Daniel Jackovino

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This year marks the 1,700th anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council of 325, and the Nicene Creed, a “foundation marker” in Christian history. The Episcopal Dioceses of Newark and New Jersey, working with the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark, the Lutheran, Presbyterian and Reformed churches, as well as the Ukrainian Orthodox and others from the Eastern Church, celebrated this historic moment, on May 3, in a service at the Co-Cathedral of St. Robert Bellarmine in Freehold.

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The Gas Lamp Teens will be performing “The Wolves,” a 90-minute play, Thursday, May 29, and Saturday, May 31, at 7 p.m. This one-act play, written by Sarah DeLappe, premiered Off-Broadway in 2016 and was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize the following year when it won an Obie Award for ensemble work. The story takes place in an indoor soccer facility where nine high school girls, members of a soccer team, are revealed during pre-game warm-ups over six weeks/scenes.

1 month ago | essexnewsdaily.com | Daniel Jackovino

This slideshow requires JavaScript. Bloomfield held its annual Memorial Day Parade on Monday, May 26. The unofficial first day of summer was weather-wise a very pleasant invitation to the upcoming sultry and occasionally purgatorial weather in store for township residents without recourse to a private pool or the Jersey shore. The parade attracted a good crowd along Broad Street, from Brookside Park to the reviewing stand opposite the Civic Center.

1 month ago | essexnewsdaily.com | Daniel Jackovino

The school district of Bloomfield has been recognized, for the fourth consecutive year, by the NAMM Foundation, which is the charitable arm of the National Association of Music Merchants, the global trade association for the music products industry. The string of accolades began under the former supervisor of fine and performing arts, Jen Khoury, and has continued under the present supervisor, Michelle Lambert. Khoury is currently the director of systems, communication and IT.

1 month ago | essexnewsdaily.com | Daniel Jackovino

Meera Mehta, a Glen Ridge High School junior, has collected more than 30,000 books in the last three years to give to children, from economically disadvantaged families, the opportunity to read at home. She calls her effort Novel Futures. “I started Novel Futures because I’ve always loved reading and have been lucky enough to have books in my house,” she said this week. The impetus for the undertaking was a friend’s effort four years ago to start a book drive.