WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Township Council unanimously approved a bond ordinance to buy 94 acres of open space from the Crestmont Country Club at its Sept. 28 meeting, preserving land that otherwise might have been developed. The bond is $4,476,000; the balance will be paid out of the town’s Open Space and […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The South Orange–Maplewood School District is investigating a discrimination allegation at Seth Boyden Elementary School, in which a second-grade teacher allegedly forcibly removed a hijab from a student’s head. The incident first gained publicity in a Facebook post written by Ibtihaj Muhammad, a former Olympic fencer and SOMSD graduate. In a statement […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The Glen Ridge Board of Education was presented with the results of an equity audit at its Sept. 27 meeting from Diana Artis, an education consultant with Olive Branch Educators. Done through surveys, observing curriculum and reviewing best practices, the report was finished this past summer. “When you do an audit […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Jane Califf and Ted Glick have taken a couple of trips to Delaware this year. The Bloomfield couple was arrested along with 13 other seniors outside JPMorgan Chase’s credit card headquarters in Wilmington, Del., in June, while protesting climate change in front of the country’s largest bank investor in fossil fuel projects. […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — A referendum asking residents to approve installing artificial turf on the field in DeHart Park will be on the ballot in November in Maplewood, after a petition circulated by residents was certified by Township Clerk Liz Fritzen this summer and by the county in September. The committee voted 4-1 to approve a […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — A year after the pandemic forced the West Orange High School marching band to scrap its 2020 show in favor of something easier to perform with less time to rehearse, the Mountaineers are back in uniform and on the field, debuting their 2021 show during a season that looks much closer […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Bloomfield School District science supervisor Lou Cappello presented the Sustainable Jersey Certification results to the Bloomfield Board of Education and district administrators at the BOE meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 21, saying that schools in the district have achieved the bronze level certification. The district as a whole does not apply to be […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — John Ruggiero has checked in on his IMDB profile periodically throughout the last few decades to make sure it was still viewable, and in 2019 it paid off. The Glen Ridge native was asked to audition for a role in “The Many Saints of Newark,” the prequel movie to the long-running […]
NUTLEY, NJ — Many theaters shut down last year amid the COVID-19 pandemic — and some will never reopen their doors, unable to overcome the loss of ticket sales and production revenue. But the Nutley Little Theatre wasn’t one of them, and it is now launching its first season with live, in-person shows since the […]
SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Parents in the South Orange–Maplewood School District asked the Board of Education at its meeting on Monday, Sept. 20, to decrease the 14-day quarantine requirement for students who have been exposed to COVID-19, asking the district to prioritize in-person learning by whatever means necessary. Before the meeting, the district […]