SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The South Orange-Maplewood Community Coalition on Race recently announced that more than 500 homes participated in this year’s Luminary Project in observance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Each year, the Coalition on Race provides luminary kits with votive candles to residents for a small donation. The goal […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Several generations of New Jersey women — with more than a dozen buses from South Orange and Maplewood — participated in the Women’s March on Saturday, Jan. 21, in unity to stand for equal rights for all in protest of the previous day’s inauguration of President Donald Trump. With more than 500,000 […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The Maplewood Fire Department would like to remind residents to “Adopt-a-Hydrant” and shovel in front of and around the fire hydrant closest to your home so that firefighters can see and access it. If possible, clear the snow 3 feet in all directions and clear the access from the street to make […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The reassessment project is coming to a close, according to Maplewood Township statement. Letters have gone out to property owners with their updated assessments. Appraisal Systems Inc. is winding down to its final meetings with property owners. If you have questions about your updated assessments, you should contact ASI at 201-493-8530 for […]
Community members from Maplewood and South Orange honor King’s legacy at annual CCR event
SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The South Orange-Maplewood Community Coalition on Race united the two towns to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.’s message of love, equality and acceptance Jan. 16, with its 16th annual MLK Observance and Volunteer Fair. The event, previously held at religious institutions, was hosted by Columbia High School for the […]
Village president ‘fuming’ over defunding of Main Street NJ
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The South Orange Village Center Alliance’s leaders presented their organization’s proposed 2017 budget to the South Orange Board of Trustees at the board’s Jan. 9 meeting. In addition, they listed the group’s many accomplishments in 2016 and requested a five-year extension. Though the budget is not yet set, as it stands […]
SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — South Orange and Maplewood residents no longer have to travel to the comedy clubs of New York City for a good laugh, thanks to three funny Maplewood women. Molly Reisner, Elizabeth Trundle and Abby Sher have been producing the Roll Call Comedy Lab every month for the past year […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Sister Rose Thering Fund for Education in Jewish-Christian Studies at Seton Hall University has welcomed South Orange resident Robert D. Woog to its board of trustees. Woog brings more than 45 years of business operating management experience to the SRTF board. He is currently managing director of Transcom International, which […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Pierro Gallery of South Orange presents “Text Me,” an exhibition about words and images, from Jan. 25 through March 4. There will be an opening reception Wednesday, Jan. 25, from 7 to 9 p.m. and an art talk Wednesday, Feb. 15, from 7 to 9 p.m. Co-curators Stephanie Damiano and […]
NEWARK, NJ — Seton Hall University School of Law has announced a weekend JD program to make law school more accessible to working professionals. The weekend program, the only one of its kind in the New York metropolitan area and one of only a few nationwide, offers classes at the Law School’s Newark campus on […]