Two Towns Triathlon returns
SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The third annual Two Towns Triathlon for Kids will be Saturday, June 18. This community event is sponsored by the South Orange and Maplewood departments of recreation and...
View ArticleProposed bill could bring additional state aid to South Orange-Maplewood...
SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Assemblywoman Mila Jasey and Assemblyman John McKeon of District 27, which includes South Orange and Maplewood, have proposed a bill that would provide the South...
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Broadway comes to South Orange thanks to library’s Kalb
Photo by Shanee Frazier From left are performers Adam Zerihoun, Kate Dawson, Josephine Roberts and Joanna Young. SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Local residents were treated to a Sunday matinee on Broadway without...
View ArticleCentury of Columbia High School yearbooks now online
SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Maplewood Library’s collection of Columbia High School yearbooks is now available online at the library’s digital archive. The yearbooks date from 1915 to the present....
View ArticleSOMA students to receive two extra days of vacation time
SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Every year, the South Orange-Maplewood School District schedules three emergency school closing days. If the district uses fewer than the allotted three days, then “give...
View ArticleCome to the river on May 1
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — South Orange River Day is an annual, community gathering to clean up the village’s section of the Rahway River, celebrate South Orange, and promote environmental education and...
View ArticleMaplewood student exhibits gritty photos at SHU’s Walsh
Click to view slideshow. SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Some of the brightest stars in Seton Hall University’s arts program have an opportunity to shine in the Walsh Gallery’s all-student art...
View ArticleLocal doctor loses medical license for ‘gross malpractice’
UNION COUNTY, NJ — A North Jersey anesthesiologist, under criminal indictment for health care claims fraud, has been stripped of his medical license by the state Board of Medical Examiners for gross...
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Seton Hall honors students for service at home and around the world
Photo Courtesy of Bill Blanchard From left are Josephine Esteban, Brian Wreckler, Nicole Archibald, Jessica West, Ingrid Johnson, Amanda Cavanagh, Ashley Hahn and SHU President A. Gabriel Esteban....
View ArticleBlood drives in South Orange, Newark
SOUTH ORANGE / NEWARK, NJ — New Jersey Blood Services will be conducting a blood drive in Newark on Sunday, May 22, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Mantena Global Care, 294 Ferry St., and another blood...
View ArticleTrustees celebrate South Orange library, legacy
Click to view slideshow. SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The South Orange Public Library board of trustees held a staff appreciation party on April 27 at Toro Loco and a good time was had by all. The current board...
View ArticleSeton Hall participates in National Crime Victims’ Rights Week
Click to view slideshow. SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Crime can happen to anyone no matter their age, sex, race or financial status. Crime does not discriminate. Seton Hall University participated in National...
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HIB investigation at CHS is delayed
LeRoy Seitz SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — A parent of one of the former Columbia High School baseball players who was allegedly bullied by the coaching staff said he has not yet been interviewed by...
View ArticleTSTI members open homes to fellow congregants for Shabbat B’Bayit
Click to view slideshow. SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Eleven members of Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel in South Orange opened their homes on a recent Friday evening for Shabbat B’Bayit, or “Shabbat in the home.”...
View Article‘Big River’ opens this weekend in South Orange
Click to view slideshow. SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — InterACT Theatre Productions presents the musical “Big River” this month at the Baird Center in South Orange. The cast and crew, led by director and set...
View ArticleSpring tradition continues as Seton Village sets Clean Up, Green Up for May 7
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — To kick spring cleaning into high gear, the Seton Village Committee is organizing its annual cleaning and beautification event for the Irvington Avenue corridor on Saturday, May 7,...
View ArticleTowns remember horrors of Holocaust
Click to view slideshow. SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The atmosphere was somber yet uplifting at Congregation Oheb Shalom Sunday, May 1, as the South Orange-Maplewood community united to remember the victims of...
View ArticleMaplewood student exhibits gritty photos at SHU’s Walsh
Click to view slideshow. SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Some of the brightest stars in Seton Hall University’s arts program have an opportunity to shine in the Walsh Gallery’s all-student art...
View ArticleFour women honored for carrying on Sister Rose’s legacy
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Seton Hall University’s Sister Rose Thering Fund for Education in Jewish-Christian Studies marked the 10-year anniversary of the death of its namesake at its annual Evening of Roses...
View ArticleSouth Orange Seniors, SHU collaborate on documentary
Click to view slideshow. SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Cross-generational connections and inspirational perspectives were shared with the presentation of “SIX,” a documentary film created and edited by Seton Hall...
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