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Blues festival expands and rebrands in its fifth year
Photo Courtesy of Mike GriotThe rebranded Essex County South Mountain International Blues Festival will be held Sunday, Sept. 7, at the Reservation. Above, blues musicians perform at a previous South...
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Village hosts annual health fair for S. Orange residents
File PhotoMembers of the South Orange Rescue Squad man a booth at South Orange’s 2012 free health fair. This year’s fair will be Saturday, Sept. 6, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the South Orange...
View ArticleCHS to begin teaching CPR to students
MAPLEWOOD / SOUTH ORANGE — With the start of the new school year comes the implementation of two new state laws intended to keep students safe and prepared for a medical emergency. Assembly Bill A2072...
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Wyoming Avenue traffic patterns to change for 7 weeks
South Orange’s Wyoming Avenue, which becomes Gregory Avenue in West Orange, will be closed to through-traffic weekdays from Sept. 15 through Oct. 31 to allow New Jersey American Water to clean and...
View ArticleDeLuca, Torpey join effort to fight homelessness among American veterans
MAPLEWOOD / SOUTH ORANGE — As of the end of August, 13 New Jersey mayors — including Maplewood Mayor Vic DeLuca and South Orange President Alex Torpey — committed to ending homelessness among U.S....
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Leaders take food stamp challenge, object to SNAP cuts
Reuben Rotman, executive director of Jewish Family Services of Greater MetroWest NJ, speaks at a Sept. 8 press conference, explaining the food stamp challenge. WEST ORANGE / SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD —...
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SOPAC hires SHU alum as director of development
Vivian James SOUTH ORANGE — The South Orange Performing Arts Center announced last week that it has hired a Seton Hall University alumna as the center’s director of development. In the new role,...
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SHU may abandon plans to renovate Graves House
File Photo Although Seton Hall University attorney Kevin Coakley told the South Orange Zoning Board of Adjustment on Sept. 2 that the school has no ‘definitive intention’ to tear down the Graves...
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Village plans to switch to NJAW in 2017
Photo by Yael KatzwerAfter discussing South Orange’s current water issues and plans for the future, village attorney Steven Rother, far left, and village administrator Barry Lewis Jr., far right,...
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UPDATED: CHS teacher arrested for having sex with students
Nicole Dufault UPDATE: According to a release from the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office, released at 2:30 p.m. on Sept. 19, the number of alleged student victims with whom Nicole Dufault is accused of...
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HPC pens letter opposing possible sale of Village Hall
Village Hall SOUTH ORANGE — Members of the South Orange Historic Preservation Commission attended the Sept. 8 Board of Trustees meeting to oppose the possible sale of Village Hall. In a letter sent to...
View ArticleFinal Passaic River litigation defendant agrees to settlement, will pay millions
MAPLEWOOD / SOUTH ORANGE / WEST ORANGE — The New Jew Jersey Office of the Attorney General and N.J. Department of Environmental Protection announced Sept. 15 that the Occidental Chemical Corporation...
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Board of Ed candidates face off on issues at HNA forum
Photo by Yael KatzwerSouth Orange-Maplewood Board of Education candidates, from left, Elizabeth Baker, Maureen Jones, Godwin Molokwu and Donna Smith, discuss district issues at a Sept. 18 forum hosted...
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Judge denies bail reduction for Columbia High teacher
Nicole Dufault MAPLEWOOD / SOUTH ORANGE — On Friday, Sept. 26, Superior Court Judge Michael Ravin denied a request from Columbia High School teacher Nicole Dufault, 35, of Caldwell to reduce her bail....
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SOMS educators win teaching awards
Photo Courtesy of Elissa MalespinaElissa Malespina, former South Orange Middle School librarian, left, and Melissa Butler, a SOMS sixth-grade language arts teacher, celebrate winning Bammy Awards,...
View ArticleSouth Orange artists display work in Columbia High gallery
By Shanee Frazier, Staff Writer SOUTH ORANGE — Columbia High School students were given the opportunity to view the artwork of two well-known local artists right in their own halls with the opening of...
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Seven dogs need adoption
Photo Courtesy of Ruth Perlmutter SOUTH ORANGE — The Jersey Animal Coalition in South Orange will be closing its doors Tuesday, Nov. 11. In recent correspondence with the News-Record, JAC president...
View ArticleACLU files complaint with OCR against SOMSD
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE — Civil rights organizations filed a complaint Oct. 9 with the federal Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights urging an investigation into the South Orange-Maplewood...
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Board of Ed candidates discuss district issues at LWV forum
Photo by Yael KatzwerSouth Orange-Maplewood Board of Education candidates, from left, Elizabeth Baker, Maureen Jones, Godwin Molokwu and Donna Smith, debate issues facing the school district at an...
View ArticleAward-winning Maran entertains YMCA youngsters with her stories
By Shanee Frazier / Staff Writer SOUTH ORANGE/MAPLEWOOD — Maplewood preschoolers had the opportunity to hear original children’s stories from master storyteller and former South Orange resident Irene...
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