‘Screenagers,’ the conversation continues
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The impact of constant exposure to digital screens on developing minds and how to combat this will be the topic of a discussion on Thursday, Dec. 8, at 7:30 p.m. in the South Orange...
View ArticleSMC to co-host holiday party
MILLBURN, NJ — Don’t start your winter hibernation just yet. The South Mountain Conservancy, Cora Hartshorn Arboretum and Greenwood Gardens invite the public to a joint holiday season celebration on...
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TSTI hosts professor to discuss anti-Semitism in France
Robert Zaretsky SOUTH ORANGE — Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel in South Orange will host Robert Zaretsky, professor of history at the Honors College, University of Houston, for its monthly Shabbat Service...
View ArticleThird annual South Orange Health and Fitness Challenge offered
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ – The Village of South Orange is once again leading the charge for a healthier year ahead with SOFit17, the third annual South Orange Health and Fitness Challenge. The theme of...
View ArticleBOE almost doesn’t allow ‘public speaks’
SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The Nov. 21 special meeting of the South Orange-Maplewood Board of Education introduced its new strategic action plan, but the matter of “public speaks,” the public...
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CHS to host 36-team robotics qualifier on Dec. 4
Photo Courtesy of CHS Robotics ClubColumbia High School Robotics Club coach Allan Tumolillo hangs out with the CHS Cougar. MAPLEWOOD, NJ — On Sunday, Dec. 4, the Columbia High School Robotics Club...
View ArticleWinter wonderland at the Maplewood Library
Click to view slideshow. MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Midtown Direct Rep performers Ed Bolin and Allison Posner will help craft a Winter Wonderland Library Foundation event at Maplewood Memorial Library, 51 Baker...
View ArticleMan arrested for trying to steal child’s backpack
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Today, Dec. 2, at approximately 8:15 a.m., a student of Seth Boyden School reported that a male had attempted to take his backpack while he was walking to school on Jacoby Street,...
View ArticleAmid bullying scandal, district hires new baseball coach
SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The South Orange-Maplewood Board of Education unanimously approved the hiring of James Whalen as the new head baseball coach for Columbia High School during its Nov. 16...
View ArticleMault returns from sea, raises funds for cancer research
Click to view slideshow. WEST ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The West Orange resident who embarked on a 5,000-mile trans-Atlantic voyage aboard a 105-year-old tall ship to raise money for the American Brain...
View ArticleStudio B’s Bizarre Bazaar returns
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Forty talented artists, crafters and collectors will gather at The Woodland, 60 Woodland Road in Maplewood, for the 2016 Studio B Holiday Bizarre Bazaar on Sunday, Dec. 11, from 10 a.m....
View ArticleSchool district unveils strategic action plan
MAPLEWOOD / SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The majority of the Nov. 21 special meeting of the South Orange-Maplewood Board of Education was spent presenting the district’s new strategic action plan. The plan was...
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TSTI hosts insightful and timely lecture
Photo Courtesy of TSTITemple Sharey Tefilo-Israel Rabbi Daniel Cohen, left, welcomes Rabbi Donniel Hartman. SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel in South Orange, in partnership with the...
View ArticleJoin Beth El for a Lego menorah build
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Join your neighbors at Congregation Beth El, 222 Irvington Ave. in South Orange, as everyone builds a giant 14-foot menorah from Legos and lights it on Sunday, Dec. 11, from 2:30 to...
View Article1978 to hold its annual Art Shop
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — 1978 Maplewood Arts Center is holding its annual holiday Art Shop, featuring small-scale, affordable, original artwork and crafts by local and regional artists. There will be an opening...
View ArticleMayors Council to head to D.C. to push flood mitigation plan along
ESSEX / UNION COUNTIES, NJ — The Mayors Council on Rahway River Watershed Flood Control will head to Trenton this week to meet with Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Robert Martin on...
View ArticleCelebrate the holiday season at Durand-Hedden
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Celebrate the season at the Durand-Hedden House & Garden on Sunday, Dec. 11, from 1 to 4 p.m. with gingerbread houses, a paper ornament activity, treats and shopping. Gingerbread...
View ArticleECPO to host information session on procedures for officer-involved fatal...
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office will hold an information session on Tuesday, Dec. 13, at 7 p.m. to provide an overview of what happens in Essex County when an officer is involved...
View ArticleHNA holds annual holiday celebration
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The Hilton Neighborhood Association’s Thursday, Dec. 15, holiday celebration will take place at 7:30 p.m. in DeHart Community Center, 120 Burnett Ave. in Maplewood. The evening will...
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Sweet Leo’s sees tangible results
Photo Courtesy of Madison Welch MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Leo Bernstein Jasper,12, of Maplewood is joined by Millburn resident and Valerie Fund Executive Director Barry Kirschner as Leo donated more than $300...
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