Shift in NJ’s fiscal year could impact school district

Shift in NJ’s fiscal year could impact school district

SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The South Orange–Maplewood Board of Education dived into the waters of virtual meetings on April 20, when it held its first meeting since the COVID-19 pandemic shut down all nonessential businesses and gatherings. After Superintendent Ronald Taylor’s update about distance learning, each BOE committee chairperson gave a report, including […]

Phoenix Center students bring learning home

Phoenix Center students bring learning home

NUTLEY, NJ — More than a month into the social distancing lockdown that forced schools across the country to close, students are still going to school via the internet. Non-public schools are no exception, and the Phoenix Center in Nutley has been dealing with the same challenges that Nutley Public Schools has been facing. The […]

Sewing volunteers make more than 12,000 masks for health care workers

Sewing volunteers make more than 12,000 masks for health care workers

ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — The SOMA 3D Printers Alliance Facebook group has been popping for the last month, connecting people who own 3D printers with one another to make face shields for essential health care workers. They’re not the only ones in South Orange and Maplewood making face coverings, though. The SOMA Sewing Volunteers have […]

GRPD saves life of one of its own

GRPD saves life of one of its own

GLEN RIDGE, NJ — As the number of positive cases of COVID-19 around the world continues to rise, Glen Ridge’s total has risen as well. As of the morning of April 28, according to the New Jersey State Health Department, of the 13,148 cases in Essex County, 33 are in Glen Ridge. Seven people have […]

COVID cases in Bloomfield fluctuate

COVID cases in Bloomfield fluctuate

BLOOMFIELD, NJ — As the number of positive cases of COVID-19 around the world continues to rise, Bloomfield’s total has risen as well. As of the morning of April 28, according to the New Jersey State Health Department, of the 13,148 cases in Essex County, 781 are in Bloomfield. Forty-three people have died from complications […]

SOMA libraries prove they are essential

SOMA libraries prove they are essential

MAPLEWOOD / SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — On a normal Saturday, the staff at the Maplewood Public Library checks out about 500 items to patrons. But normal Saturdays aren’t normal anymore. The COVID-19 pandemic is still keeping the doors of nonessential businesses and services closed, and that includes public libraries. Maplewood and South Orange, having both […]

A 21st-century library for a 21st-century crisis

A 21st-century library for a 21st-century crisis

WEST ORANGE, NJ — Like every other library in the country, the West Orange Public Library was forced to close when the COVID-19 pandemic began to shut down nonessential businesses in an effort to keep people home to prevent the spread of the virus. But that didn’t stop the staff from working, setting up online […]

Learn about music via Stravinsky’s ‘The Firebird’

Learn about music via Stravinsky’s ‘The Firebird’

MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Long before social distancing guidelines were put into effect, when people could still leave their homes to go to a concert, George Marriner Maull directed Summit’s Discovery Orchestra in “Discover ‘The Firebird,’” one of the orchestra’s interactive performances. The concert, which took place in September, was filmed; it will air on NJTV […]

Bloomfield Library uses new methods to reach community

Bloomfield Library uses new methods to reach community

BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield Public Library hasn’t been open for more than a month. Physically, that is. After being forced to close the library due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the staff swiveled from scheduling in-person programs and checking out books to scheduling online programs and checking out e-books. The BPL has been operating as […]

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