BLOOMFIELD, NJ — A sampling of Bloomfield residents and shopkeepers surveyed regarding the parking meters now in place along the Washington Street side of Glenwood Village found that almost everyone questioned was uneasy about the cameras built into the high-tech system. Seven meters have been installed for a 90-day joint pilot program between the Bloomfield […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Flood’s Hill in South Orange’s Meadowland Park is the place to be Wednesday evenings this summer with the return of the popular South Orange Summer Nights. SOSN consists of “Art in the Park” June series, “Taste the Music” concert series in late June through early August, and the “Moonlit Movies” screenings […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — On Monday, June 13, the South Orange Board of Trustees presided over four South Orange Fire Department promotions. From left are Michael Commins promoted to captain, Anthony Vecchio to deputy chief, Steven Maran to deputy chief and Spencer Maran to captain. Photo Courtesy of Irene Maran
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — At the Glen Ridge Community Pool on Independence Day, there was a good crowd and the rain that was in the forecast for the evening was not suggested by the sky. Bob Silvera, the pool’s assistant manager, was at the gate to admit people to the pool. He said a new boroughwide […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The South Orange Board of Health — which is now composed of the village president and Board of Trustees — approved the final passage of a Trap-Neuter-Vaccinate-Return ordinance at its June 27 meeting. A triumph for many local animal lovers, the program is intended to prevent feral cat populations from growing […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Five West Orange boys originally from Cub Scout Pack 10 and now part of Boy Scout Troop 2 have given the gift of literacy to residents with the installation of five book-exchange libraries throughout the township. Harold Ross, Seun Ogun, Peter Teixeira Jr., Mekhi Graves and Kyle Bullard each helped design, […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Bloomfield Middle School promoted 444 eighth-graders on Wednesday, June 22. As is customary, two separate ceremonies, in the auditorium and the gym, were held to accommodate the class. The ceremonies started 15 minutes apart, which gave speakers the opportunity to attend both functions. For the most part, what was said to both audiences […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — During the past few years, there has been significant turnover in administrators in the South Orange-Maplewood School District. The most recent upset came June 20, when Maplewood Middle School Principal Jerrill Adams resigned his post after less than two years. But there was a silver lining: That same night the Board of […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — A West Orange couple is lamenting the loss of approximately six trees on Hazel Avenue between Rollinson Street and Oak Ridge Road, which they say is the latest instance of the township “destroying” trees around the Valley district during the past decade. The six trees in question were cut down as […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The third annual “Fun with STEM” program, sponsored by the West Orange African Heritage Organization, was held June 17 at Edison Middle School. Science, technology, engineering and mathematics studies have become increasingly popular over the past several years in high schools and college campuses across the country. The U.S. Bureau of […]