Read more about the article Hundreds Of Needy Students Receive Free Items For Upcoming School Year
Each student got to pick out a backpack at the Back 2 School Store.

Hundreds Of Needy Students Receive Free Items For Upcoming School Year

WEST ORANGE (July 31, 2017) – Excitement was in the air Sunday as children from throughout Essex County got paired up with personal shoppers to help them navigate the Back…

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Read more about the article Housing Project For Chronically Homeless Nears Completion
Workers paint a railing inside New Community’s new housing facility for the chronically homeless, A Better Life.

Housing Project For Chronically Homeless Nears Completion

Homeless individuals will soon have a new place to live. Construction is about 85 percent complete for A Better Life, New Community Corporation’s housing project for the chronically homeless. The…

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Read more about the article Monsignor Linder Scholarship Recipients Graduate High School
Monsignor William J. Linder poses with scholarship recipients Chikama Onwunaka, Sibonai Ruthie Geberyesus and Maryana Okoye (left to right) who received their diplomas from Saint Vincent Academy June 4. Photo courtesy of Madge Wilson.

Monsignor Linder Scholarship Recipients Graduate High School

Seven young people completed their high school education at Catholic institutions this year thanks to the Monsignor William J. Linder Scholarship. The list includes this year’s valedictorian of Saint Vincent…

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Read more about the article Monsignor William J. Linder Scholarship Recipient Earns Bachelor’s, Lands Job With ExxonMobil
Madge Wilson, New Community Corporation board member and outreach coordinator, stands with Steed Amegbor after his graduation from Stevens Institute of Technology May 24. Photo courtesy of Madge Wilson.

Monsignor William J. Linder Scholarship Recipient Earns Bachelor’s, Lands Job With ExxonMobil

Steed Amegbor moved to Newark as a teenager knowing very little English. With the help of the Monsignor William J. Linder Scholarship, he successfully completed high school and went on…

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