SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The South Orange–Maplewood Board of Education approved creating a task force to protect students from sexual assault and violence at its May 17 meeting, following students speaking out about their own experiences at the April 19 meeting. The resolution allows Superintendent Ronald Taylor or a designee to appoint stakeholders […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Police responded to Clinton Elementary School in Maplewood on Thursday, May 20, at 8:51 a.m., after school staff called 9-1-1, saying that a woman was trespassing on school property and making threats. According to the Maplewood Police Department, Stephanie Robinson, 27, of Newark, was arrested along with Amir White, 39, of Newark. […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — JESPY clients were excited to return to on-site programming on Monday, May 10. For more than a year, they received online program and support services while in their respective homes, apartments and JESPY residences — participating in some of the more than 100 virtual sessions offered by JESPY. The array of […]
TRENTON, NJ — As New Jersey begins to reopen ahead of the busy summer travel season, Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal and the Division of Highway Traffic Safety announced the upcoming launch of a statewide seat belt enforcement campaign aimed at promoting safe travels on New Jersey roadways. Starting Monday, May 24, and running through […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — On Saturday, May 15, the Maplewood Memorial Park Conservancy, in conjunction with the Maplewood Department of Community Services, held its first-ever “Painters in the Park” event. Some 20 local artists painted “en plein air” in historic Memorial Park, while parkgoers strolled through the park, enjoying their work and the beautiful spring day. […]
MILLBURN, NJ — Since their inception in 1996, the Paper Mill Playhouse Rising Star Awards for Excellence in High School Musical Theatre, presented by the Investors Foundation, have ignited the careers of many notable performers, all of whom attended high school in New Jersey. Paper Mill Playhouse has announced the 2021 nominees. Award recipients will […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Ember, the critically acclaimed choral ensemble of Schola Cantorum on Hudson, will present a live and virtual season finale concert, “Emerge,” where the group will examine this period in our lives between what was and what will be. Ember will perform live on Saturday, June 12, at 7 p.m. at St. […]
SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The South Orange–Maplewood Board of Education took another step forward in its Long Range Facilities Plan at a meeting on May 10, approving a contract for renovations and to build additions at Clinton Elementary School and Jefferson Elementary School. The contract resolution passed with a vote of 8-0; BOE […]
WASHINGTON, DC — Rep. Donald M. Payne Jr. announced on May 14 the estimated funding for the colleges and universities of New Jersey’s 10th Congressional District from the American Rescue Plan. The funding helps local institutions recover from the economic devastation of the COVID-19 global pandemic and allows them to continue to serve their students […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Less than a week after the May 11 election, South Orange Trustee Karen Hartshorn Hilton was sworn into her second term on the board on May 17, alongside her running mates and newcomer Trustees Bill Haskins and Braynard “Bobby” Brown. The election last Tuesday saw poor turnout from villagers, according to […]