HNA to have a diner dinner on Aug. 16
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Hilton Neighborhood Association’s Thursday, Aug. 16, meeting will be held at the Park Wood Diner, 1958 Springfield Ave. in Maplewood, at 6:30 pm. Everyone is invited to attend dinner at...
View ArticleRegistration now open for fall session of SeniorStudio painting classes
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Maplewood Department of Recreation & Cultural Affairs will be again be sponsoring SeniorStudio, a studio art painting program. These classes are specifically designed for senior...
View ArticleMore than 850 children shop cost-free at Back 2 School Store
LIVINGSTON, NJ — The 10th annual NCJW/Essex Back 2 School Store brought grins all around on Sunday, July 29, as hundreds of children went shopping at a one-day pop-up store designed to help...
View ArticleSilver looks forward to effecting change on Board of Ed
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Hannah Silver, 17, a rising senior at Columbia High School and the newly-elected student representative to the South Orange-Maplewood Board of Education, was skeptical about running for...
View ArticleU.S. Army Field Band and Chorus to perform free concert in Maplewood
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The township of Maplewood will present a free concert featuring The United States Army Field Band and Soldiers’ Chorus in the Memorial Park Amphitheater on Sunday, Sept. 2, at 6 p.m....
View ArticleMorgan enthusiastic about upcoming work at CHS
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — A new principal will take over at Columbia High School when classes begin in September, after interim Superintendent of Schools Thomas Ficarra announced the shuffling of several...
View ArticleMaplewood police investigate series of overnight burglaries
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Maplewood Police Department is currently investigating a number of overnight burglaries that occurred in the Golf Island area of town near Maplewood Middle School, according to a...
View ArticleRehearse with the SO Symphony
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Bring your instrument and become part of a symphony orchestra for an evening on Tuesday, Sept. 4, at 7:30 p.m. South Orange Symphony invites interested musicians for an evening of...
View ArticleDiVincenzo calls for return to 2-percent arbitration cap
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo Jr. renewed his request to Gov. Phil Murphy, Senate President Steve Sweeney and Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin to reenact the 2-percent cap on...
View ArticleNon-repeating patterns draw the eye in 1978 exhibit
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Visitors who step into the 1978 Maplewood Arts Center until Aug. 31 may think they are seeing double as they look at Christine Romanell’s work in “Everything is Connected.” Romanell’s...
View ArticleMaplewood no longer accepting partial property tax payments
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Maplewood is no longer accepting partial property tax payments, a change in policy that comes after South Orange voted in June to allow its tax collector, Aderonke Zaccheus, also serve...
View ArticleBOT discusses permitting dogs in parks
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — South Orange is one step closer to lifting the ban on dogs in public parks after the village Board of Trustees unanimously voted to move the ordinance to a second reading at the Aug....
View ArticleMPD arrest man for Golf Island area burglaries
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Maplewood Police Department has arrested a Trenton man for a number of overnight burglaries that occurred over the past weeks in the Golf Island area of town near Maplewood Middle...
View ArticleVillage resumes search for business administrator
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — South Orange has had to begin anew its search for a village administrator after Steve Gallo, who was supposed to assume the position in September, has had to step aside. The village...
View ArticleMaplewood Manta Rays end season on high note
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The Maplewood Manta Rays enjoyed a five-meet season and placed third in championships with the Tri-County Diving League this year. Thunderstorms and inclement weather couldn’t keep this...
View ArticleProfessor from Maplewood recognized nationally
UNION, NJ — Maplewood resident Jenny Li, assistant professor of computer science at Kean University in Union, was recognized by the National Center for Women in Technology for her outstanding research...
View ArticleColor red examined in interdisciplinary exhibition at Walsh Gallery
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Seton Hall University’s Walsh Gallery presents “Seeing Red,” an exhibit examining the many artistic, cultural, political and religious connotations of the color red using books,...
View ArticleSOMA Board of Ed suspends Busichio
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — South Orange-Maplewood School District confirmed Aug. 27 that Columbia High School’s athletic director has been suspended indefinitely with pay. At its Monday, Aug. 20, meeting, the...
View ArticleSOMAS fall catalogs just hit mailboxes
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Back to school is not just for the children! Be on the lookout in your mailboxes for South Orange-Maplewood Adult School’s fall catalog, which features a trove of exciting classes,...
View ArticleFind peace in the park with Maplewood Meditates
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Do you want to attain clarity, feel less stressed, tap into your innate creativity, sleep better, become more focused and productive, and have greater health and wellness in your life?...
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