MAPLEWOOD, NJ — On Sunday, March 15, the Columbia High School Robotics Club will send three teams to the FIRST Tech Challenge New Jersey State Championship, known as The Garden State Rumble. This year, they will again have the honor of hosting the event at Columbia High School, 17 Parker Ave. in Maplewood. Columbia’s senior […]
By Svanfridur Mura / Youth Correspondent MAPLEWOOD, NJ — On Saturday, March 7, more than a dozen young people and adults set to work in a room in the Maplewood Senior Center. Scattered among tables, the air thrummed with a steady stream of calls and in a corner a lively discussion about gun control drifted […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — While other students were heading off for spring break, students from Seton Hall University’s WSOU 89.5 FM took time on Feb. 28 to volunteer at the Community FoodBank of New Jersey. The team of station staff members sorted and packed food for distribution to food pantries, soup kitchens and families throughout […]
LIVINGSTON, NJ — This February marked the Essex County Education Association’s 23rd annual art exhibition at the Livingston Mall and several South Orange and Maplewood students were chosen to represent the district. The show ran from Feb. 28 through March 6. From South Mountain Annex and Clinton Elementary School, with art teacher Tara Kanter, participating […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — American women won the right to vote only 100 years ago — and only after a struggle lasting more than 70 years. On Sunday, March 15, from 1 to 4pm, visit Durand-Hedden’s new exhibit honoring the hard-won fight for votes for women to learn about the origins of women’s suffrage and modern […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — On Saturday, March 28, attend a “Let Your Yoga Dance” and social gathering to raise funds for Maplewood native Donny Gialanella, who currently lives in Florida. This event will raise money for a brain operation for Gialanella, who has aggressive tremor-dominant Parkinson’s disease. The event, hosted by Jane and Walt Wiatr and […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Gallery at TSTI, the art gallery at Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel in South Orange, was the site of a communitywide event, “Black/Jewish Solidarity: Building Together” on Sunday, Feb. 23. The program was coordinated by the synagogue’s social justice task force in partnership with SOMA Justice and the Community Coalition on Race. […]
Students speak out against proposed amphitheater at Turtle Back Zoo
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Essex County Board of Chosen Freeholders unanimously passed a resolution that authorized the county Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs to apply to the state for a $4 million grant for the proposed “conservation pavilion,” a 500-seat amphitheater to be built in the South Mountain Reservation northeast of the […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The Maplewood Library’s Ideas Festival, celebrating the talent and creativity of the SOMA community, is now in its seventh year and will include the following events, all to be held at the Main Library, 51 Baker St., unless otherwise noted: “An Evening with Barry Sonnenfeld,” Wednesday, March 11, at 8 p.m. Sonnenfeld […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — A $1.5 million bond ordinance for the purchase of 45 W. Third St. passed unanimously at the South Orange Board of Trustees meeting on Feb. 24, allowing the village to move forward with building low-income housing units on the property. The building is next door to 41 W. Third St., which […]