Maplewood Garden Club presents ‘Basics of Butterfly Gardening’
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Whether you’re a gardener who wants to see more butterflies in your garden, a butterfly enthusiast who wants to bring that passion to the garden, or someone who simply wants to make...
View ArticleSOMSD fifth graders hear from civil rights pioneer
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — District fifth graders had the opportunity to hear from civil rights pioneer Lynda Blackmon Lowery at a Jan. 16 assembly at South Orange Middle School. This was part of the...
View ArticleImpact100 Essex awards $120,000 grant to MEND at annual meeting
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Impact100 Essex awarded its third annual grant to Meeting Essential Needs with Dignity, a network of 20 food pantries throughout Essex County, at its annual meeting held at Seton...
View ArticleMMS students honor King’s life and legacy
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — More than 800 Maplewood Middle School students and staff held the school’s 20th annual MLK Silent Peace March in remembrance of the work of Martin Luther King Jr. Students walked in...
View ArticleCommunity comes out in force to oppose amphitheater plan
CEDAR GROVE, NJ — Essex County officials held a public meeting on Jan. 21 about the proposed “conservation pavilion,” a 500-seat amphitheater to be built on the South Mountain Reservation northeast of...
View ArticleMaplewood celebrates Black History Month
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — In honor of Black History Month, the township of Maplewood has joined with local nonprofit, community and business partners to sponsor more than 30 artistic, cultural and educational...
View ArticleSHU grad open house on Feb. 22 to showcase programs aligned to job market
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Seton Hall University’s Graduate Open House on Saturday, Feb. 22, from noon to 3 p.m. at Bethany Hall, 400 South Orange Ave. in South Orange, will showcase master’s, doctoral and...
View ArticleSO Symphony fosters an early love of classical music
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Intermission at the South Orange Symphony’s concert on Jan. 26 was full of string plucking and trombone sliding, as the orchestra hosted a “musical petting zoo,” where children in...
View ArticleMaplewood’s own brand of TED Talks is on the way
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Eleven speakers are set to take the stage at the Burgdorff Center in Maplewood on Saturday, Feb. 29, for the first-ever TEDxMaplewood event, a spinoff of the famed online TED Talks. The...
View ArticleTwo CHS juniors display artwork at Kean University
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Columbia High School photography students Shakawath Hussain and Benji Rothman, both juniors, were chosen to exhibit their work in the 32nd annual Emerging Artist High School Art Exhibit...
View ArticleSOPD, ECPO investigate police officer’s use of force
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The South Orange Police Department Internal Affairs Unit and the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Professional Standards Bureau are actively investigating an officer’s use of force...
View ArticleReading ‘Spun: A Brother/Sister Rock Musical’
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — American Theater Group’s Reading Series brings theater-lovers together with playwrights and actors and offers audience members the exciting opportunity to help shape new works....
View ArticleSeton Hall business students conduct Adult School survey
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — They have the questions. You will have the answers next Saturday, Feb. 8, when graduate students from the Stillman School of Business at Seton Hall University survey local residents...
View ArticleSOMAS Children’s Summer Program: curiosity and fun abound
SOUTH ORANGE, 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 own classes —...
View ArticleCCR to discuss myths about physical racial differences
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The South Orange/Maplewood Community Coalition on Race Coffee House Discussion for Black History Month focuses on The New York Times 1619 Project essay, “Myths about physical racial...
View ArticleJoe Max Robinson Endowed Scholarship presents first award
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Joe Max Robinson Endowed Scholarship in the College of Communication and the Arts at Seton Hall University presented its first award to sophomore Priscilla Febus, from...
View ArticleJFS of MetroWest receives funds for groundbreaking Holocaust survivor care
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Jewish Family Service of MetroWest NJ announced it will receive a grant from the Jewish Federations of North America’s Center for Advancing Holocaust Survivor Care. When combined...
View ArticleStrollers bring ‘Wisdom’ back for Black History Month
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Five years after Maplewood theater company The Strollers staged a production of “How the World Got Wisdom,” its players are back at it again. The children’s theater production, a...
View ArticleSHU med school launches grant program to help deliver treatment breakthroughs
NUTLEY, NJ — The Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine at Seton Hall University, located in Nutley, has announced a $100,000 program to support network physicians and researchers working to develop...
View ArticleFree cardiac and concussion screenings for young athletes
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Matthew J. Morahan III Health Assessment Center for Athletes at RWJBarnabas Health will provide free cardiac and concussion baseline screenings to young athletes on Saturday,...
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