Lewis to leave village for job in Livingston
SOUTH ORANGE / LIVINGSTON, NJ — South Orange Village Administrator Barry Lewis Jr. will be moving on to work in the same position in nearby Livingston, after spending six years in the South Orange...
View ArticleTriple the awards for Columbia’s Guildscript!
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The Columbia High School art and literary magazine, Guildscript, has received three awards of distinction for its 2017 edition! Two of the awards are from the American Scholastic Press...
View ArticleTake care, be on the lookout for flu and ‘flumps’
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — According to the New Jersey Department of Health, there is a lot of influenza activity in every region of the state. While the number of cases is typical for this time of the year...
View ArticleMaplewood Pool membership fees to rise
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The Maplewood Township Committee members voiced agreement at their Feb. 6 meeting to raise Maplewood Community Pool membership rates in an effort to close a shortfall of approximately...
View ArticleTSTI to hold blood drive
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel, located at 432 Scotland Road in South Orange, invites adults to help area hospitals by donating blood on Sunday, Feb. 25, from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m....
View ArticleCelebrate Asian culture at Lunar Fest NJ
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — SOMA Cross-Cultural Works will host Lunar Fest NJ, to celebrate the Year of the Dog, on Sunday, March 4, from noon to 6 p.m. at The Woodland, 60 Woodland Road in Maplewood. This free...
View ArticleTimberlake’s freeholder seat remains vacant for now
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — A seat on the Essex County Board of Chosen Freeholders remains open after Britnee Timberlake, a former president of the Board, filled the seat in the New Jersey State Assembly left...
View ArticleMaplewood Rec brings camelid heartthrob to town
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Some people go out to dinner on Valentine’s Day. Others prefer a quiet evening at home. The Maplewood Recreation Department chose a mid-day date with an alpaca for the Maplewood Senior...
View ArticleCatholic business leaders: keeping faith front and center at Seton Hall
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Catholic studies program along with The Stillman School of Business and The Center for Catholic Studies present “Catholic Business Leaders: Keeping Faith Front and Center” on...
View ArticleWords owners to receive Spirit Award for autism advocacy
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The Autism Science Foundation, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to supporting and funding innovative autism research, recently announced that Marjorie Madfis, founder of Yes She...
View ArticleMaplewood teen helps collect cereal for the hungry
WATCHUNG, NJ — Members of the Helping Other People Everywhere Club at Mount Saint Mary Academy in Watchung recognized the importance of aiding local families in need by collecting more than 250 boxes...
View ArticleTSTI students travel south to learn more about civil rights movement
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The 11th- and 12th-grade students at Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel were immersed in the American civil rights movement of the 1960s on a recent trip to Alabama and Georgia, in honor of...
View ArticleBus driver dies following crash in Maplewood
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino announced Feb. 20 that authorities are investigating a motor vehicle crash involving an NJ Transit bus and a garbage truck in Maplewood....
View ArticleWorrall Media pair wins NJPA awards
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Yael Katzwer, the managing editor of the News-Record of Maplewood and South Orange, as well as the West Orange Chronicle, and Rebecca Panico, a Union County LocalSource staff writer,...
View ArticleState Council on the Arts honors Maplewoodian’s 1st play
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The New Jersey State Council on the Arts recognized 18 New Jersey artists with Individual Artists Fellowships, among them local playwright Rachel Diken. The Maplewood resident won a...
View ArticleSHU invites public to teachers’ study day
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Jewish-Christian Studies Graduate Program at Seton Hall University invites educators and other interested individuals to the professional development study day, “Jews and...
View ArticleMaplewood native trains for her first marathon
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Amy French has been running along the banks of the Charles River in Boston for the last few months, gearing herself up for the 26.2 miles she will traverse when the starting gun sounds...
View ArticleMaplewood police increase CHS presence
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The Columbia High School community was already on edge by the time news broke of the school shooting in Parkland, Fla., in which 17 were murdered and more than a dozen more were injured...
View ArticleSOMS deals with inappropriate classroom comments on race
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The South Orange-Maplewood School District’s ongoing struggles with racial parity and inclusiveness earned another notch on Thursday, Feb. 15, when South Orange Middle School...
View ArticleBeth El to host ‘Big Quiz Thing’ event
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — On Saturday, March 3, at 8:30 p.m., Big Quiz Thing’s professional quizmaster and Beth El member Eric De Picciotto will host a night of trivia at Congregation Beth El, 222 Irvington...
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