CEDAR GROVE, NJ — Essex County resident are encouraged to participate in the Essex County Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day, sponsored by the county of Essex and the Essex County Utilities Authority, on Saturday, Oct. 6, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Old Essex County Hospital Center, 125 Fairview Ave. in Cedar Grove. “There […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Capping the “Pleasure & Terror en Plein Air” fine art exhibition at the Baird Center’s Pierro Gallery will be a unique, one-night, free open-air show on the South Orange Duck Pond on Saturday, Oct. 6, from 6 to 8 p.m. The debut of a water-born and waterborne series of visual and […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — SOMA’s Piano Teachers’ Consortium presents “Teachers’ Turn!” on Sunday, Oct. 7, at 4 p.m. at the DeHart Community Center, 120 Burnett Ave. in Maplewood. This benefit concert will feature SOMA piano teachers performing on the center’s new Yamaha concert grand. Admission is charged, though students may attend for free. A reception will […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The Ethical Culture Society of Essex County, 516 Prospect St., Maplewood, is a progressive nontheist religion dedicated to living ethically in a complex world; it was founded in 1876 and established in Maplewood in 1945. For more information, call 973-763-1905 or visit www.essexethical.org. Weekly programs, discussions and fellowship take place on Sundays […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The village held Newcomers Day at the South Orange Public Library on Sunday, Sept. 23. This annual event celebrates all that South Orange offers its residents, whether they’re recent arrivals or have been in the community for decades, and provides both information and fun to the newest villagers.
PATERSON, NJ — Join the South Orange-Maplewood Adult School on a tour of the Passaic River Great Falls in Paterson on Saturday, Oct. 6, from 10 to 11:30 a.m. The tour, led by Kirk Barrett, former director of the Passaic River Institute of Montclair State University, will meet at the Great Falls Historic District Visitors […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The Columbia High School Scholarship Fund kicked off its fundraising for the year at the sixth annual Red and Black Party at the Maplewood Club on Sept. 22, raising money to award scholarships to CHS graduates to help fund their post-secondary education. The organization has awarded $1.2 million in scholarships to 986 […]
NUTLEY, NJ — Seton Hall University officially opened the doors of the Interprofessional Health Sciences Campus on Tuesday, Sept. 18, with Cardinal Joseph Tobin, the Archbishop of Newark, performing a blessing. Located in both Nutley and Clifton, the extension of the main campus in South Orange is now home to nursing, medical and health science […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Come out and support a community event to benefit public art on Springfield Avenue! The Springfield Avenue Partnership is hosting a Craft Beer tasting at the Wine Barrel at 1886 Springfield Ave. in Maplewood on Thursday, Oct. 4, from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Enjoy craft beer, food, live music and more. Attendees […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — In the overwhelmingly Democratic Essex County, a group of women are working to bring together female Republican voters in the area with the Essex County NJ Republican Women. “The mere existence of our group gives like-minded people a place to go,” co-founder and President Maureen Edelson said in a recent interview. […]