BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Bloomfield closed out Women’s History Month by discussing how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected women and the work they do in a meeting on March 31. Hosted by the Township Council and the Bloomfield Commission on Civil Rights, and moderated by Councilwoman Jenny Mundell, the panel addressed the disproportionate effect the pandemic […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — A year and counting into the COVID-19 pandemic that forced performance venues everywhere to reimagine the way theater works, West Orange’s Luna Stage is on its way to reopening for in-person events. A $20,000 grant from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, along with grants from the Orange Orphan […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The journey to save the Squier Farmhouse ended in victory at the South Orange Planning Board meeting on March 25, when the board voted 5-0 to allow the owner of the historic home on Ridgewood Road to split the property into three lots, saving the original 1774 house located across the […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The 13 Little Free Libraries scattered around Bloomfield haven’t been neglected during the past six months. They’ve been taken under the wing of Bloomfield High School’s National Honor Society members, who have been checking in on them periodically to organize, restock and refresh the books inside, as well as to maintain the […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Glen Ridge Superintendent of Schools Dirk Phillips outlined the student development curriculum the schools are implementing in the district’s five schools at the April 5 Board of Education meeting, talking about how social-emotional learning and character education go hand in hand with academics. “We talk about academics, but it’s just as […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The 2021 municipal budget of $38,476,326.09 was presented at the South Orange Board of Trustees meeting on Monday, March 22. There will be a 3.6 percent tax increase this year, a 0.9 percent increase over last year’s tax levy. The South Orange Police Department is the biggest line item in the […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Iola Carr went to open the curtains in her living room one day in late December, and the next thing she remembers is being in the hospital. Carr is one of the millions of people in the country who contracted COVID-19 in the last year. A couple of months later, the Bloomfield […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Glen Ridge High School’s Shakespeare competition looked different this year, thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic that has kept students locked into hybrid learning since the beginning of the school year. Though performers weren’t able to stand on stage at GRHS to compete, the show still went on, and freshman Spencer Morvillo […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Economic Development Commission is being reinstated in West Orange after an absence, with the West Orange Township Council appointing its designated member at the council meeting on Tuesday, March 23. The commission is a volunteer advisory committee that will work with the council and Mayor Robert Parisi on “issues of […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Neither Pat Miller nor Pam Kattouf has a background in business, but that didn’t stop them from starting their own. Their Maplewood-based company, Beloved Bath, sells handmade soaps, candles and bath salts; the idea came as the duo was looking for employment opportunities for their sons, who both have autism. “We make […]