Tag: Montclair

  • John P. Stevens jazz ensemble to perform alongside world-class jazz trumpeter

    John P. Stevens jazz ensemble to perform alongside world-class jazz trumpeter

    The John P. Stevens High School Jazz Ensemble will perform side-by-side with world-class jazz trumpeter Ingrid Jensen at 7:30 p.m. on March 28 at Trumpets Jazz Club, 6 Depot Square, Montclair. The evening’s performance will also feature JPS drummer and GRAMMY Band award winner, Varun Das. Tickets are $10 for adults or $7 for students,…

  • Beekeepers need help keeping hobby alive

    Beekeepers need help keeping hobby alive

    I need everyone’s help in saving honeybees in New Jersey. I’m a Montclair beekeeper and if a proposed amendment to state law is adopted, it will all but eliminate hobbyist beekeeping statewide. The state’s leading beekeeping experts were excluded from much of the decision-making process and their recommendations were ignored. Lots of what is included…

  • Family will never forget toddler who passed away suddenly

    Family will never forget toddler who passed away suddenly

    By JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent SOUTH AMBOY — The DiGuilio family is taking a number of steps to ensure their son is not forgotten. The family founded Lyrics for Lucas in memory of Lucas DiGuilio, who passed away at 22 months old last year from sudden unexplained death in childhood (SUDC). The family has started two…

  • Officials study clinging jellyfish in Monmouth/Ocean rivers and bays

    Officials study clinging jellyfish in Monmouth/Ocean rivers and bays

    TRENTON – The Department of Environmental Protection has authorized a study in partnership with Montclair State University to determine the distribution and prevalence of clinging jellyfish, a dime-to-quarter sized and invasive jellyfish that packs a powerful sting that has been reported mostly in the Shrewsbury River in recent weeks. The jellyfish, a native to the…