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Step Into Spring

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If the shoe fits...

At South Orange Middle School, donations of shoes for the victims of the Jan. 12 earthquake in Haiti have gone ha… Continue

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Charity auction raises $5,000 for Haiti

By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer
At South Orange Middle School, pupils are in the midst of a mont… Continue

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By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer
Shaina Martinez waited nearly two years to come face-to-face with the man who killed her 4-year-old son in a South Orange apartment.
“You’re evil,” she said to her ex-boyfriend, Jonathan Ortiz, who was sentenced to seven years in prison Tuesday for killing Jayden Hayes in April 2008.
Ortiz, who had pleaded guilty to manslaughter as part of a plea deal with the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office, must serve nearly six years before becoming pa… Continue

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CHS girls’ basketball team dethroned in sectional semis

The Columbia High School girls’ varsity basketball team’s bid to win a third consecutive New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association North Jersey Section 2, Group 4 tournament title was denied.
The second-seeded Cougars fell to third-seeded North Hunterdon in heartbreaking fashion, 34-33, in the semifinals on March 6 at South Orange Middle School.
Head coach Johanna Wright’s team made a furious comeback. North Hunterdon scored just one basket in the fourth quarter, taking a 34-… Continue

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CHS boys' hoops ousted in State tourney

The Columbia High School boys’ varsity basketball team lost to a strong Plainfield team, 60-41, in the quarterfinals of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association North Jersey Section 2, Group 4 tournament on March 4 in Plainfield.
Femi Agunbiade had nine points and Austin Little had eight points for the eighth-seeded Cougars, who fell to 13-14. Plainfield, the top seed, improved to 23-3.
Jamar Chavis scored 20 points, Agunbiade had 16 points and Little added 11 points as… Continue

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CHS wrestlers enjoy highlights this season

The Columbia High School varsity wrestling team, which finished with a 12-9 mark, was sparked by a slew of standouts this season.
Heavyweight James Goode enjoyed a strong season for the Cougars. Goode, a senior, went 24-8, which included a 12-1 mark in the Super Essex Conference and a 7-0 record in the SEC-Liberty Division.
Goode was second at the Rahway Holiday tournament, fifth at the Essex County Tournament, first at the District 10 tournament and a Region 3 quarterfinalist.
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‘SONGS AND STORIES’

Kathleen Kargoll and Kavell Taylor, two local mothers, entertain children as part of the ‘Songs and Stories’ program… Continue

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Powerful focus

Paul Alfano and Karla Puglio give a demonstration at YMCA Family Day at South Orange Middle School while instructor… Continue

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Job cuts would save the district $2.3 million

By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer
Superintendent of Schools Brian G. Osborne outlined on Monday the 29 possible job cuts that would save the district $2.3 million.
His proposal, although not final or even a sure thing, comes as the district is putting together a budget for the next school year.
The latest draft budget, based on assumptions on what state aid and the property tax cap will be, puts school spending at $112.4 million for the fiscal year that begins in July.

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CHS boys' fencing team wins State title

The Columbia High School boys’ fencing team. ranked No. 1 in the Star-Ledger State Top 10, capped off their undefeated dual-meet season by taking home the State team tournament title at Morris Hills in Rockaway on March 2 with a crowd-pleasing 15-12 victory against State No. 2-ranked Bernards.

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CHS girls' 4x400 relay is golden at State track Meet of Champions

The Columbia High School girls’ 4x400-meter relay team was victorious in meet-record fashion at the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association indoor track and field Meet of Champions on Feb. 27 last Saturday at the Bennett Center in Toms River.
Freshman Amber Ballew, senior Ty-Vonna Johnson, senior Brittney Jackson and junior Kayann Richards clocked a meet-record 3:53.50. Richards clocked a 55.9 on the anchor leg.
It was also the fourth-fastest time in the nation this seas

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CHS wrestlers display good Region efforts

Columbia High School varsity wrestlers Andrew Adams, Alex Lopez, David Goldenberg, Omar Shabazz and James Goode gave good efforts at the Region 3 tournament in Union.
Adams lost a close match in the last second at the 119-pound weight class against Linden’s Adrian Betancourt, 7-3, in the pre-quarterfinals on Feb. 23, finishing the season with a 23-9 mark that included taking sixth in the Essex County Tournament, third in District 10 and second at the Rahway Holiday tournament. Adams also was… Continue

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CHS girls' hoop coach Wright proud of team's fine run to ECT final

By Steve Carfagna
Staff Writer
Head coach Johanna Wright has to be sick of Shabazz by now.
In front of a crowd of about 2,000 at Essex County College in Newark on Feb. 27, the Cougars lost 55-40 to the state’s top-ranked squad, Shabazz, which won its 13th Essex County Tournament title and eighth in the last nine years.
Even worse, the Columbia High School girls’ basketball team is now 22-3 and all three of those losses have come against the Newark powerhouse.… Continue

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A tasty party

Students in several of the classes at the Mickey Fried Nursery School of Oheb Shalom Congregation, South Orange,… Continue

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Five Haitian children enroll in school district

By Philip Sean Curran , Staff Writer
Five children who fled earthquake-ravaged Haiti have been enrolled in South Orange-Maplewood schools, the district said Tuesday.
Superintendent Brian G. Osborne’s office, citing student confidentiality, declined to say what schools they are attending, their ages or other information.
They are required to live within either South Orange or Maplewood to attend schools here, the district said.
A spokeswoman said that, just as with any st… Continue

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School district faced with tight budget

By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer
A draft school budget cuts spending in the next fiscal y… Continue

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CHS girls’ track team wins State Group 4 title

By Joe Ragozzino
Sports Editor
The Columbia High School girls’ indoor track and field team captured the team title at the NJSIAA Group 4 Championships last Saturday at the Bennett Complex in Toms River.
The Cougars amassed 45.5 points, holding off second-place Southern, which had 29.5 points, among the 25 scoring teams, based on top-six finishes in each event.
It was the Cougars’ first State championship since 1998 when they won five straight State crowns.
The Cougars, who di… Continue

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CHS girls’ hoop team advances to ECT final

By Joe Ragozzino
Sports Editor
The Columbia High School girls’ varsity basketball team has lost to just one team all season, Shabazz.
The Cougars lost both Super Essex Conference-American Division regular-season meetings with the Newark powerhouse.
Now the Cougars will get another crack at Shabazz. This time, it will be for the Essex County Tournament championship on Feb. 27 at Essex County College in Newark at 5 p.m.
The Cougars, seeded second, crushed sixth-seeded and divis… Continue

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