Some embrace secondhand shopping only if it's presented as a boutique experience, and there are a number up upscale consignment shops- with upscale prices- eager to cater to them. Then there are those who tackle thrift shopping as an adventure, ready to roll up sleeves and delve through a little dust - and a few less than perfect picks - to emerge with a jaw-dropping designer deal. South Orange Gifts & Consignment is their sort of shop. Snuggled into a well-driven stretch of Valley, this is a …
They have performed with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, accompanied legendary tenor Luciano Pavarotti, conducted jazz great Andre Watts and created teaching methods so soothing they were lauded by the Maryland State Medical Society. "That's who's conducting your 12-year-old in the Youth Orchestras of Essex County," says Chris Borstel, president of the volunteer-run YOEC. The caliber of conductors explains the magical transformation that occurs each Monday after school at South Orange Middle …
Perhaps one of the biggest stories in the state last fall was the dramatic turnaround of the Columbia girls soccer team under first year head coach Stephen Jones. After accumulating just four wins in the previous three seasons, the Cougar girls battled to a 9-4-4 record and an impressive run in the sectional championships, ending in a 1-0 overtime loss to Hunterdon-Central in the second round. "I thought the season last year was really great. The improvement in the season last year was a really…
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Summer's end always seems to come charging at me like a freight train out of nowhere. One minute I'm lazing about in the June sun thinking of all the adventures I'll be having, the next thing I know there are only 4 days left to use the town pool and I'm desperately trying to ignore the fact that …
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I had already seen The Kids Are All Right in New York City. I didn't know when, if ever, the film would make it to a local theater, so my partner, Gabriella, and I booked a sitter and made a night of it just so that we wouldn't miss this theatrical depiction of gay family life. We were shocked that…
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