Take the LGBT Senior Housing and Care survey
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Green Hill Senior Living in West Orange, in collaboration with Garden State Equality, launched the LGBT Senior Housing and Care Needs Assessment Survey to New Jersey residents 55 and...
View ArticleAIDS benefit concert to be held in Maplewood
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Triad Arts Ensemble will present a Canticles for Life AIDS Benefit Concert on Sunday, April 15, at 7 p.m. at St. Joseph’s Church, 767 Prospect St. in Maplewood. The concert will feature...
View Article‘From Fleece to Cloth — Shearing, Spinning, and Weaving’
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Spinning, the art of twisting a fiber such as wool into thread or yarn, and weaving that thread or yarn to create cloth is a skill dating back thousands of years. On Sunday, April 15,...
View ArticleMaplewood Recreation hosts 34th annual egg hunt
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — On Saturday, March 25, Maplewood Recreation hosted it’s 34th annual spring egg hunt at Memorial Park. The weather was chilly, but the energy was high as children of all ages came to the...
View Article‘Soccer Town, USA’ with SOMAS
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — In a year when the United States men’s national team will miss out on the World Cup for the first time since 1986, join the South Orange-Maplewood Adult School and discover the story...
View Article‘Periods Gone Public’ at TSTI
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The National Council of Jewish Women, Essex County Section will present a special Dessert and Dialogue event, “Periods Gone Public: Taking a Stand for Menstrual Equity,” featuring...
View ArticleMaplewood oboist to perform with Hanover Wind Symphony
MORRISTOWN, NJ — As good as their orchestration is, the nonprofit Hanover Wind Symphony could not arrange for the recent nor’easter to avoid striking the area and forcing the postponement of the...
View ArticleOpen house at village apartments
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Village Apartments of the Jewish Federation, a senior living community in South Orange, will hold an open house for its new one-bedroom, one-bath apartments for adults 62 and older...
View ArticleDeLuca to speak at HNA meeting
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Mayor Vic DeLuca will speak at the Thursday, April 19, Hilton Neighborhood Association meeting at 7:30 p.m. at DeHart Community Center, 120 Burnett Ave. in Maplewood. His topic is...
View ArticleNo new info on shooting death on Springfield Ave.
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The investigation into the shooting death of Altariq A. Brown, 30, of Livingston is currently ongoing. Brown was shot at approximately 8:20 p.m. on Saturday, March 24, at Bradfords...
View ArticleTBJ to honor villagers
SHORT HILLS, NJ — South Orange residents Charles Oransky and Frederic Smith will be honored by Temple B’nai Jeshurun at a gala celebration commemorating the synagogue’s 170th anniversary on Thursday,...
View ArticlePierro Gallery presents ‘tech (in)dependent’
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Pierro Gallery presents “tech (in)dependent,” an art exhibition exploring people’s personal attachment to devices and the almost universal dependency on them from the perspective...
View Article‘Post No Bills’ leaves its mark at 1978 Arts Center
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — New art is hanging on the walls of the 1978 Maplewood Arts Center in a show that centers around hanging items on walls: “Post No Bills,” put together by the New Jersey Photography...
View ArticleMaplewood Rotary to honor Karen Weiland
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The Maplewood Rotary Club will honor Karen Weiland with its 2018 Citizenship Award at its Affair of the Heart dinner-dance on Friday, May 4, at 7 p.m. at the Maplewood Country Club....
View ArticleBOT unveils $37M budget
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Getting an earlier start this year than in previous years, the South Orange Board of Trustees introduced the 2018 municipal budget at its March 26 meeting. With a vote of 6-0, the...
View ArticleMaplewood river cleanup and community picnic
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Maplewood is holding its annual Rahway River Cleanup on Earth Day weekend. The cleanup will be Saturday, April 21, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Maplewood Memorial Park; the rain date...
View ArticleTC appoints DeVaul as new police chief
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — As part of the promised culture change in the Maplewood Police Department, the Maplewood Township Committee appointed acting Chief Jimmy DeVaul as the new police chief at the April 3...
View ArticleLocal NAACP unit celebrates 105th anniversary
WEST ORANGE, NJ — On Sunday, April 29, from 3 to 7 p.m., the Oranges and Maplewood Unit of the NAACP will celebrate its 105th anniversary. The 105th annual Freedom Fund event will be held at Wilshire...
View ArticleLocal scholarship winners to perform at Maplewood Glee Club’s spring concert
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Every spring since 1971, the Maplewood Glee Club awards a scholarship to a high school senior intending to study music in college and beyond. According to club scholarship Chairman...
View ArticleNine NJ choreographers to hold 2-day showcase at SOPAC
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Choreographers are a rare breed of innovators. Moving dancers through space with humor, passion, elegance and power is their specialty. Now, the New Jersey State Council on the Arts...
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