MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Maplewood Police Department has arrested a Trenton man for a number of overnight burglaries that occurred over the past weeks in the Golf Island area of town near Maplewood Middle School. At one of the burglaries, at approximately 1:15 a.m. on Aug. 11, the homeowner confronted the suspect in his dining room. […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — At its meeting on Monday, Aug. 20, the South Orange-Maplewood Board of Education voted to appoint West Hudson Associates, a leading educational executive search firm, to lead the search for the school district’s next superintendent. West Hudson Associates was selected after two rounds of Requests for Proposals to identify the best partner […]
TRENTON, NJ — New Jersey has finalized a spending plan utilizing $10.2 million in federal and state election security funds, according to an Aug. 17 press release from New Jersey Department of State. The plan will fund programs into 2023 and will address critical election infrastructure, such as cybersecurity, database improvements, and election auditing. New […]
LIVINGSTON, NJ — The National Council of Jewish Women, Essex County Section received a coveted four out of four stars by Charity Navigator, the leading charity evaluator in the United States. NCJW/Essex has received the highest rating possible by the esteemed charity evaluator because of its sound fiscal management and commitment to accountability and transparency, […]
NEWARK, NJ — In the middle of summer you may not be thinking about your furnace, but chilly weather will be here before you know it. PSE&G encourages its residential gas heating customers to test their heating systems now, so they can be confident systems will operate safely and efficiently when temperatures begin to drop. […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo Jr. and the Essex County Schools of Technology District jointly announced Aug. 15 that the school district will be following Essex County’s lead and will be closing its accounts with Wells Fargo. The county executive asked the school district to sever its ties with the […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Glen Rock Savings Bank celebrated a grand re-opening of its location at 83 Northfield Ave. in West Orange with a host of festivities on Saturday, Aug. 4. Held to showcase a redesign of the branch’s interior to feature a lighter, more open and more efficient space, the event drew customers, business […]
NEWARK, NJ — Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino announced Aug. 13 that nine people were charged and more than $100,000 in cash and drugs were seized after warrants were executed in East Orange, Newark and Irvington. A total of $114,497 was seized. Approximately 33 grams of cocaine with an approximate street value of […]