TSTI students take artistic journey through Passover
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Religious school students at Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel in South Orange interpreted the Passover story through different media when artist Elizabeth Yaari led them on a creative...
View ArticleMaplewood’s Rahway River Cleanup and community picnic
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Maplewood is holding its annual Rahway River Cleanup on Saturday, May 4, from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. at Maplewood Memorial Park. The event will also include a community picnic. Check-in...
View ArticleHelp design SOPL’s new fine-free library cards
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — South Orange Public Library will hold a contest open to all South Orange children and teens to design their new fine-free library cards, which the library plans to introduce in early...
View ArticleLeague of Women Voters to host S.O. candidates night
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The League of Women Voters of Maplewood-South Orange will host a candidates night featuring the candidates running in the May 14 South Orange municipal election. The forum will be...
View ArticleMGC presents ‘Drama Queens: Dark Beauties for Your Garden’
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — On Monday, May 6, at 7:30 p.m. at Maplewood Memorial Library, 51 Baker St., Lesley Parness, retired superintendent of Horticultural Education at the Morris County Park Commission, will...
View ArticleSOMA speaker series to focus on needs of older residents
MAPLEWOOD / SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — SOMA Two Towns for All Ages recently announced a speaker series focusing on the legal needs and concerns of older residents. Two Towns has joined the Essex Coalition for...
View ArticleSHU professor wins Andrew Carnegie Fellowship
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — William J. Connell, professor of history and Joseph M. and Geraldine C. La Motta Chair in Italian Studies, has been selected a 2019 Andrew Carnegie Fellow. As a recipient of the...
View ArticleTwo Towns Triathlon for Kids will be June 15
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The sixth annual Two Towns Triathlon for Kids will be in South Orange on Saturday, June 15, beginning at 8 a.m. Entrants must be residents of South Orange or Maplewood between the...
View Article‘Conversations on Race: The Invention of Race and Its Implications’
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — On Wednesday, May 15, at 7:30 p.m. at Seton Hall’s University Hall, 400 South Orange Ave. in South Orange, the South Orange/Maplewood Community Coalition on Race will host its annual...
View ArticleSOVCA presents Under Cover Music Fest on June 1
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — South Orange Village Center Alliance plans to draw massive crowds downtown for its groovy summer kickoff event, Under Cover Music Fest, which features six cover bands and a bustling...
View ArticleVillage officials working to increase affordable housing in SO
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — At its April 22 meeting, the South Orange Board of Trustees pulled a resolution that would settle with the Fair Share Housing Center how South Orange will meet the state-mandated...
View Article200 Club to honor Essex first responders
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — The 200 Club of Essex County, founded to assist the families of police officers and firefighters killed in the line of duty and the oldest such organization of its kind, will hold...
View ArticleSOMA Star Athlete: Lauren Lake, CHS girls’ lacrosse
SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Columbia High School senior Lauren Lake, from South Orange, has been playing midfield on the CHS girls’ varsity lacrosse team since her freshman year. This year she is...
View ArticleMGC plant sale from May 9 to 11
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The Maplewood Garden Club will hold its 82nd annual plant sale from Thursday, May 9, through Saturday, May 11 at the Maplewood Community Pool parking lot, 187 Boyden Ave. On May 9, the...
View ArticleProtecting the reservation for Arbor Day
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — The South Mountain Conservancy celebrated Arbor Day at the South Mountain Reservation on April 27, with volunteers doing clean up and planting in the Wildflower and Forest Preserve...
View ArticleMaplewood painting business does it all
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Whether you need your home painted, some carpentry work done or both, look no further than Wilber’s Painting in Maplewood. In Maplewood since 2008, Wilber’s Painting has offered...
View ArticleSouth Orange supports area veterans
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The village sponsored an off-station outing for veterans from the East Orange Veterans Administration. John Festa, center, arranged the event; Scott Egelberg, second from right,...
View ArticleAn evening of poetry in SO
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Award-winning poets Brenda Shaughnessy and Craig Teicher will launch the first season of Watershed Literary Events, sponsored by the Department of Cultural Affairs in South Orange,...
View ArticleBoard of Trustees candidates address voters at forum
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Academy Heights Neighborhood Association hosted eight of the nine challengers running for the South Orange Board of Trustees in a debate on April 24, allowing residents to learn...
View ArticleThe Cassidy: fresh food, eats from scratch, great climate
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The Villager dining team had a real treat last month: a restaurant review at The Cassidy in the heart of Maplewood, a spot kept beautiful and lively by the Maplewood Village Alliance....
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