MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Volunteerism is important to everyone in THE community, both in terms of giving and receiving. That is why SOMA Two Towns for All Ages is planning to hold another communitywide volunteer fair this spring. All community organizations and residents are invited to participate at the fair on Sunday, March 1, from 1 […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The South Orange Board of Trustees passed a resolution that makes part of the redevelopment property at Fourth and Valley a condemnation area in need of redevelopment at its Jan. 27 meeting, approving it with a vote of 4-0. Trustees Donna Coallier and Summer Jones abstained. “As we did the Valley […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Matthew J. Morahan III Health Assessment Center for Athletes at RWJBarnabas Health will provide free cardiac and concussion baseline screenings to young athletes on Saturday, March 7, from 8 a.m. to noon at Codey Arena, 560 Northfield Ave. in West Orange. When preliminary testing to identify serious cardiac problems is […]
NUTLEY, NJ — The Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine at Seton Hall University, located in Nutley, has announced a $100,000 program to support network physicians and researchers working to develop novel treatments for some of the most costly and challenging diseases and conditions, including diabetes, depression and epilepsy. The newly launched Research Pilot Project Funding […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Five years after Maplewood theater company The Strollers staged a production of “How the World Got Wisdom,” its players are back at it again. The children’s theater production, a compilation of African folktales and music, is being staged at the Burgdorff Center, 10 Durand Road in Maplewood, for two weekends to kick […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Jewish Family Service of MetroWest NJ announced it will receive a grant from the Jewish Federations of North America’s Center for Advancing Holocaust Survivor Care. When combined with matching funds, this award will enable $99,330.67 in new programming for survivors. In addition, all JFS clinical staff will receive intensive training on […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Joe Max Robinson Endowed Scholarship in the College of Communication and the Arts at Seton Hall University presented its first award to sophomore Priscilla Febus, from Bloomfield. Febus majors in communication and intends to double major with political science. Through these two degree paths, she aspires to become an immigration […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The South Orange/Maplewood Community Coalition on Race Coffee House Discussion for Black History Month focuses on The New York Times 1619 Project essay, “Myths about physical racial differences were used to justify slavery — and are still believed by doctors today,” written in August 2019 by Linda Villarosa, a writer, journalist, educator […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The South Orange-Maplewood Adult School Children’s Summer Program offers more than 100 classes in creative arts, music, science and sports. Students get to choose their own classes — there are five periods in a day — and the day can be as long or short as they like. The program is […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — They have the questions. You will have the answers next Saturday, Feb. 8, when graduate students from the Stillman School of Business at Seton Hall University survey local residents on behalf of the South Orange-Maplewood Adult School. For the students, it’s a real-life exercise in marketing strategies, which will also include […]