regina Carroll Dixon was called home by her heavenly father on Sunday, January 27, 2019, after a five-year battle with cancer. She was born in ...

Wyclef Jean Comes Home for Video Shoot  New Jersey Monthly

Wyclef Jean knows he's not the only important person from East Orange. So yesterday, when the former Fugee returned to his childhood home to shoot a video ...

Mother of slain East Orange prom queen says she lived in fear of her ex-boyfriend  The Star-Ledger - NJ.com

east-orange-murder-victim-aquilla-flood-facebook.jpg. Aquilla Flood, a 17-year-old high school senior who was recently voted prom queen by her class, was ...

Wilson's late-game heroics lead Wood-Ridge to North 1, Group 1 crown  NJ.com

Wood-Ridge, the fourth seed, was in the midst of completing a fourth-quarter comeback to win its first North Jersey, Section 1, Group 1 title since 2011, but ...

East Orange prom queen was dead 'for hours,' police still hunting for ex-boyfriend  NJ.com

Aquilla Flood, 17, was killed several hours before her mother discovered her in the bedroom of their apartment on Wednesday. Police are searching for her ...

Arts in N.J. public education 2014: An integral part of student life  Hunterdon County Democrat

Arts education advocates always seem to live in fear that, especially in times of tight budgets, the first areas slashed will be anything arts-related. The past ...

Ex-boyfriend arrested, charged with murder of East Orange prom queen  The Star-Ledger - NJ.com

EAST ORANGE — The hunt for the ex-boyfriend of an East Orange prom queen found shot to death in her bedroom came to a close today, when a federal task ...

Former East Orange football standout Fabian Thorne is 'Built 2 Last'  Essex News Daily

EAST ORANGE – The year is 1990. The time is a rainy Thanksgiving Day. It would be the last time many of the class of 1991 from both East Orange High School ...

A tip of the hat to Orange's grand hostess  The Star-Ledger

Shirley Hendrick is a down to the earth socialite in Orange, a 73-old-lady who brings people together in her home for gatherings you don't' want to miss.

Boys Basketball: North 1, Group 4 Final preview - No. 10 Paterson Eastside at No. 12 East Orange  NJ.com

2015 NJSIAA TOURNAMENT NO. 10 PATERSON EASTSIDE AT NO. 12 EAST ORANGE, 7:00 P.M.. Paterson Eastside has fought through one of the state's ...

Atkinson's NY roots a plus for Nets  Newsday

Kenny Atkinson's Nets players are comfortable enough with the boss that they are not above teasing him, especially about the way he sounds, and especially ...

Donna Alexander, ex-‘Breck Girl’ who headed Cook County Animal Control, has died  Chicago Sun-Times

Donna Alexander, longtime head of Cook County Animal and Rabies Control, has died at 61. As a teenager, she appeared in a shampoo advertising campaign ...

N.J. activist, champion of African-American heritage dies at 76  NJ.com

Balozi Robert A. Harvey, who forged pan-African diplomatic and trade relationships, died Thursday.

The Rev. Barry K. Hargrove, pastor of Prince of Peace Baptist Church in East Baltimore  Baltimore Sun

The Rev. Barry L. Hargrove who pastored Prince of Peace Baptist Church, died Oct. 6 froma heart attack at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. He was 51.

Naughty By Nature celebrates 20th anniversary with new release  The Star-Ledger - NJ.com

naughty-by-nature.jpg Angela Jimenez/For the Star-Ledger Kay Gee, Vin Rock, and Treach of Naughty By Nature, pride of East Orange, NJ. "Say something ...

Black History NJ: The Complete Series  BestofNJ.com

Each year, Best of NJ is proud to celebrate Black History Month throughout February. Our Black History NJ series is dedicated to spotlighting notable black and ...

Softball: NJSIAA power points on the cutoff  NJ.com

NORTH JERSEY Non-Public A: Mount St. Dominic (17-5) 470; Immaculate Heart (20-2) 427; Hudson Catholic (14-4) 383; Pope John (11-7) 350; DePaul (13-6) ...

Eagles third-round pick Rasul Douglas scouting report, bio and highlights  PhillyVoice.com

After taking a defensive end in the first round of the 2017 NFL Draft, the Eagles made sure to address their most-glaring need on Day 2: cornerback.

Singer Dionne Warwick declares bankruptcy citing $10M in back taxes  Gloucester County Times - NJ.com

The East Orange native owes more than $10 million in back taxes and has only $10 left at the end of each month after paying expenses, according to a petition ...

N.J. kids can compete to play during NBA All-Star week  NJ.com

EAST ORANGE — New Jersey kids will have the chance to play basketball during NBA All-Star Week in NYC, and they can qualify for the prize this weekend in ...

