ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — The South Mountain YMCA will host the Y’s annual Healthy Kids Day on Saturday, May 7, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 13 Jefferson Ave. in Maplewood and the East Orange YMCA will host Healthy Kids Day on Saturday, May 14, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 100 N. […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The ongoing pandemic has put a spotlight on inequities in the health care system, especially among the most marginalized members of the community, including immigrants, the elderly and people from lower incomes who lack access to medical care, technology and health information. They are confronted with barriers to health equity, such as […]
By Adriana Compagnoni MAPLEWOOD, NJ — After my yoga class on Friday morning, April 22, I checked my phone,and saw that somebody had tagged me in a post in the “SOMA New Jersey Gardening” Facebook group. The post was about a swarm of bees at Maplecrest Park in Maplewood. Swarm season is already in full […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — The 200 Club of Essex County, which was founded in 1966 to assist the families of police officers and firefighters killed in the line of duty, will hold its 56th annual Valor Awards luncheon on Tuesday, May 10, at Nanina’s in the Park, 540 Mill St. in Belleville. The cocktail reception […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The South Orange Elks Lodge No. 1154 hosted its second Ladies Night dance party for the Maplewood and South Orange community and it did not disappoint. The lodge was packed, and ladies danced for hours while Elk Preston Olson played the hits and took requests, keeping the dance floor jiving. Specialty […]
MILLBURN, NJ — Jewish Family Service of MetroWest NJ will hold its annual gala, “An Evening of Laughter,” on Wednesday, June 1, outdoors at Congregation B’nai Jeshurun in Short Hills. The evening will feature a performance by comedian Ryan Hamilton. This year, JFS is honoring the legacy of Maxine Myers and renaming its volunteer department […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The 45th annual South Orange/Maplewood Interfaith Holocaust Remembrance Service, “Remember & Tell,” will be Sunday, May 15, at 4 p.m. at Oheb Shalom Congregation, 170 Scotland Road in South Orange. The service will be held in person with an option to watch via livestream. All are welcome. The link for the […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Mount St. Dominic Academy, the independent, all-girls Catholic college preparatory school in Caldwell, is hosting the eighth annual MSDA Meghan Doyle ʼ05K, a 5-kilometer run/walk, on the streets of Caldwell and Essex Fells on Saturday, May 7. This event was the brainchild of a Maplewood family, the Doyles, after their daughter […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The South Orange–Maplewood School District announced that Columbia High School was ranked No. 59 as one the best public high schools in New Jersey by U.S. News & World Report. This publication shared on April 26 that 406 New Jersey schools out of a total of 445 were ranked on six factors […]
SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — South Orange–Maplewood Board of Education student representative Noah Morros asked the BOE for another social worker to be hired at Columbia High School, citing the number of students who are struggling with mental health issues, especially in the wake of the death of sophomore Cole Longworth at the end […]