BOT unveils $37M budget

SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Getting an earlier start this year than in previous years, the South Orange Board of Trustees introduced the 2018 municipal budget at its March 26 meeting. With a vote of 6-0, the BOT approved the introduction of the budget, which comes in at $37,142,670.57 — $1,236,298.08 more than the 2017 municipal […]

Maplewood Rotary to honor Karen Weiland

MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The Maplewood Rotary Club will honor Karen Weiland with its 2018 Citizenship Award at its Affair of the Heart dinner-dance on Friday, May 4, at 7 p.m. at the Maplewood Country Club. Through the years, she’s been very active in South Orange-Maplewood School District schools, including serving as the PTA vice president […]

Memory loss intervention program at SAGE Eldercare

SUMMIT, NJ — A memory loss intervention program will be held at SAGE Eldercare, 290 Broad St. in Summit, on Friday, April 27, from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. This program explores what memory loss is and how those with memory loss and their families are affected by it. The program will be led by Dr. […]

‘History Through Text’ with Rabbi Kulwin

LIVINGSTON, NJ — Temple B’nai Abraham’s Congregational Learning offers classes in “History Through Text” with Rabbi Clifford Kulwin throughout the year at the temple, 300 East Northfield Road, Livingston. The topic this year is “The Jewish Religion.” Taught in blocks of several weeks, each class will also be a stand-alone unit so that an inability […]

Pierro Gallery presents ‘tech (in)dependent’

SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Pierro Gallery presents “tech (in)dependent,” an art exhibition exploring people’s personal attachment to devices and the almost universal dependency on them from the perspective of five contemporary artists. Each of the artists explores human concerns that have evolved through the ubiquity of social media, mapping and surveillance and its effect […]