Be extra cautious as deer mating season gets underway
TRENTON, NJ — As deer mating season gets underway and it gets darker earlier, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection’s Division of Fish and Wildlife and the New Jersey Department of...
View ArticleWSOU kicks off ‘SkatesGiving’
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — To celebrate the connection between skateboard culture and the punk and metal music scenes, WSOU announces “SkatesGiving.” Throughout the month of November, listeners will have the...
View ArticleWSOU is honored twice at the 2020 National Student Production Awards
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — WSOU 89.5 FM, the student-run radio at Seton Hall University, won two awards in the College Broadcasters Inc.’s National Student Production Awards. The winners were announced during...
View ArticleMaplewood Memorial Library to receive $8.3M in state funding
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The Maplewood Memorial Library will receive $8.3 million in funding from the state to expand the Baker Street building, as Gov. Phil Murphy delivered a list of proposed projects to the...
View ArticleOfficials urge Murphy to join Transportation and Climate Initiative
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — More than 100 elected officials from New Jersey have signed a letter urging Gov. Phil Murphy to join the Transportation and Climate Initiative. In order to mitigate the harms of a...
View ArticleSeton Hall to host COVID-19 testing for Essex County
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — In partnership with the village of South Orange and Essex County, Seton Hall University will serve as a COVID-19 testing site. The county-provided testing, which comes on the heels...
View ArticleDCA announces award of $1.6 million in Main Street New Jersey grants
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — The New Jersey Department of Community Affairs announced Nov. 10 the award of $1.6 million in Main Street New Jersey COVID-19 relief grants to 11 business district management...
View ArticleCHS’ Parnassian Society to raise curtain on ‘Duplicity’
MAPLEWOOD / SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Parnassian Society, the award-winning drama club of Columbia High School, will continue its longstanding tradition of fall performances, opening “Duplicity,” by...
View ArticleCounty announces $2M grant program to help mortgage-payers
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Essex County is allocating $2 million for a grant program to help residential property owners from Essex County who have been negatively impacted by the coronavirus and are behind on...
View ArticleMMPC joins with Maplewood VFW to restore Vietnam Veterans Memorial
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — On Veterans Day, Nov. 11, the Maplewood Memorial Park Conservancy held a ribbon-cutting ceremony with the Maplewood Post 10120 VFW at the restored Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Memorial...
View ArticleTSTI teacher, Bloomfield resident publishes book
SOUTH ORANGE / BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Bela Barbosa, the social-emotional learning consultant at Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel in South Orange, is celebrating a new milestone with the synagogue community:...
View ArticleMaplewood moves back into COVID mitigation stage
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Mayor Frank McGehee said in a press release on Nov. 10 that Maplewood is moving back into the mitigation stage of the COVID-19 pandemic. The rising number of coronavirus cases in town...
View ArticleEssex County to receive $26.4M NJTPA grant for safety improvements
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Essex County will receive $26.4 million in federal grants from the North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority to make safety improvements at 39 intersections throughout Essex...
View ArticleDiVincenzo cancels 2021 Deer Management Program
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo Jr. announced on Friday, Nov. 20, that Essex County will not conduct its annual Deer Management Program to reduce the number of deer in the...
View ArticleCounty clerk certifies November 2020 election results
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — The results are in! Essex County Clerk Christopher Durkin has certified the November 2020 election results, in which 351,931 ballots were cast countywide. According to the clerk’s...
View ArticleOpen-air market draws shoppers to Springfield Ave.
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The Springfield Avenue Partnership has been hosting open-air markets since September, to allow for socially distant shopping, but this past weekend kicked off the business corridor’s...
View ArticleEO student competes in final round of Seton Hall’s ‘Shark Tank’
EAST ORANGE, NJ — East Orange High School student Nyla Cheeseboro was chosen as one of 11 students to compete in the final round of the Seton Hall University’s High School Pirates Pitch business...
View ArticleAutumnal fun in South Orange
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Sometimes there is nothing better than a giant pile of leaves. Charlie Paikert, a resident of Meadowbrook Lane in South Orange, captured this shot of his neighbors playing in a leaf...
View Article‘Nonstop Plants, a Garden for 365 Days’ with MGC
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — For nearly 30 years, Margaret Roach has worked to make her garden in the Hudson Valley area a visual treat every day of the year. On Monday, Dec. 7, at 7:30 p.m., in her slide...
View ArticleWSOU conducts dynamic food drive for the holidays
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — As the holiday season approaches, WSOU 89.5 FM has announced its latest goodwill project with the launch of a GoFundMe campaign to subsidize its annual holiday food drive. Dedicated...
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