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Updated File of Life cuts the guesswork out of emergencies
Photo Courtesy of Sheena CollumFile of Life packets were handed out at the South Orange Senior Citizens Advisory Committee meeting. From left are committee members Sandy Lublin, Natalie Hamilton and...
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Local teen is accepted into Debbie Allen Dance Academy
Kaylin Williams NEWARK, NJ — Kaylin Williams, 12, a dance student at the Maria Priadka School of Dance, recently received an acceptance into the Summer Intensive Program at the prestigious Debbie...
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SHU urges people to protect the planet
Photo by Sean QuinnSeton Hall University students join hands April 22 at the start of ECO-Fest, a celebration of the planet and an encouragement to conserve nature’s resources. SOUTH ORANGE, NJ —...
View ArticleEven with crime down in Essex County, murder statistics are still staggering
SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Earlier this month, the New Jersey State Police released the official 2013 Uniform Crime Report for the State of New Jersey. This annual report is based on crime...
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Residents come out to ‘Clean Up Green Up’ Seton Village
Photos Courtesy of Olivia Lewis ChangAbove left, Seton Hall University students volunteer at ‘Clean Up Green Up’ on April 26. By Shanee Frazier, Staff Writer SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Spring cleaning and...
View ArticleResidents to see 2.1-percent school tax increase
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The April 27 South Orange-Maplewood Board of Education meeting was eventful, to say the least. During the more than five-hour meeting, the board and administration...
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Cast your ballot: Collum or Hynes
Emily Hynes Sheena Collum SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — There is no question that South Orange will soon have its first female village president following the May 12 election, though which one of the two women...
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Village’s first female president: Collum
Sheena Collum SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The votes are in and Trustee Sheena Collum will be South Orange Village’s next president — and its first female president. On Tuesday, May 12, with 100 percent of the...
View ArticleSORS asks for community help to get grant
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The South Orange Rescue Squad is fighting for the chance to win a $25,000 grant to complete its new headquarters and it is asking the community for help in spreading the word and...
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Village, SHU roll out SOxSO arts festival plans, partnership
at the SOxSO press conference on May 6 are Brian Gottesman, Michael Zavada, Trustee Stephen Schnall, Dean Shot, Mike Griot, Tomas Doncker, Janine Buckner and Will Calhoun. SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — South...
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Local Gary Stein goes ‘off the cuff’ in new talk show
Photo Courtesy of Gary SteinGary Stein, left, interviews Ringo Starr in Los Angeles. SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — South Orange resident Gary Stein may be best known around South Orange and Maplewood as a...
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Allie Klein joins South Orange synagogue as assistant rabbi
Rabbi Allie Klein SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel in South Orange welcomes Rabbi Alexandra “Allie” Klein, who will join the synagogue’s clergy, effective July 1. Klein earned a master’s...
View ArticleBoard votes to recurb Newstead
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The South Orange Board of Trustees unanimously passed a resolution at its May 11 meeting to replace the curbs on certain streets in the north Newstead area. Resolution No. 2015-93...
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Youngest village president passes gavel
Photo Courtesy of Sheena CollumFormer Village President Alex Torpey, right, administers the oath of office to new Village President Sheena Collum on May 18. SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Village President Alex...
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After 30 years in district, SOMS art teacher to retire
Photo Courtesy of Ellen HarkSouth Orange Middle School teacher Ellen Hark instructs her students on how to recycle to make art. SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — South Orange Middle School art teacher Ellen Hark...
View ArticleQuestions, accusations swirl around SHU priest’s removal
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The priest who said he was dismissed from his position as campus ministry director at Seton Hall University in South Orange after posting a photo in support of an LGBT campaign on...
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Columbia High singers get national recognition for pipes
Ali Pease MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School choral program is coming to the end of an impressive school year, one which saw two of its students selected for prestigious National...
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CHS sees 40 percent PARCC opt-out, highest in district
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Between the first round of Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers testing and the second round, the opt-out rate in the South Orange-Maplewood...
View ArticleTown hall on school safety
MAPLEWOOD / SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Head on over to the Maplewood Middle School Auditorium, 7 Burnet St. in Maplewood, on Monday, June 8, from 7 to 9 p.m. for a town hall meeting on school safety. Recent...
View ArticleWO resident, SHU professor contributes to game-changing discovery
WEST ORANGE / SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — A Seton Hall University anthropology professor participating in a research team near Lake Turkana in Kenya has contributed to the discovery of the world’s oldest stone...
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