Roselle Park’s Gabriella Barreira was part of Monroe College’s Culinary Institute of New York (CINY) team that earned the American Culinary Federation (ACF) 2019 New York State Championship title for the second consecutive year – the fourth time in the last five years. Gabby, a first-year student at Monroe College along with three other students served […]
At the November 29th Mayor & Council meeting, Roselle Park residents Greg Delano and Joseph DeMarco were recognized for being named the 2019 Knights of the Year by the Monsignor Joseph F. Loreti Council of the Knights of Columbus. Greg Delano serves as the council’s Chancellor and Joseph DeMarco is the Advocate for the Knights […]
Resident Jacob Magiera has said it time and again, almost like a mantra – “There’s talent in Roselle Park.” Resident, saxophonist, professional musician, educator, bandleader, and recording artist Julius Tolentino is the latest example of that. He dreams of having a jazz festival in the borough and at the end of the November 1st Mayor […]
At Thursday night’s municipal meeting, two local photographers were recognized by the governing body for their award-winning work at the 2018 Roselle Park Arts Festival. Resident Michele LoManto was awarded Best Photography for her collection titled “Soul Induced”. Michael Peterson – who was not present at the ceremony Thursday night – was Judges’ Choice General […]
Roselle Park resident Robert Mooney will be discussing filmmaking in the era of social media as a special presentation of tomorrow’s Roselle Park Short Film Festival. Tomorrow, at 5 p.m. in the Casano Community Center, Mr. Mooney will be offering his insight on how filmmakers can learn how to apply their skills to the ever-evolving […]
A committee to work on how to best use an over-half-a-million dollar donation received from the estate of Marie C. Roth, a former patron of the Roselle Park Veterans Memorial Library who passed away on September 7, 2016. Ms. Roth lived in the borough for 72 years before moving to Union Township in 2005 (link). […]
Girl Scouts Troop 40998 visited Philip’s Academy Charter School in Newark this past Wednesday, September 19th. The troop were given a tour by Philip’s Academy science teacher Catkin Flowers. Troop leader Ellen Margarita remarked, “Miss Flowers was amazing! She was patient, informative and showed us what a great eco-space they have in their school.” Troop 40998 […]
Want a big word? Nephroma. Want another one? Mesoblastoma. Try Congenital mesoblastic nephroma. If you think that is hard to pronounce, think about how hard it is to live with. It is more commonly known by the umbrella word everyone knows – cancer. Want another big word? Hero. It is partly defined as one who […]
Centipede. Snake. Lizard. Toad. Scorpion. For many, these would be clues to a “Heads Up!” game on animals or guesses to a badly acted-out round of Charades. But for others familiar with watching tv on Saturday afternoons in the New York tri-state area during the 1980s, it can only mean three words: Five. Deadly. Venoms. […]
Penicillin. A social security number. Band-aids. Highways. Minimum wage. The Great Depression. Movies with sound. Television. FM radio. Nylon. The NFL. The states of Alaska and Hawaii. Beyond the obvious of the Internet or satellites or jet airliners, these are things that did not exist in August of 1918. Also, the Great War (before they […]