SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — South Orange-Maplewood Board of Education member Stephanie Lawson-Muhammad is facing backlash after an altercation became public in which she argued with a South Orange police officer after being pulled over for speeding April 27. According to video footage of the incident, which the News-Record obtained along with a police report after […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — In 2009, West Orange resident Mark Meyerowitz was cleaning out his late mother’s office when he came across a collection of poems among some paperwork. The poems were written in a variety of languages by unknown authors about the Holocaust during or right after World War II, and Meyerowitz doesn’t know […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The second and third floors of the South Orange Performing Arts Center are decorated with the artwork of students from 17 Essex County high schools as part of the “Inspired Minds Young Artist Exhibition.” The 66 works of art were unveiled at an opening reception at SOPAC on May 17, and […]
MAPLEWOOD / SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Acting Superintendent Thomas Ficarra unveiled the South Orange-Maplewood School District’s long-range facilities and integration plan at the Board of Education’s May 14 meeting. In his presentation, Ficarra introduced a plan to renovate and upgrade the district’s school buildings while better integrating the schools by redrawing district lines. The plan […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Chamber of Commerce hosted its annual Community Awards Dinner at the Wilshire Grand Hotel on May 9, honoring the hotel as the Business of the Year in addition to handing out awards for Educator of the Year, Police Officers of the Year and Firefighters of the Year. Philip […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — When Clinton Elementary School students head back to their classrooms in September, they will be welcomed by a new assistant principal. Sandra Smith, who currently teaches fourth grade at Seth Boyden Elementary School, was appointed to the position by the South Orange-Maplewood Board of Education at its April 23 meeting. A teacher […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Girl Scouts are usually pretty busy in the early months of each year, doing their best to sell as many boxes of the famed Girl Scout cookies as they can. This year, 10-year-old West Orange resident and Junior Girl Scout Rhianna Giuliano decided to bring boxes of Thin Mints and Tagalongs […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The South Orange Board of Trustees held a special meeting Mary 4 to discuss two resolutions, ultimately passing both. The first resolution passed was an amendment to the 2018 municipal budget, necessary because of a change at the state level about how budgets are submitted. The second resolution, approved unanimously, authorized […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Board of Education was updated at its May 7 meeting on the progress of the action plan resulting from the recent special education audit, with a presentation by Kristin Gogerty, the district’s director of special services. An audit of the district’s special education services began last year and […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Maplewood resident Paul Daugherty is exploring artificial intelligence and how it affects the workforce in his new book, “Human + Machine: Reimagining Work in the Age of AI,” which looks at how computers and machines will affect the workforce as technology advances. Daugherty is the chief technology and innovation officer at Accenture, […]