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Seth Boyden’s Halloween canceled, returns next day
File PhotoElementary school students play on Seth Boyden’s playground. MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE — Seth Boyden parents may have suffered a metaphorical whiplash last week after receiving a letter Oct. 13...
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Emerge NJ to train women to run for office
Photo Courtesy of Karen Hartshorn HiltonAbove, Emerge New Jersey 2014 Program members and Emerge New Jersey leaders celebrate their success. SOUTH ORANGE — It may be too late to run for office this...
View ArticleSHU withdraws variances application for Marylawn property
SOUTH ORANGE — Seton Hall University has withdrawn its application for use and bulk variances, previously filed with the South Orange Zoning Board of Adjustment, for the Marylawn site in South Orange....
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Ralphie May brings his off-brand humor to South Orange
Photo Courtesy of SOPACComedian Ralphie May, above, will be performing at the South Orange Performing Arts Center on Nov. 7 at 8 p.m. SOUTH ORANGE — Ralphie May is unlike most comedians. That is not...
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Four candidates vie for three open Board of Education seats
File PhotoIn the Nov. 4 Board of Education election, there are four candidates running for three open seats. At a September forum are candidates, from left, Elizabeth Baker, Maureen Jones, Dr. Godwin...
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SORS seeks help from public to fund new headquarters
File PhotoSouth Orange Rescue Squad Capt. Dan Cohen practices his skills on volunteer patients at a drill. The SORS, an all-volunteer group that provides emergency medical services to South Orange and...
View ArticleSmith, Baker, Jones elected by landslide
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE — The people have spoken, and they have elected Elizabeth Baker, Maureen Jones and Donna Smith to the South Orange-Maplewood Board of Education. The three women, all of whom were...
View ArticleCHS students taken to task over inappropriate behavior
MAPLEWOOD /SOUTH ORANGE — Columbia High School Principal Elizabeth Aaron chastised students over the loudspeaker Oct. 27 for their inappropriate behavior both at the CHS Homecoming football game on...
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Milly Iris dies at age 82
Milly Iris SOUTH ORANGE — Longtime South Orange resident Milly Iris, a founding member of the board of governors of South Orange Performing Arts Center and benefactor of the Herb & Milly Iris...
View ArticleSouth Orange Ave. to be closed Nov. 6, 7 and 11
SOUTH ORNANGE — South Orange Avenue between Cherry Lane/Brookside Drive and Wyoming Avenue will be closed to vehicular traffic from Thursday, Nov. 6, at 7 a.m. to Friday, Nov. 7, at 7 p.m., and...
View ArticleDistrict resolves civil rights complaint with agreement
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE — The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights announced Oct. 28 that it had entered into an agreement with the South Orange-Maplewood School District in order to...
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Village wants to lower speed limit on South Orange Ave.
Photo Courtesy of Sheena CollumSouth Orange Police Sgt. Michael Corrigan visits the South Orange Country Day School to show its students pedestrian safety tips. This is just one aspect of the work...
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CHS placed under lockdown due to student with weapon
Photo by Yael KatzwerColumbia High School was placed under a lockdown Nov. 10 due to reports of a student with a weapon in the school. The student was apprehended and no one was injured. A former...
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At Columbia, NJPA discusses civil rights
Photo by Sean QuinnResidents from Maplewood, South Orange and around the state gather at Columbia High School on Nov. 8 to discuss the strides made by the Civil Rights Movement and the mountains yet...
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Oheb Shalom hosts ‘Annelies’ concert in memory of teen
Photo Courtesy of Anne MatlackThe Harmonium Choral Society performs ‘Annelies’ at Oheb Shalom Congregation in South Orange on Nov. 8. By Shanee Frazier, Staff Writer SOUTH ORANGE — he universal power...
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Two teens arrested for incident that caused CHS lockdown
Photo by Yael KatzwerLast week, Columbia High School was placed under lockdown when the Maplewood Police Department received reports of two teenagers with weapons at the school. Shortly after the...
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HMR provides update on Village Hall renovation plans
Village Hall SOUTH ORANGE — Eric Holtermann of HMR Architects provided an update to the South Orange Board of Trustees at its Nov. 10 meeting regarding the Village Hall renovation. Later that night,...
View ArticleCCR author event addresses issues of regional inequity
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE — A Rutgers law professor told the South Orange-Maplewood Community Coalition on Race that the American Dream is being undermined by institutional discrimination, resulting in a...
View ArticleCherish the Ladies returns to SO, brings Christmas cheer with them
SOUTH ORANGE — A Christmas tradition was born last year at the South Orange Performing Arts Center when the critically acclaimed all-female Irish music group Cherish the Ladies wowed the audience at...
View ArticleSO’s Irvington Avenue corridor fetes new name at tree-lighting
SOUTH ORANGE — The Irvington Avenue Corridor Advisory Committee will cap off its inaugural year at a tree-lighting celebration Friday, Dec. 12, from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m., by celebrating both the...
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