Members of Baroness spin music for WSOU-FM listeners
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — On Friday, April 5, lunchtime listeners to active rock station WSOU 89.5 FM were treated to music selected by members of the band Baroness. Singer, guitarist and founder John Dyer...
View ArticleTownship settles suit with teen reportedly beaten by police
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Maplewood teenager Jason McDougall — whose family sued the Maplewood Police Department for his alleged mistreatment on July 5, 2016, following the town’s Independence Day fireworks...
View ArticleVolunteer for the village’s Design Review Board
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The South Orange Design Review Board is looking for architects and/or designers with Photoshop skills to help visualize possibilities; these volunteers will serve as alternates on...
View ArticleMaplewood taxes to go up by 6.9 percent
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — At its April 2 meeting, the Maplewood Township Committee voted unanimously to introduce its 2019 budget, which comes in at $45,707,177, an increase of $594,002 from the 2018 budget....
View ArticleCelebrate Arbor Day with the conservancy
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — The South Mountain Conservancy will celebrate Arbor Day on Saturday, April 27. SMC’s Forest Regeneration Program is hosting a Special Preserve Work Day for anyone interested in...
View ArticleMaker Madness is back … and madder than ever
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — It’s science fair meets craft fair as the Achieve Foundation’s fifth annual Maker Madness fair returns to Columbia High School on Saturday, April 27, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. This free...
View Article29 become U.S. citizens in S.O. ceremony
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The village played host to a group of new U.S. citizens Wednesday, April 3, as 29 people took the oath of allegiance at the South Orange Performing Arts Center. It was the second...
View ArticleSOVCA presents ‘Taste of South Orange’
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Hosted by the South Orange Village Center Alliance, the “Taste of South Orange Food Stroll & Pub Crawl” is back with more than one dozen participating eateries and taverns. On...
View ArticleInaugural Catholic Writers Retreat to be held at SHU
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Father Peter Stravinskas of the Priestly Society of Blessed John Henry Cardinal Newman will host the first-ever Catholic Writers Retreat at Seton Hall University in the interest of...
View Article‘Savor the Arts’ at SOPAC
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — A crescendo of Spanish romance will soon descend upon the Loft at SOPAC. On Monday, April 29, from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., Garden State Kitchen, Benjamin Garrison of Coldwell Banker...
View ArticleHNA meeting to feature Robert Roe
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Maplewood Health Officer Robert Roe will speak at the Hilton Neighborhood Association’s Thursday, April 18, meeting at 7:30 p.m. at the DeHart Community Center, 120 Burnett Ave. Roe...
View ArticleCounty to partner with local charitable organizations
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo Jr. announced April 8 that the county is participating in 11 special partnerships to increase awareness about and help raise funds for the...
View ArticleCollective giving group seeks members
MONTCLAIR, NJ — Impact100 Essex, a collective philanthropic group founded and funded by women in Essex County, announced the April 30 deadline for new members to register for the 2019 class. Members...
View ArticleTenacious teen pours heart into academics, civil rights
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Danielle Samake is in the midst of her last three months of high school, and dealing with all that comes with wrapping up four years in the same classrooms. Deciding where she’ll be...
View ArticleLittle hands make a big difference at ‘Kids for Kids’
MILLBURN, NJ — Proving that little hands can make a big difference, more than 125 children and parents, along with members of the Junior League of the Oranges and Short Hills, took part in the seventh...
View ArticleSeniorStudio begins 4th year in Maplewood
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Beginning its fourth year of sponsorship by the township of Maplewood, SeniorStudio is an innovative program that includes eight weeks of formal studio art lessons with a curriculum...
View Article‘Salt in My Soul’ at Words Bookstore
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Visit Words Bookstore, 179 Maplewood Ave. in Maplewood, on Tuesday, April 30, at 7:30 p.m. to hear Diane Shader Smith discuss her daughter’s memoir, “Salt in My Soul: An Unfinished...
View ArticleMontrose participates in Teddy Repair
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — On April 2, youngsters in South Orange were reunited with their beloved stuffed animals following a week of repairs and cleaning for their stuffed friends, courtesy of Lysol. As part...
View ArticlePrinceton physicist to give Jaki Lecture at Seton Hall
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Sir Steven C. Cowley, director of the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory at Princeton University, will present “Bringing Down the Cost and Scale of Fusion Energy” as the Father...
View ArticleMayapple Trail Runs is back for 10th year
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Runners are invited to register for the 10th Mayapple Trail Runs to be held Saturday, May 11, in the South Mountain Reservation. The races are organized by the volunteers of the...
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