SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The volunteer-led Meadowland Park Conservancy is approaching its first birthday, and an anniversary event is planned for Sunday, Nov. 14, at 11 a.m. In partnership with South Orange Village and the South Orange Environmental Commission, volunteers will help re-landscape the facade of the recently renovated Skate House next to the pond. […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — The 11th annual Mayapple Trail Runs were held Oct. 16 in the South Mountain Reservation. The races were organized by the volunteers of the South Mountain Conservancy with the support of the Essex County Parks Department. The USA Track and Field–sanctioned races provided an informal but supportive trail race environment for […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The American flag did not always look the way it does today. From the flag’s birth in 1777 until the beginning of 1912, there was no standard design. On Sunday, Nov. 14, at 2 p.m., collector J. Richard Pierce will discuss how the evolution of the flag’s design illuminates the personal and […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The South Orange Board of Trustees plans to introduce an ordinance that will allow for the legal sale of cannabis by the end of the year, according to a community discussion held on the topic on Oct. 21. After the passage last year of the state law that legalized recreational marijuana, […]
SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — In support of South Orange and Maplewood residents who are currently involved or in danger of becoming involved in foreclosure or eviction, the South Orange/Maplewood Community Coalition on Race in partnership with La Casa de Don Pedro will provide a virtual workshop on Wednesday, Nov. 10, at 7 p.m. […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The New Jersey Arts and Culture Recovery Fund has hired a longtime nonprofit leader as its executive director. Lynne Toye, of South Orange, will become the first leader of the fund that has awarded $3.9 million in grants to nonprofit arts, culture and history organizations that have suffered financial losses because […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Gov. Phil Murphy and New Jersey Department of Transportation Commissioner Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti announced $161.25 million in fiscal year 2022 municipal aid grants, with 541 cities and towns across the state receiving funds to advance road, bridge, safety and quality-of-life improvements, according to an Oct. 26 press release. The competitive municipal aid […]
SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The South Orange Symphony will be hosting “Jersey Score,” a recital of new works by five leading composers in the New Jersey and New York City area on Sunday, Nov. 7, at 6:30 p.m. at The Woodland, 60 Woodland Road in Maplewood. This free concert is being organized by […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Members of the South Orange Environmental Commission’s shade tree group have partnered with village government, the Department of Public Works and the NJ Tree Foundation to put together a program to purchase and plant 110 new trees for South Orange streets in all neighborhoods. The unusual autumn planting is scheduled to […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The Maplewood Township Committee decided that all municipal employees must be vaccinated against COVID-19 by Nov. 7, when it approved a mandate at its Oct. 19 meeting. The resolution was passed with a vote of 4-0; Committeeman Greg Lembrich was absent. According to township administrator Jerry Giaimis, the committee discussed a policy […]