WO Planning Board recommends changes to amphitheater plan
WEST ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The West Orange Planning Board made seven recommendations to Essex County when the plan for a 500-seat amphitheater was presented at a Jan. 8 courtesy hearing featuring...
View ArticleFree concert for the whole family in South Orange
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — South Orange Symphony will hold its free family concert Sunday, Jan. 26, at 3 p.m. in the main auditorium of South Orange Middle School, 70 N. Ridgewood Road, South Orange. Susan...
View ArticleResidents from the two towns rally for more restrictive gun laws
SUMMIT, NJ — Residents from Essex and Union counties gathered Jan. 13 at Beacon Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Summit to hold a vigil in honor of the victims of gun violence, before turning the...
View ArticleBooks sales upcoming at Maplewood Library
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Friends of Maplewood Library is holding some upcoming book sales at the Main Library, 51 Baker St. Bag-of-books sale on Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 25 and 26, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Entry...
View Article‘SO Healthy’ campaign launches in the village
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — To boost healthy community activities during the winter, the village of South Orange, South Orange Village Center Alliance and Seton Hall University are partnering to launch a “SO...
View ArticleSOCO honors beloved community members for MLK Day
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The South Orange Civic Organization held its 50th Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration on Jan. 12 at South Orange Middle School. Beloved Community Awards were presented to Adunni...
View ArticleMAPSO storytellers share at event that benefits hunger-relief efforts
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The MAPSO Storytelling Show returns to the Burgdorff Cultural Center, 10 Durand Road in Maplewood, on Saturday, Jan. 25, at 8 p.m. The show revolves around real stuff that happens to...
View ArticleBank’s sponsorship to support SOPAC programming for next 3 years
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — South Orange Performing Arts Center, now celebrating its 14th season, recently announced a sponsorship from BCB Bank to support SOPAC programming for the current season and the...
View ArticleU.S. News ranks Seton Hall program among top 20 in nation
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — U.S. News and World Report has once again recognized Seton Hall University’s online graduate nursing program as one of the top programs for 2020, ranking Seton Hall at 17th in the...
View ArticleSOMA celebrates women’s history
SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Women officials in Maplewood and South Orange, in partnership with the area business districts, have relaunched SOMAWomen.org, the official website of SOMA Celebrates...
View ArticleProsecutor’s office offers high school summer internships
NEWARK, NJ — The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office is seeking high school juniors to participate in the annual ECPO summer internship program. This five-week program is designed to expose high school...
View ArticleDurand-Hedden offers taste of history
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — In an annual tradition spanning more than 35 years, visitors have gathered around Durand-Hedden’s 18th-century hearth and experienced how Maplewood residents of long ago cooked, ate and...
View ArticleSOBOT honors DeLuca with proclamation
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The South Orange Board of Trustees honored former Maplewood Mayor Vic DeLuca at its Jan. 13 meeting with a proclamation, on behalf of the board and South Orange community, thanking...
View ArticleFormer CHS teacher enters guilty plea to sexual contact
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Former Columbia High School teacher Nicole Dufault, 40, entered a guilty plea before Superior Court Judge Michael Ravin to three counts of aggravated criminal sexual contact, according...
View ArticleWeber settles into his new role as Maplewood fire chief
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — It’s been a little over two months since Michael Weber took over as chief of the Maplewood Fire Department, after former Chief Michael Dingelstedt retired at the end of October. Weber...
View ArticleCongressmen reintroduce proposed fire safety act at SHU
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Twenty years after a fire at Seton Hall University’s Boland Hall claimed three people’s lives and injured more than 50 others, survivors of the fire and U.S. Reps. Bill Pascrell and...
View ArticleMLK celebration highlights his message, student tenacity
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Residents of Maplewood and South Orange packed the auditorium of Columbia High School on Jan. 20 to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day, an annual event hosted by the Community...
View ArticleWords Bookstore named finalist for 2020 Bookstore of the Year
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Publishers Weekly announced recently that Words Bookstore in Maplewood has been selected as one of five finalists for Bookstore of the Year. Words was chosen from a group of 2,500...
View ArticleS. Mtn. Y to launch its 2020 campaign
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The South Mountain YMCA will “Light the Way” with its 2020 annual campaign kickoff on Friday, Feb. 7, from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Civic House, 124 Dunnell Road in Maplewood. There will be...
View Article‘The ABCs of Kindergarten’ welcome event
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The South Orange-Maplewood School District will hold an information session on “The ABCs of Kindergarten” on Saturday, Feb. 1, from 10 to 11 a.m. at Seth Boyden School, 274 Boyden Ave....
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