WEST ORANGE, NJ — The 12th annual Mid-Atlantic Indoor Network Winter Guard Competition will be held in the Tarnoff Gymnasium at West Orange High School, 51 Conforti Ave., on Saturday, Jan. 28, from 4 to 9 p.m. West Orange High School will host the event, similar to the Marching Band Invitational held in the fall. […]
VOORHEES, NJ — New Jersey American Water is accepting applications for green project funding through its Environmental Grant Program. The program offers funding up to $10,000 for qualifying innovative, community-based environmental projects that improve, restore or protect watersheds, surface water and/or groundwater supplies throughout the company’s service areas. “New Jersey American Water is committed to […]
SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Due to high wind conditions, all South Orange-Maplewood schools will be closed from 6:30 p.m. on tonight, Jan. 23, and all after-school activities from 6:30 p.m. on are canceled, according to a release from the district. The one exception is the Board of Education meeting, which will take place […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – It was another week of victories for both the Columbia High School boys’ and girls’ fencing teams when they competed in dual meets against Newark Academy and Governor Livingston this week. With renewed confidence from the Cetrulo All State Championship victory, saber fencers Aaron Waldner, Malcolm Mee and Michael Wallin started the […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The St. Joseph’s Celtics Basketball teams enjoyed fine action recently. The JV Girls White Division Fifth Grade team moved to 6-0 for the season with a 22-2 win over Koinonia Academy. Summer Lonning led the way with a double-double, scoring 12 points and collecting 10 rebounds. Hannah Straub scored her first […]
TRENTON, NJ — As President Donald Trump was preparing to be sworn in on Jan. 20 without having made his tax returns public, Assembly Democrats John McKeon and Troy Singleton introduced legislation to restore this tradition of transparency by preventing future presidential and vice presidential candidates from running on New Jersey’s ballot unless they submit […]
SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The South Orange-Maplewood Community Coalition on Race recently announced that more than 500 homes participated in this year’s Luminary Project in observance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Each year, the Coalition on Race provides luminary kits with votive candles to residents for a small donation. The goal […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Several generations of New Jersey women — with more than a dozen buses from South Orange and Maplewood — participated in the Women’s March on Saturday, Jan. 21, in unity to stand for equal rights for all in protest of the previous day’s inauguration of President Donald Trump. With more than 500,000 […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The Maplewood Fire Department would like to remind residents to “Adopt-a-Hydrant” and shovel in front of and around the fire hydrant closest to your home so that firefighters can see and access it. If possible, clear the snow 3 feet in all directions and clear the access from the street to make […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Several generations of New Jersey women — with dozens of buses from Essex County — participated in the Women’s March on Saturday, Jan. 21, in protest of the previous day’s inauguration of President Donald Trump. With more than 500,000 attendees in Washington, D.C., the march also spurred affiliated marches in approximately 300 […]