Veterans benefits workshop

Veterans benefits workshop

MAPLEWOOD, NJ — SOMA Two Towns for All Ages will host the Veterans Affairs Outreach Program on Friday, Feb. 28, at 11 a.m. at the Maplewood Senior Center, 106 Burnett Ave.  David Brimmer, from the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs Outreach Program and Social Work Service, will explain the range and scope of benefits for […]

SOPL to add two new book groups

SOPL to add two new book groups

SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The South Orange Public Library has announced the creation of two new book groups to complement its Fourth Monday of the Month Evening Book Discussion, which has run successfully for 20 years. Literary Bites: A Culinary Book Group will meet the third Monday of each month at 7:30 p.m. in the […]

Passerini appointed provost and executive vice president of SHU

SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Katia Passerini, a nationally recognized knowledge management scholar with extensive higher education experience, has been appointed provost and executive vice president of Seton Hall University. Passerini currently serves as the Lesley H. and William L. Collins Distinguished Chair and Dean of the Lesley H. and William L. Collins College of Professional […]

‘Dirty Rivers and the New Jersey Water Crisis of 1876’

‘Dirty Rivers and the New Jersey Water Crisis of 1876’

MAPLEWOOD, NJ — A lecture on “Dirty Rivers and the New Jersey Water Crisis of 1876” will be presented at Durand-Hedden House on Sunday, Feb. 23, at 2 p.m. by Kevin Olsen, chemist for Montclair State University’s Passaic River Institute. New Jersey has long depended on rivers and reservoirs for much of its drinking water. […]

Neighborhood meeting shows plans for Irvington Ave. site

Neighborhood meeting shows plans for Irvington Ave. site

SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — South Orange trustees Bob Zuckerman and Summer Jones, along with village President Sheena Collum, hosted a Feb. 5 neighborhood meeting at Congregation Beth El about the redevelopment project at 270 Irvington Ave., presenting the redevelopment process and possible design to area residents. Greer Patras, a planner with Topology in Newark, and […]

SOMSD audit shows effective management

SOMSD audit shows effective management

SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The South Orange–Maplewood School District heard an audit report of the 2018-2019 school year at its Jan. 27 meeting, learning that all financial operations during the year were working effectively. The report was presented by Robert Morrison of the accounting firm Hodulik & Morrison, who has been working in […]

Taking a leap to help local schools

Taking a leap to help local schools

SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School Cougar Boosters will host a leap year celebration to raise money to help students in the South Orange-Maplewood School District on Saturday, Feb. 29, from 7 to 10:30 p.m. in Our Lady of Sorrows Gymnasium, 217 Prospect St. in South Orange. Since 1974 the CHS Cougar Boosters […]

Two towns receive $267,740 through CDBG program

Two towns receive $267,740 through CDBG program

MAPLEWOOD / SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Essex County recently announced that approximately $5.4 million will be distributed to 14 Essex County municipalities and 34 community organizations through the Community Development Block Grant program and the Emergency Solutions Grant program. Maplewood received $164,840 and South Orange received $102,900. The CDBG and ESG programs are funded through […]

Vanguard to present ‘For the Love of Charlie Brown’ at Montclair Art Museum

Vanguard to present ‘For the Love of Charlie Brown’ at Montclair Art Museum

MONTCLAIR, NJ — Students from Montclair, South Orange, West Orange, Newark and other towns in Essex County will present “For the Love of Charlie Brown” at the Montclair Art Museum this weekend. The musical features all of the beloved “Peanuts” characters and songs from “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown,” “Snoopy” and various Peanuts television […]