CHS students participate in NJ State Teen Arts Festival
OCEAN COUNTY, NJ — On May 30, Columbia High School students participated in the NJ State Teen Arts Festival at Ocean County College. It was the second consecutive year CHS participated and the second...
View ArticleGreen Hill raises the rainbow flag
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Green Hill, in collaboration with Garden State Equality, raised the rainbow flag on June 9, pledging its commitment to LGBT elders of New Jersey at the first LGBT Senior Housing and...
View ArticleAchieve Foundation celebrates 20 years of excellence
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Achieve Foundation hosted a nostalgic celebration highlighting 20 years of resounding success with the Achieve Volunteer Tutor Program and also the retirement of founding Executive...
View ArticleStudent Leadership Institute in South Orange
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The township of South Orange Village offering students the opportunity to learn and practice leadership skills in the areas of local government and civic engagement where they will...
View ArticleWSOU collects clothes for the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — As part of the station’s ongoing commitment to community service, the students at Seton Hall University’s WSOU-FM just completed a clothing drive for the Our Lady of the Sioux Church...
View ArticleLatest research on sea lamprey control helps to protect Great Lakes Fisheries
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — A collaboration between scientists at Seton Hall University, Michigan State University and the U.S. Geological Survey, funded by the Great Lakes Fishery Commission, has developed a...
View ArticleMaplewood celebrates Pride
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Cheers echoed across Valley Street in Maplewood on Thursday, June 7, not from a Little League baseball game at Memorial Park, but from the lawn of Town Hall as Maplewood Township...
View ArticleWelcome to South Orange, drive 25!
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — With very few exceptions, the speed limit throughout South Orange Village is 25 miles per hour, reminds a village press release. Along with barbecues, trips down the Shore and local...
View ArticleMaplewood Girl Scouts do community service
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Girl Scout Troop 20443, comprised of fifth-graders from Jefferson Elementary School, have spent the year volunteering at Harmony Day Care Center in Irvington. Starting in September, the...
View ArticleBook Festival brings poets, journalists, novelists, more
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The second Maplewood South Orange Book Festival was a huge success, drawing hundreds of residents for a variety of events on June 8 and 9. The festival began Friday, June 8, with a...
View ArticleSouth Mountain PE teachers challenge students in recess running program
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — South Mountain physical education teachers Jeff Kaesshaefer and Rich Tait recently challenged their students to participate in a recess running program. Students earn activity tokens...
View ArticleAuthor Holly McGhee visits Tuscan School
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Author Holly McGhee visited Tuscan School on Monday, June 4, and spoke to students in kindergarten through fifth-grade about her book, “Come With Me,” as well as the writing process and...
View ArticleTuscan School runs a successful ‘Pennies for Puerto Rico’ fundraiser
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The Tuscan School Student Council and the Tuscan School community ran a “Pennies for Puerto Rico” fundraiser to help with the UNIDOS Disaster Relief and Recovery Program for Puerto...
View ArticleJefferson hosts seventh annual Living Museum
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Throughout the month of May, the fifth-graders at Jefferson Elementary School in Maplewood researched influential persons of their choice. The students then held the seventh annual...
View ArticleDistrict looks into credit recovery at CHS
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — At a June 13 town hall meeting to discuss the long-range facilities and integration plan, Acting Superintendent of Schools Thomas Ficarra confirmed that his administration is currently...
View ArticleVillage shares ideas for Baird renovation
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Officials and residents gathered in the Pierro Gallery at the Baird Community Center to discuss the proposed renovation plan to the building and share their input on the project in a...
View ArticleFamily fun night at SOVUMC
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Looking for a place to bring your family and have some wholesome fun and light refreshments? On Friday, June 29, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., look no further than South Orange-Vailsburg...
View ArticleLester receives Distinguished Service Award from chamber
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Sarah Lester, director of Maplewood Memorial Library, has seen the world — from her birth in Tabriz, Iran, to Washington, D.C.; Parker, Colo.; San Francisco, Calif., and then Brooklyn,...
View ArticleMountain scales new heights in ‘High Ground Coward’
SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — For author Alicia Mountain, reading excerpts from her first collection of poetry, “High Ground Coward,” which won the prestigious Iowa Poetry Prize, in the basement of...
View ArticleRotary gives 17 WO seniors scholarships
WEST ORANGE, NJ — On June 15, one week after the West Orange Rotary Club gave away more than $18,000 to local community organizations, its members gathered for a luncheon reception at Mayfair Farms to...
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