Chickering unveils ‘Twisted Family Values’ at Words
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Local author V.C. Chickering read from and signed copies of her second novel, “Twisted Family Values,” at Words Bookstore on june 21. Prior to discussing her book, Chickering and her...
View Article‘Bridges of Madison County’ is excellent theater at SOPAC
By Debbie Hochberg / Theater Reviewer SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Playing at the South Orange Performing Arts Center through June 30, “The Bridges of Madison County,” directed and choreographed by Merete...
View ArticleWSOU-FM clothing drive collects record number of donations
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — WSOU 89.5 FM, the student-run radio station at Seton Hall University, set a new record for donations to its annual clothing drive for Our Lady of the Sioux Church on the Pine Ridge...
View ArticleCommunity leader Carol Buchanan dies at age 76
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Carol Buchanan was remembered during the weekend as a community leader and a friend; the longtime Maplewood resident and Hilton Neighborhood Association president died June 15 of...
View ArticleKids and teens, design your new SOPL card!
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The July 15 deadline is approaching for children and teens to enter the contest to design South Orange Public Library’s new child and teen cards. With the new cards, children and...
View ArticleCHS fishermen win 3rd place in Gov.’s Cup
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The closest body of water to Columbia High School is the Rahway River, which runs through South Orange and Maplewood on its 24-mile journey to the Arthur Kill between Staten Island and...
View ArticleBag-of-books sale at Maplewood Library
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Friends of the Maplewood Library will hold a bag-of-books sale on Saturday, July 13, and Sunday, July 14, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Maplewood Memorial Library, 51 Baker St. Many...
View ArticleOstrowsky and Goldman named NJPAC board co-chairs
NEWARK, NJ — RWJBarnabas Health President and CEO Barry H. Ostrowsky, of South Orange, and New York City resident Steven M. Goldman, a senior partner in the corporate department at Kramer Levin...
View Article5K run raises funds for children with cancer, blood disorders
VERONA / WEST ORANGE, NJ — On Saturday, June 8, more than 4,000 supporters joined together in a one-mile walk around Verona Park to celebrate the courage and resilience of children in the area being...
View ArticleBOE passes LRFP, turf fields
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The South Orange-Maplewood Board of Education unanimously passed the $158.9 million Long Range Facilities Plan at its June 13 meeting, allowing the plan to move forward and the district...
View ArticleCodey addresses JCHC annual dinner, focuses on ‘quality senior living’
LIVINGSTON, NJ — The Jewish Community Housing Corporation of Metropolitan New Jersey held its board of trustees annual meeting on June 17 with State Sen. Richard Codey as the featured speaker. The...
View ArticleSOVCA appoints Julie Doran as new executive director
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The South Orange Village Center Alliance has named Julie Doran as its new executive director, effective Aug. 19. Doran joins SOVCA, the nonprofit organization that manages South...
View ArticleMark Packer ends tenure as executive director at SOPAC
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Concluding six years as South Orange Performing Arts Center’s executive director, Mark Packer left the position June 30, the close of the fiscal year. In the meantime, Dee Billia has...
View ArticleAssembly approves bill to create sensitivity training program for HS coaches
TRENTON, NJ — Aiming to reduce incidents of harassment in high school athletic programs, a bill sponsored by Assembly Democrats Benjie Wimberly, Valerie Vainieri Huttle and Mila Jasey to establish a...
View ArticleCounty opens new vocational tech lab at Sojourn HS
NEWARK, NJ — Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo Jr. announced June 26 that students at Sojourn High School, the alternative school in the Essex County Juvenile Detention Center, will be able to...
View ArticleMaplewood firefighter injured in 2-alarm house fire on Brown St.
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The Maplewood Fire Department responded June 30 at 12:20 a.m. to 7 Brown St. for a reported fire, according to a press release from the department. While responding, Maplewood police...
View ArticleKay appointed director of campus ministry at Seton Hall
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Father Colin Kay, parochial vicar of The Church of Saint Anne in Fair Lawn and chaplain to Bergen Catholic High School, has been named director of the campus ministry at Seton Hall...
View ArticleSeventeen adults become b’nai mitzvah at TSTI
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — On June 22, 17 adult members of Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel in South Orange celebrated their bar and bat mitzvahs at a special service at the Reform synagogue. The members, ranging...
View ArticleSeton Hall selected as Greenleaf Center’s new home
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Following a national search, the Robert K. Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership, the leading international nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing the awareness,...
View ArticleS. Orange moves ahead with affordable housing plans
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — South Orange Village President Sheena Collum provided an update on affordable housing to the Board of Trustees and the public at the BOT meeting on June 24, saying that South Orange...
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