SOMSD seeks feedback for code of conduct
SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The South Orange-Maplewood School District released the letter below to the community, seeking input for its revised code of conduct: “SOMSD is in the final phase of...
View ArticleYoung musicians scale orchestral heights with YOEC
SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The South Orange and Maplewood communities are full of artistic opportunities for young people, one of which has been around for a long time. The Youth Orchestras of...
View ArticleBadlani Foundation urges stepped-up action
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Advocates in New Jersey are urging local leaders to step up their important work to reach Vision Zero — zero traffic deaths and severe injuries — in light of the recent release of a...
View ArticleNJ Transit adjusts weekday schedules
NEWARK, NJ — NJ Transit continues installation of positive train control equipment on its rail fleet. To accommodate this critical safety upgrade, weekday rail schedules are being adjusted to allow for...
View Article‘Legally Blonde’ staged by interACT this month
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — This month, interACT Theatre Productions presents “Legally Blonde The Musical.” The show runs through Saturday, May 19, at the Baird Theatre on Three, 5 Mead St. in South Orange....
View ArticleMay events at the Parenting Center
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The Parenting Center hosts several free groups and events at the Board of Education Building, 525 Academy St. in Maplewood. Monday, May 7, at 7 p.m., “Always Changing – A Lesson in...
View ArticleMaplewood chooses new BA
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The township announced last week that current Assistant Business Administrator Sonia Alves-Viveiros will be taking over as the township’s next business administrator. Appointed May 1,...
View ArticleA taste of Italy right in the heart of South Orange Village
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — When New Jersey Monthly closed the last round of voting for its pizza poll, an annual contest to determine who makes the best pizza in the state, South Orange’s Reservoir Restaurant...
View ArticleSHU director of Catholic Studies heads to Rome with Fulbright
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Ines Angeli Murzaku, professor of church history and director of the Catholic Studies program at Seton Hall University, has been selected by the J. William Fulbright Foreign...
View ArticleRedwood principal receives 2018 Allan Morehead Memorial Award
MONTCLAIR, NJ — Redwood Elementary School Principal Timothy Beaumont received the 2018 Allen Morehead Memorial Award from Montclair State University’s College of Education and Human Services at the...
View ArticleVanguard to hold gun-control benefit concert
MONTCLAIR, NJ — On Saturday, May 12, at 8 p.m., Vanguard Theater Company will present “Sing For Our Lives” at the First Congregational Church, 40 S. Fullerton Ave. in Montclair, to benefit Moms Demand...
View ArticleS. Orange bids farewell to familiar face
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Residents will no longer see the friendly face of Joe Kelly at the ticket window as they commute to and from work at the South Orange Train Station. Kelly retired April 23, after 42...
View ArticleNearly a decade in, Rent Party thrives
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — For nine years, Rent Party has been providing the South Orange-Maplewood community with “good music and cold beer at a reasonable price.” The nonprofit organization, founded by friends...
View ArticleTSTI volunteers assist 275 food pantry clients in one day
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Members of Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel in South Orange teamed up recently with volunteers from the Investors Bank and Summit Medical Group Foundation, based in Berkeley Heights, to...
View ArticleKimaya Kama brings styles of India to two towns
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Maplewood is 7,793 miles away from Mumbai, India, but Kimaya Salaskar has not let that stop her from stocking her storefront on Maplewood Avenue with clothing, jewelry and other items...
View ArticleCoben inducted into New Jersey Hall of Fame
ASBURY PARK — Bestselling mystery author Harlan Coben was inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame on May 6 at Paramount Theatre in Asbury Park. The author was born in Newark and grew up in...
View ArticleSOMA Star Athlete: Luke Jackson, CHS baseball team
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Columbia High School senior Luke Jackson is the starting third baseman on the varsity high school baseball team. Jackson has lived in Maplewood his entire life and baseball has always...
View ArticleSOMA Star Athlete: Jordan Stephan, CHS softball team
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Columbia High School senior Jordan Stephan of South Orange is a pitcher for the CHS softball team and for the Jersey Outlaws Gold. She has been playing softball since she was...
View ArticleCCR to hold neighborhood summit
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The South Orange/Maplewood Community Coalition on Race will hold a neighborhood summit, an evening to share ideas about creating and supporting neighborhood groups in town, on...
View ArticleTraffic calming conference in South Orange
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The South Orange Neighborhoods Association, in conjunction with South Orange Seniors, will hold a free conference at Seton Hall University on Saturday, June 9, from 12:30 to 3:30...
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