South Orange community plants Remembrance Garden at SOPL
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — A cold and windy Earth Day didn’t stop South Orange residents from stopping by the library on April 22 for Makers Mayhem, where they could play games, do crafts and plant flowers in...
View ArticleCHS students speak out about sexual harassment, the need for better education...
SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Students and staff at Columbia High School asked the South Orange–Maplewood Board of Education and district administrators to address sexual assault and harassment among...
View ArticleWatershed Literary Events to feature poets from SOMA
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Watershed Literary Events, a spoken-word series sponsored by the Department of Cultural Affairs in South Orange, will host its second virtual reading of the year on Sunday, May 16,...
View ArticleCivil rights icon to speak at Seton Hall
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Bernard LaFayette Jr. will speak at Seton Hall University as part of the South Orange Community Care & Justice initiative’s Peace and Community Justice speaker series. The event...
View ArticleColumbia HS named a ‘most influential public high school’
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Columbia High School was ranked No. 21 among 50 of the most influential public high schools in the United States by Academic Influence. CHS was identified as a top 50 U.S. public high...
View ArticlePingry School senior from South Orange recognized by Princeton Prize
BASKING RIDGE, NJ — Pingry School seniors Monica Chan, of Chatham, and Luc Francis, of South Orange, each earned a certificate of accomplishment from the Princeton Prize in Race Relations for Northern...
View ArticleMeadowland Park Conservancy gets twisted
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — To celebrate National Pretzel Day and continue its new tradition of recognizing offbeat national recognition days, the Meadowland Park Conservancy in South Orange welcomed a happy,...
View ArticleSOMA celebrates AAPI Heritage Month
SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — South Orange Village and Maplewood Township, together with SOMA Cross Cultural Works and the AAPI community, unite to recognize and celebrate Asian American and Pacific...
View ArticleSouth Orange Republican Women to hold pre-election Zoom session
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The newly-formed South Orange Constitutional Republican Women, an educational civic association, will hold a Zoom session on Saturday, May 8, from 10 to 11 a.m. to give attendees a...
View ArticleCounty breaks off contract with ICE to make room for UC prisoners
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Just one week after announcing that the Essex County Correctional Facility will begin housing detainees from Union County effective July 1, Essex County Executive Joseph N....
View ArticleFour candidates vie for three seats on the South Orange BOT
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — This coming Tuesday, May 11, South Orange residents will go to the polls to elect three of four candidates to serve on the South Orange Board of Trustees. Running a joint campaign...
View ArticleEast Orange starts summer enrichment programs for students early
EAST ORANGE, NJ — Designed to mitigate the social and emotional learning loss suffered by junior high and high school students due to the coronavirus pandemic, the city of East Orange began its summer...
View ArticleSOMA BOE passes budget with 3.2-percent tax increase
SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The South Orange–Maplewood Board of Education passed the 2021-22 budget, which came in at $159,683,232, at its May 3 meeting. The measure passed with a vote of 5-3; BOE...
View ArticleDozens of NJ clergy file state Supreme Court brief about harm of racial...
TRENTON, NJ — More than five dozen clergy members spanning 15 New Jersey counties filed a brief at the New Jersey Supreme Court, represented by the ACLU-NJ, that urges justices to take bold action to...
View ArticleMaplewood firefighters take advantage of good weather to train
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Maplewood Fire Department Platoon 4 took advantage of the beautiful spring weather on May 7 to conduct some pump training and flow some water. Photos Courtesy of Maplewood NJ FMBA L-25
View Article$15.4M available in Essex to through Emergency Rental Assistance Program
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo Jr. announced that Essex County is now accepting applications for the 2021 Essex County Emergency Rental Assistance Program. There is...
View ArticleMedical marijuana dispensary opens on Springfield Avenue in Maplewood
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — A medical marijuana dispensary opened on Springfield Avenue in Maplewood on May 7, expanding the footprint of where residents in the area can legally buy marijuana. The Apothecarium is...
View ArticleWarren Court Art Walk this coming weekend in South Orange
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Warren Court Art Walk will be Saturday, May 22, Sunday, May 23, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Montrose Park Historic District of South Orange. Local artists Sybil Archibald,...
View ArticleBloomfield College president recognized with NAACP award
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Bloomfield College President Marcheta P. Evans was bestowed with a President’s Award as a “thought leader” by the Oranges and Maplewood Branch of the NAACP at its 108th annual Freedom...
View ArticleColumbia High School to hold Lavender Graduation this June
SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — As part of annual June Pride Month celebrations across SOMA and Essex County, Maplewood and South Orange are again partnering with the South Orange–Maplewood School...
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