College basketball: Abdul Madison joins New Jersey City University men’s basketball coaching staff  The Jersey Journal - NJ.com

Follow @JJournalSportsAbdul Madison, a 2006 inductee into the New Jersey City University Athletics Hall of Fame, has returned to his alma mater as an ...

Junior College Transfer Ny-Asia Franklin Signs NLI To Attend Providence College  Providence College Athletics

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Providence College women's basketball Head Coach Jim Crowley announced today [April 19] that junior college transfer Ny-Asia Franklin ...

Freshman Cougars Win Essex County Basketball Title  The Village Green

The Columbia Cougar Freshman basketball team defeated the Seton Hall Prep Pirates 42-39 to win the Essex County Freshman Championship held at East ...

Super Bowl 2018: A look at how the Rutgers and N.J. players performed  NJ.com

Forget for a moment that Rutgers, the state university of New Jersey, had two defensive starters play for the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LII. Several New ...

Thanksgiving Day NJ High School Football Rivalries: Which Team Are You Rooting For?  New Jersey 101.5 FM Radio

Which is the New Jersey high school football team you'll be rooting for this Thanksgiving Day?

Couple retires with 73 years of service in education  Franklin News Post

George Washington has joined his wife, Pam, in retirement from the Franklin County School division.

Paramus Little League's Founding Father Donald Warner Dies  Paramus Daily Voice

PARAMUS, N.J. — Donald L. Warner of Paramus died on Jan. 12 in Delray Beach, Fla. He was 93.Although he made his home in the Sunshine State for 27 ...

Alumni to unite for New Jersey school reunions  NJ.com

MyEvent.com Schools throughout New Jersey are planning class reunions this year to bring old classmates back together. Among the events are these: ...

Alumni to gather for New Jersey school reunions  The Star-Ledger - NJ.com

Dozens of schools and camps throughout New Jersey are planning reunions this fall to bring old friends and classmates back together. Among the upcoming ...

See the results for the 2017 NYRR Millrose Games  FloTrack

2017 NYRR Millrose Games results.

Complete coverage: Colonia's comeback N2G3 title win over Chatham  NJ.com

No. 1 seed Colonia defeated No. 2 seed Chatham in the North Jersey 2, Group 3 final Tuesday. The Patriots put together a fourth quarter comeback after ...

High school reunions planned in New Jersey region  Hunterdon County Democrat

John Bender/ Bender PhotoA group photo of the North Warren Regional High School reunion held in November 2008. The celebration, titled 'That NWR 70s ...

Former St. Peter's Prep star Will Hill faces tough questions at NFL Combine  The Star-Ledger - NJ.com

Will Hill.JPG Tony Kurdzuk/The Star-LedgerFormer Saint Peter's Prep football star Will Hill will face pressure on the field and in the interview room at this week's ...

New Jersey alumni plan 2010 school reunions  Hunterdon County Democrat - NJ.com

nj-high-school-reunions.JPG David Gard/Times of TrentonNew Jersey high schools are planning reunions throughout the state. In a 2006 photo, the planning ...

NJCU HALL-of-FAMER ABDUL MADISON ADDED TO MEN'S BASKETBALL COACHING STAFF - New Jersey City University Athletics  NJCU Athletics

JERSEY CITY, NJ (NJCUGothicKnights.com) | Abdul Madison , `99, a 2006 inductee into the New Jersey City University Athletics Hall of Fame after a standout ...

Old classmates getting together for New Jersey school reunions  Hunterdon County Democrat - NJ.com

Thanksgiving weekend isn't just a time for families to get together. It's also prime season for high school reunions.Graduates from high schools or other ...

Prom dress charity searches for new home after eviction from rent-free Newark office space  The Star-Ledger - NJ.com

Kathleen Kelly/For The Star-LedgerSandy Kessler, founder of Catherine's Closet, meets with students at Malcolm X Shabazz High School in Newark, who are ...

Black Americana Auction at Quinn’s Disturbs, Inspires  Falls Church News Press

An antique papier-mache Mardi Gras minstrel mask and other items on the auction block at Quinn's on Thursday sit in a case at the local gallery. (Photo: Drew ...

Chakaia Booker not treading lightly  The Star-Ledger - NJ.com

ARISTIDE ECONOMOPOULOS Newark-born artist Chakaia Booker in front of her sculpture "It's So Hard To Be Green" at New Jersey Center for the Visual arts.

Anniversaries: John Jack McGuckin & Sheila Claire McGuckin  MyCentralJersey.com

The love of Sheila Claire Fahey's life walked into Newark's Woodside Diner on a warm and rainy April afternoon in 1953. Tall and handsome, John "Jack" ...

Actor John Amos to receive honorary ECC degree  New Jersey Hills

WEST CALDWELL TWP. - Actor and former Essex County resident John Amos will be a special guest at Essex County College's 49th annual Commencement ...

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