WEST ORANGE, NJ — At the April 16 West Orange Board of Education meeting, West Orange High School students and parents protested the implementation of a mandatory SAT prep class, with a group of current freshman asking the BOE to reverse its decision to make the class mandatory. The course, which was approved at the […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The South Orange Performing Arts Center received a $75,000 grant from the William Randolph Hearst Foundations to advance its arts education program. The funds will be used both at the center and in the South Orange and Maplewood communities. The William Randolph Hearst Foundations are two nonprofits that work together to […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Several senior citizens expressed concern at the April 10 West Orange Township Council meeting, after seeing the results from the Montclair State University senior survey at the March 27 meeting. The survey, paid for by a grant, was conducted and compiled by the Center for Research and Evaluation on Education and […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Mount Pleasant and Prospect avenues will soon see a new business open on their intersecting corner, as the Goddard School prepares to open in West Orange. The private preschool and kindergarten teaches 65,000 students between the ages if 6 weeks and 6 years in 460 schools across 36 states. With 65 […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Senior citizens and a group of Maplewood Middle School students came together for a brainstorming session in the school’s library Monday, April 16, to discuss the benefits of middle school students and seniors spending time together for the launch of the Share/Exchange program. The event was a collaboration between Maplewood Senior Share, […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Township Council introduced the 2018 municipal budget at its April 10 meeting, proposing a total budget of $83,209,749 for the year. Nearly 64 percent of the operating budget will come from property taxes; the town will collect $52,982,824.98 in taxes — a nearly 2-percent increase, according to business […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The South Orange Board of Trustees unanimously passed an ordinance on first reading authorizing the establishment of a government energy aggregation program at its March 26 meeting. The program, if approved on second reading at the April 23 meeting following a public hearing, will allow South Orange to enter the Sustainable […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Board of Education unanimously passed the 2018-2019 preliminary budget at its special meeting on Monday, April 9, at Liberty Middle School, after receiving an extension from the county to submit the budget for approval. The previous county deadline was March 29. The preliminary operating budget is a total […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Scholarship Fund recently announced the addition of a new award, which will be presented to a graduating senior at West Orange High School beginning in June, in memory of West Orange resident Tommy Page. Page was a musician and music executive who died unexpectedly last year, and whose […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — New art is hanging on the walls of the 1978 Maplewood Arts Center in a show that centers around hanging items on walls: “Post No Bills,” put together by the New Jersey Photography Forum, a group of professional photographers who live and work in New Jersey. The show’s title refers to laws […]