Free cardiac and concussion screenings for young athletes

Free cardiac and concussion screenings for young athletes

WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Matthew J. Morahan III Health Assessment Center for Athletes at RWJBarnabas Health will provide free cardiac and concussion baseline screenings to young athletes on Saturday, March 7, from 8 a.m. to noon at Codey Arena, 560 Northfield Ave. in West Orange. When preliminary testing to identify serious cardiac problems is […]

SHU med school launches grant program to help deliver treatment breakthroughs

SHU med school launches grant program to help deliver treatment breakthroughs

NUTLEY, NJ — The Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine at Seton Hall University, located in Nutley, has announced a $100,000 program to support network physicians and researchers working to develop novel treatments for some of the most costly and challenging diseases and conditions, including diabetes, depression and epilepsy. The newly launched Research Pilot Project Funding […]

Strollers bring ‘Wisdom’ back for Black History Month

Strollers bring ‘Wisdom’ back for Black History Month

MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Five years after Maplewood theater company The Strollers staged a production of “How the World Got Wisdom,” its players are back at it again. The children’s theater production, a compilation of African folktales and music, is being staged at the Burgdorff Center, 10 Durand Road in Maplewood, for two weekends to kick […]

JFS of MetroWest receives funds for groundbreaking Holocaust survivor care

JFS of MetroWest receives funds for groundbreaking Holocaust survivor care

ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Jewish Family Service of MetroWest NJ announced it will receive a grant from the Jewish Federations of North America’s Center for Advancing Holocaust Survivor Care. When combined with matching funds, this award will enable $99,330.67 in new programming for survivors. In addition, all JFS clinical staff will receive intensive training on […]

Joe Max Robinson Endowed Scholarship presents first award

Joe Max Robinson Endowed Scholarship presents first award

SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Joe Max Robinson Endowed Scholarship in the College of Communication and the Arts at Seton Hall University presented its first award to sophomore Priscilla Febus, from Bloomfield.  Febus majors in communication and intends to double major with political science. Through these two degree paths, she aspires to become an immigration […]

CCR to discuss myths about physical racial differences

CCR to discuss myths about physical racial differences

MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The South Orange/Maplewood Community Coalition on Race Coffee House Discussion for Black History Month focuses on The New York Times 1619 Project essay, “Myths about physical racial differences were used to justify slavery — and are still believed by doctors today,” written in August 2019 by Linda Villarosa, a writer, journalist, educator […]

SOMAS Children’s Summer Program: curiosity and fun abound

SOMAS Children’s Summer Program: curiosity and fun abound

SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The South Orange-Maplewood Adult School Children’s Summer Program offers more than 100 classes in creative arts, music, science and sports. Students get to choose their own classes — there are five periods in a day — and the day can be as long or short as they like. The program is […]

Seton Hall business students conduct Adult School survey

Seton Hall business students conduct Adult School survey

SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — They have the questions. You will have the answers next Saturday, Feb. 8, when graduate students from the Stillman School of Business at Seton Hall University survey local residents on behalf of the South Orange-Maplewood Adult School. For the students, it’s a real-life exercise in marketing strategies, which will also include […]

Reading ‘Spun: A Brother/Sister Rock Musical’

Reading ‘Spun: A Brother/Sister Rock Musical’

MAPLEWOOD, NJ — American Theater Group’s Reading Series brings theater-lovers together with playwrights and actors and offers audience members the exciting opportunity to help shape new works. Following the read through, guests are invited to participate in a panel discussion with the playwright, director and cast. This event will be Sunday, Feb. 9, at 7 […]

SOPD, ECPO investigate police officer’s use of force

SOPD, ECPO investigate police officer’s use of force

SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The South Orange Police Department Internal Affairs Unit and the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Professional Standards Bureau are actively investigating an officer’s use of force during a robbery call that took place on Wednesday, Jan. 22, at approximately 12:05 a.m. on Sloan Street, according to a press release from the village. […]