Police, firefighter unions send scathing letter to SOBOT; trustees and Collum...
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Locked in a feud with the New Jersey State Firefighters Mutual Benevolent Association and the New Jersey State Policemen’s Benevolent Association, the South Orange Board of Trustees...
View ArticleWhite accomplices stage die-in to protest white supremacy
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — On Friday, May 29, at the intersection of South Orange Avenue and SOPAC Way in South Orange, members of SOMA Justice staged a “die-in” to protest white supremacy, to honor victims of...
View ArticleCHS teacher goes on ‘I Miss My Students’ tour
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Columbia High School teachers and staff have been working around the clock to implement distance learning, and to ensure that the 2020 CHS seniors complete their necessary subject...
View ArticleMaplewood mourns Jerry Ryan’s death
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Maplewood lost a longtime resident and civil servant on May 27. Former Mayor and Committeeman Gerard “Jerry” Ryan, 59, died in his Maplewood home after succumbing to a three-year battle...
View ArticleMaplewood Boy Scouts help make face masks to donate
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — BSA Troop 5 of Maplewood was first chartered in 1920. To celebrate its 100th anniversary the troop had plans in place for a week-long camping trip this summer to Iceland. When the trip...
View ArticleMunicipal officials in Essex urge everyone to be counted
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Oct. 31 is still months away, but it’s fast approaching for the Census Bureau, and it’s the last day for residents to be counted in the 2020 census. The once-a-decade system for...
View ArticleCOVID-19 testing in Maplewood
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — In partnership with the township of Maplewood, Salerno Medical Associates is providing COVID-19 antibody testing at the Maplewood Office of Emergency Management, 129 Boyden Ave., with...
View ArticleDeVaul addresses George Floyd’s death
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Maplewood Police Chief Jimmy DeVaul released the following statement on June 3 in response to the death of George Floyd: “As chief of the Maplewood police, I would like to address the...
View ArticleEssex County law enforcement members denounce killing of George Floyd
NEWARK, NJ — Newark Mayor Ras Baraka recently stood in solidarity with the Association of Chiefs of Police of Essex County and Essex County Sheriff’s Department to denounce the actions of the...
View ArticleCamp Happy Times to operate remotely this summer
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — This summer, Camp Happy Times, like the majority of camps around the country, will become a place that engages kids cerebrally and looks to online opportunities for growth and...
View ArticleMaplewood FD and PD rescue three from devastating house fire
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Three people were injured — two seriously — from a Maplewood house fire on Tuesday, June 2, on Essex Avenue. On June 2 at approximately 3:20 a.m., Maplewood Fire Department responded to...
View ArticleSOMA Justice Family Protest occurs June 6
SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Members of the South Orange and Maplewood communities came together June 6 for the SOMA Justice Family Protest against racism. Photos Courtesy of Morgan Triska Media and...
View ArticleBlack Queer Lives Matter protest culminates in South Orange
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — “Black Lives Matter!” “Queer Lives Matter!” These words were shouted June 7 by more than a thousand protesters, who marched from Ivy Hill Park in Newark to Spiotta Park in South...
View ArticleFreeholders demand release of detainees held solely due to immigration status
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — On June 10, Essex County Freeholder President Brendan Gill and the Board of Chosen Freeholders approved a resolution demanding the Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and...
View ArticleMaplewood woman named Mompreneur of the Year
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Last year, Deanna Taylor-Heacock began a mission to cut back on waste in her Maplewood home. In an attempt to eliminate buying plastic shampoo bottles, laundry detergent containers,...
View ArticleCounty announces inaugural appointments to ECCF Civilian Task Force
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Essex County officials have appointed the nine inaugural members to the newly formed Essex County Correctional Facility Civilian Task Force. The appointments were made during the...
View ArticleDEP awards $19.4 million in annual Clean Communities grants
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection is awarding $19.4 million in annual Clean Communities grants to help municipalities and counties remove litter to beautify...
View Article13 area high school athletes earn best teammate honors
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center honored 34 student athletes from member high schools of the Super Essex Conference in a celebration of the qualities that made Yogi Berra a...
View ArticleSHU welcomes new provost, executive vice president
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Katia Passerini, a nationally recognized knowledge management scholar with extensive higher education experience, began her tenure as the new provost and executive vice president of...
View ArticleSHU social work professor launches ‘Lived Experience Project’
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Seton Hall University professor Widian Nicola, a licensed clinical social worker, has launched a Facebook Live series that will discuss weekly the “lived experience” of black...
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