MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Joseph Manning, Maplewood Township’s business administrator, announced Nov. 9 that he plans to retire from his position at the end of May 2018. Manning has held the position of township administrator for more than 12 years; he was appointed to the position by the Maplewood Township Committee, beginning work Sept. 12, 2005. […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Schools throughout Essex County have partnered with the RSVP Center of Essex and Hudson Counties, part of the Jewish Family Service, for the Reading Buddies program, which makes the most of intergenerational friendships. The Reading Buddies, a group of senior citizens, read to small groups of children in Essex County to […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — South Orange Middle School choral director Jacob Ezzo won first place in the 2017 Arts Ed Now “What Does an Arts Ed Now Ambassador Look Like” contest in the middle school category. As part of the Arts Ed Now campaign, arts educators in New Jersey were asked to create a three-photo […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Our Lady of Sorrows Church will hold a community blood drive on Sunday, Nov. 19, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the church, 217 Prospect St. in South Orange. To donate blood, you must weigh at least 110 pounds, eat prior to donating and bring ID. To make an appointment, […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The seventh annual Dr. Marcia Robbins Wilf Lecture will feature ambassador Dennis Ross on Sunday, Nov. 12, from 3 to 5 p.m. in Jubilee Hall Auditorium at Seton Hall University. Ross presently serves as counselor and William Davidson Distinguished Fellow at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, an organization dedicated […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — On Sunday, Nov. 19, Congregation Beth El in South Orange will host a presentation from American-Israeli baseball star Nate Fish. The event will begin with lunch at noon, followed by the presentation. Fish played for the Tel Aviv Lighting team during the only year of the Israel Baseball League and previously […]
MAPLEWOOD / SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Columbia High School’s 100-seat Black Box Theater will be filled with theatergoers from Nov. 16 to 19, when the Parnassian Society debuts its production of “Alabama Story,” a play by New York City playwright Kenneth Jones. The CHS production is the play’s high school debut, after premiering at the […]
SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The people have spoken and they have elected incumbent Elizabeth Baker, and challengers Anthony Mazzocchi and Robin Johnson Baker to the South Orange-Maplewood Board of Education. Elizabeth Baker, who was coming to the end of her first term on the board, has served as board president for the last […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — With 20 of 21 districts reporting in by 10 p.m. on election night, Maplewood voters have again made clear that they want an all-Democrat Township Committee. In a landslide election, Democratic incumbent Vic DeLuca and challenger Dean Dafis have been elected to the two open seats on the committee, beating out Republican […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Edvard Munch, famous for four versions of “The Scream,” was a prolific Norwegian painter and printmaker. Award-winning art history education Janet Mandel will look at his fascinating and unconventional life — he was damaged by alcoholism, hallucinations, social isolation and paranoia — as well as his psychologically evocative paintings in a South […]