Funding sources of new STEM Innovation Academy clarified
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — After the new Science Technology Engineering and Math Innovation Academy of the Oranges unofficially opened in the old Marylawn School on Scotland Road in South Orange on Monday,...
View ArticleSO house fire results in fatality
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert Laurino, South Orange Fire Chief Daniel Sullivan and South Orange Police Chief Kyle Kroll announced that authorities are investigating a fatal...
View ArticleSouth Orange shows Irish pride
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Our Lady of Sorrows School of South Orange marches in West Orange’s 67th annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Sunday, March 18. The post South Orange shows Irish pride appeared first on...
View ArticleRahway flood plan moves to New England corps for help
ESSEX AND UNION COUNTIES — The multimillion-dollar plan to mitigate major flooding along the Rahway River has reached the final approval stage and, to help move the project along, the review process...
View ArticleMeet Essex County’s mayors
LIVINGSTON, NJ — The eighth annual Essex County Meet the Mayors Event will be Saturday, April 7, from 9 to 11 a.m. at Westminster Hotel, 550 West Mt. Pleasant Ave. in Livingston. The mayors of all 22...
View ArticleStudents walk out, protest gun violence
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Columbia High School students walked out of their classrooms on the morning of March 14 to stand in solidarity with high schools around the country as they protested gun violence in the...
View ArticleMaplewood officially opens senior center on Burnett
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The Maplewood Senior Center officially opened its doors Saturday, March 17. Maplewood’s senior citizens gathered at the Burnett Avenue building, formerly the Maplewood Baptist Church,...
View ArticleDiscuss film noir with SOMAS
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — More of an attitude than a genre, film noir began in Hollywood in the 1940s — though it wasn’t named until the French critics rediscovered it in the 1950s. Full of rain-swept streets,...
View ArticleSOMSD students win regional Scholastic Art & Writing awards
SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Seven Columbia High School and two South Orange Middle School students recently won regional Scholastic Art & Writing awards for excellence in visual arts and...
View ArticleLivingston man shot to death in Maplewood
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino and acting Maplewood Police Chief Jimmy DeVaul announced March 25 that the Maplewood Police Department and the Essex County Prosecutor’s...
View ArticleSHU med school is now accepting applications
NUTLEY, NJ — The Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine at Seton Hall University, the only private medical school to open in New Jersey, is now accepting applications for its first class to begin in...
View ArticleCHS students thank governor for support
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Columbia High School sophomores Olivia VandeVusse and Anna Williams thank Gov. Phil Murphy for his support for ending gun violence at a recent march calling for stricter gun laws....
View ArticleSouth Orange author scores at Words
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — South Orange resident and author Charles Paikert read excerpts from his new book “Madness: The Ten Most Memorable NCAA Basketball Finals” at Words Bookstore in Maplewood on March 17 —...
View ArticleSOFD extinguishes Hoskier Road blaze with mutual assistance
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The South Orange Fire Department responded to a radio report from 9-1-1 dispatch of a structure fire at 9 Hoskier Road at approximately 3:30 p.m. on Monday, March 26. Arriving fire...
View ArticleKwame Alexander comes to Maplewood
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — New York Times bestselling and Newbery Award-winning author Kwame Alexander will appear at Words Bookstore, 179 Maplewood Ave. in Maplewood, on Tuesday, April 3, at 5 p.m. to introduce...
View ArticleSO’s Abrams selected as Next Gen fellow
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Creating meaningful experiences that engage young adults with the Jewish community is among Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest NJ’s most important priorities. It’s part of a...
View ArticleYMCA celebrates multitude of donations
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — In just six weeks, staff and members at the seven Metropolitan YMCA of the Oranges branches raised 70 percent of the organization’s $1,125,000 annual campaign goal. “This achievement is...
View ArticleLions donate hoods to MFD
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The Maplewood Fire Department can take a breath of fresher air thanks to the Maplewood Lions Club. This March, the club donated to the Maplewood Fire Department brand new,...
View ArticleTSTI holds April events
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel invites the public to several free programs in April. Advance reservations for these programs are requested; details and online reservation forms are on...
View ArticleMaplewood MS students walk out
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Maplewood Middle School eighth-graders participated in the National School Walkout on March 14. In addition to sharing their thoughts on gun violence, students read the names of those...
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