SOPAC nominated for JerseyArts award
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — South Orange Performing Arts Center had been nominated for Favorite Small Performing Arts Center in the 2017 JerseyArts.com People’s Choice Awards. SOMA Film Festival, co-produced by...
View ArticleNCGW to hold annual Harambee breakfast
NEWARK, NJ — The National Council of Negro Women, Section of the Oranges, will celebrate its 34th Harambee breakfast on Saturday, Feb. 18, from 9 a.m. to noon at the Metropolitan Baptist Church, 149...
View ArticleRec director to speak at HNA meeting
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The Hilton Neighborhood Association’s Thursday, Jan. 19, meeting at 7:30 p.m. in DeHart Community Center, 120 Burnett Ave. in Maplewood, will feature Melissa Mancuso, recently appointed...
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‘Children of Eden’ on stage at The Woodland
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Front and Center for Performing Arts will present the musical “Children of Eden,” with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by John Caird, at The Woodland, 60 Woodland Road...
View ArticleYoung families enjoy Hanukkah celebration at TSTI
Click to view slideshow. SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel in South Orange threw a rocking Hanukkah party with an evening of fun for young families on Dec. 16, 2016. Children in preschool...
View ArticleNJAW, SO water contract goes into effect
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — On Jan. 1, South Orange Village switched water suppliers, leaving behind the oft-criticized East Orange Water Commission and forging ahead with New Jersey American Water. South...
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Durand-Hedden offers taste of history at annual open hearth cooking demo
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — In an annual tradition spanning 35 years, visitors have gathered around Durand-Hedden’s 18th-century hearth and experienced how Maplewood residents of long ago cooked, ate and kept warm...
View ArticleSouth Orange seniors enjoy the Roaring ’20s
Click to view slideshow. SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Residents of the Village Apartments of the Jewish Federation in South Orange stepped back in time at a Roaring ’20s-themed New Year’s party on Dec. 29....
View ArticleRWJBarnabas and Seton Hall host Write on Sports workshop
Click to view slideshow. NEWARK, NJ — A group of Write on Sports students from West Orange, East Orange, Hawthorne, Clifton and Newark put their journalism skills into practice during a Jan. 7 workshop...
View ArticleMaplewood to vote on remaining ‘welcoming community’
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Tomorrow, Jan. 17, the Maplewood Township Committee will vote on a resolution to express Maplewood’s commitment to equal, respectful and dignified treatment of all people, regardless of...
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Seton Hall Law School appoints new assistant dean
Ela Bochenek NEWARK, NJ — Seton Hall University School of Law appointed Ela Bochenek as its new assistant dean of graduate and professional education. In this position, Bochenek, who has a wealth of...
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CHS musician wins professional cello
Photo Courtesy of Judi BenvenutiMatthew Henegan with his new cello and his teacher, Cynthia Longley. MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Matthew Henegan, a Columbia High School student, has been studying cello since...
View ArticleSeton Hall Law offers new weekend JD program
NEWARK, NJ — Seton Hall University School of Law has announced a weekend JD program to make law school more accessible to working professionals. The weekend program, the only one of its kind in the New...
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‘Text Me,’ an exhibition about words and images
‘Text and Noise,’ by Michael Teters SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Pierro Gallery of South Orange presents “Text Me,” an exhibition about words and images, from Jan. 25 through March 4. There will be an...
View ArticleMaplewood Middle students walk for freedom and equality
Click to view slideshow. MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Maplewood Middle School students participated in the 17th annual Michele Turner Martin Luther King Jr. Silent Peace March on Friday, Jan. 13, in anticipation of...
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Sister Rose Thering Fund elects Woog to board
Photo Courtesy of Seton Hall UniversityRobert Woog, center, from South Orange, stands with fellow Trustee Marilyn Rosenbaum, left, from Livingston, and Chairwoman Deborah Lerner Duane, from Millburn....
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Officials seek public comment on Rahway River plan
The above photo shows some of the devastation wrought on Cranford following Tropical Storm Irene in 2011. Officials hope the Rahway River flood mitigation plan will prevent this from happening again....
View ArticleRoll Call! Is everyone present at SOMA’s comedy lab?
Click to view slideshow. SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — South Orange and Maplewood residents no longer have to travel to the comedy clubs of New York City for a good laugh, thanks to three funny...
View ArticleSOVCA provides 2016 overview, looks ahead at 2017
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The South Orange Village Center Alliance’s leaders presented their organization’s proposed 2017 budget to the South Orange Board of Trustees at the board’s Jan. 9 meeting. In...
View ArticleTwo towns unite to remember Dr. King
Click to view slideshow. SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The South Orange-Maplewood Community Coalition on Race united the two towns to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.’s message of love, equality and...
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