‘Bubbly Black Girl’ staged at Burgdorff
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Progressive Theater, in collaboration with the South Orange/Maplewood Community Coalition on Race, presents “The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin,” by Kristen Childs, at the...
View ArticleSOPD addresses use of force in public meeting
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Many members of the South Orange community gathered at the Jan. 28 Board of Trustees meeting for a presentation from police Chief Kyle Kroll on the disheartening statistics about...
View ArticleSOMAS Children’s Summer Program catalogs are out
SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The South Orange-Maplewood Adult School Children’s Summer Program offers more than 100 classes in creative arts, music, science and sports. Students get to choose their...
View ArticleNew county surrogate discusses his job, values and vision
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Alturrick Kenney is 37 days into a five-year term as the Essex County surrogate, and has hit the ground running at the Essex County Hall of Records. Winning the elected position with...
View ArticleMaplewood firefighters continue good work in town
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — On Feb. 8 at 3:50 p.m., Maplewood Fire Department’s Platoon 1 responded to the department’s 10th emergency of the day. Arriving to a motor vehicle accident, MFD personnel found one...
View ArticleSouth Orange to host 3 townwide Master Plan listening sessions
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — After four months of digital and in-person outreach to stakeholder groups and neighborhoods, the Master Plan Management Committee will be concluding the visioning phase of the South...
View ArticleThree men with guns rob business on Parker Avenue in Maplewood
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — On Feb. 10, at approximately 9:26 p.m., there was an armed robbery reported at the Panda Kitchen, located at 300 Parker Ave. in Maplewood. According to police, three men, all wearing...
View ArticleTSTI religious school students bake for Interfaith Food Pantry
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The religious school students at Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel in South Orange dove into their second Muffin Marathon on Sunday, Feb. 3, to benefit the Interfaith Food Pantry of the...
View ArticleFrom prom to food insecurity, Cougar Cares helps fill a need at CHS
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — As students arrived to Columbia High School on Wednesday, Feb. 6, they were greeted by CHS MAC Scholars handing out fresh fruit on behalf of a new program called CHS Cougar Cares....
View ArticleOperation Gaslight finds approximately 100 outages
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — On Feb. 7, South Orange residents teamed up with Seton Hall University students, who were mobilized by the Interfraternity Council, to located and document gaslight outages in the...
View ArticleESPN’s Bob Ley to present baccalaureate commencement address at Seton Hall
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Seton Hall alumnus Bob Ley, ’76, will present the commencement address at the 162nd Baccalaureate Commencement Exercises on Monday, May 20, at 9 a.m. at the Prudential Center in...
View ArticleCounty collects more than 13.5 tons of food to donate
WEST ORANGE, NJ — With 88,397 visitors, the 12th annual Essex County Holiday Lights Spectacular at Turtle Back Zoo collected more than 13.5 tons of non-perishable food, clothing and toys for those in...
View ArticleMaplewood Arts Council seeks artists for pedestrian tunnel
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The Maplewood Arts Council and the township of Maplewood have put out a Request For Proposals for artwork to transform a pedestrian tunnel running beneath the NJ Transit railroad tracks...
View ArticleTowns mourn loss of influential activist
MAPLEWOOD / SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Maplewood and South Orange communities mourned the recent loss of Barbra “Babs” Casbar Siperstein, the Edison woman who crusaded for LGBT rights in New Jersey and...
View ArticleJESPY clients mark milestone birthdays at annual jubilee
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — JESPY clients, families and staff had a grand time recently at the annual jubilee. The theme of the celebration was “JESPY Dances Through the Decades” and the event also marked the...
View ArticleWSOU show to air special episode with Forrest Pritchett
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — In honor of Black History Month, WSOU-FM’s “Thank God For Monday” program will air a special hour-long interview on Saturday, Feb. 16, with the Rev. Forrest Pritchett, an esteemed...
View ArticleNew theater company creates opportunities on and off stage
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — A new theater company will make its debut in Maplewood when “The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin” premieres at the Burgdorff Center for the Performing Arts on Feb. 16 and 17,...
View ArticleTownship Committee introduces Toomey’s redevelopment plan
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — On Feb. 5, the Maplewood Township Committee unanimously voted to introduce an ordinance to adopt the redevelopment plan for 104 Baker St., the former site of Toomey’s Automotive. The...
View Article‘Every Day People’ in village offices
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — At its opening on Feb. 7, “Every Day People: The Art of Cathleen McCoy Bristol” became the first exhibit to be displayed in the South Orange Village offices, and 18 paintings by the...
View ArticleWOCC celebrates town and its people
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Chamber of Commerce hosted its annual breakfast Feb. 6, celebrating local businesses and Mayor Robert Parisi’s State of the Town Address. The Employee of the Year...
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