MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The Maplewood Garden Club will meet Monday, Feb. 6, at 7:30 p.m. at Maplewood Memorial Library, 51 Baker St., to hear Marc Montefusco discuss “The Natives Are Restless; Outstanding Forms of Woody Native Plants.” The tremendous interest in native plants for residential gardens is very sound from an ecological standpoint; however, some […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Seton Hall University will host a career summit on Saturday, March 11, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Jubilee Hall. Be sure to reserve your space for this event and take advantage the early bird registration discount, available through Feb. 5. Seton Hall alumni are eligible for an additional discount. […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — On Jan. 20, the day President Donald Trump was inaugurated as America’s 45th president, hundreds of students from Columbia High School staged a walkout in protest. With verve, indignation and even a few pink hats, the students marched from CHS to Maplewood Town Hall, where they held a rally, at which they […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — A major part of the Hanukkah story is that one day’s worth of oil burned for eight days. In honor of the holiday, members of Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel in South Orange collected and donated 135 bottles of cooking oil to the Interfaith Food Pantry of the Oranges; TSTI is one of […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — The South Mountain Conservancy is looking for dedicated volunteers to add to its FrogWatch USA team in the South Mountain Reservation this season. In collaboration with Cora Hartshorn Arboretum, the conservancy is looking to build a new local chapter; identify and count frog species in reservation wetland habitats; and collect data […]
LIVINGSTON, NJ — Do you have a child 5 to 12 years old who is grieving a loss from a life-altering crisis such as death, divorce, separation, abandonment or another painful family transition? The Rainbows support group program for children in that age group will be meeting at the Linda & Rudy Slucker NCJW/Essex Center […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Author and playwright Casey Bell announces the world premiere of his children’s theater play, “The Day the Rainbow Broke Up.” The show is being produced by the Strollers Community Theater of Maplewood and performed at the Burgdorff Center for the Performing Arts, 10 Durand Road in Maplewood. The show tells the tale […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The township will be holding its 2017 budget hearings from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 28, and Saturday, Feb. 4, at Maplewood Town Hall, 574 Valley St. The meetings will be broadcast live and residents at home can email [email protected] to ask questions about the budget as the hearings […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Friends of Maplewood Library are holding a one-day children, tweens and young adult bag-of-books sale on Saturday, Feb. 4, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Memorial Hall, Maplewood Memorial Library, 51 Baker St. For $8 someone can fill a bag — supplied by Friends — with their mix of hardbacks or […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Though they are young, South Orange Middle School students know what they stand for, and during President Donald Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 19, many SOMS students staged a protest, marching out of the school and through Meadowland Park. Students spoke about how the United States must be focused on tolerance and […]