Community Invited to Celebrate Seton Hall Weekend 2019

Community Invited to Celebrate Seton Hall Weekend 2019

SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The public is invited to join the Seton Hall University community on Saturday, Oct. 19, for a fun-filled event celebrating the university’s community spirit and the close ties enjoyed by alumni, students, faculty, staff and the surrounding community. The event will start with the 35th annual Farinella 5K Run, followed by […]

Full crowd at SOMAS presentation on investigative journalism

Full crowd at SOMAS presentation on investigative journalism

MAPLEWOOD, NJ — It was standing room only at The Woodland on Thursday, Oct. 10, as WNYC’s Nancy Solomon and ProPublica’s Charles Ornstein addressed the question, “Can Investigative Journalism Save New Jersey?” “Communities all across the country are struggling with cutbacks to their local newspapers,” Solomon said. “We have a great need for investigative journalism, […]

NJAW completes lead and copper sampling, verifies its systems are compliant

NJAW completes lead and copper sampling, verifies its systems are compliant

CAMDEN, NJ — New Jersey American Water has completed its required lead and copper sampling for 2019 and all systems tested meet state water quality regulations, according to an NJAW press release. The company tested 14 water systems that are required to be tested between June and September, and all results show compliance with safe […]

Neighborhood electrical condition sparks Oct. 7 Maplewood house fire

Neighborhood electrical condition sparks Oct. 7 Maplewood house fire

MAPLEWOOD, NJ — An electrical problem in the Kendal Avenue neighborhood is being blamed for igniting a house fire, leaving the residence uninhabitable. The Maplewood Fire Department responded to Kendal Avenue on Monday, Oct. 7, just before 5 p.m. to investigate an electrical condition with an odor of something burning, according to a release from […]

TSTI to host Nurnberger at Shabbat, Scholar & Supper

TSTI to host Nurnberger at Shabbat, Scholar & Supper

SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel, located at 432 Scotland Road in South Orange, will host a Shabbat, Scholar & Supper on Friday, Oct. 25, with guest speaker Ralph Nurnberger, who will present “Understanding the Balfour Declaration and its Lasting Impact on the Middle East.” The service, which is open to all, starts at […]

Tori Erstwhile & the Montys to appear at Maplewood Library

Tori Erstwhile & the Montys to appear at Maplewood Library

MAPLEWOOD, NJ — “It’s all storytelling,” says humor songwriter and novelist V.C. Chickering, a longtime Maplewood resident. Chickering will be at Maplewood Memorial Library, 51 Baker St., on Saturday, Oct. 19, at 3 p.m. to talk about her lyrics and novel writing process, interwoven with charming, witty original songs performed by her band, Tori Erstwhile […]

Theodore Roosevelt to make dramatic return to Maplewood

Theodore Roosevelt to make dramatic return to Maplewood

MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Don’t miss Theodore Roosevelt’s resplendent return to Maplewood on Sunday, Oct. 20, at 2 p.m. at Jefferson School, 518 Ridgewood Road in Maplewood, sponsored by the Durand-Hedden House. Roosevelt once roamed the hills and meadows of Maplewood as a boy, exploring nature while visiting his Uncle Cornelius’s estate, now the Roosevelt Park […]

OLS School recognizes 7th-grader for feeding the hungry

OLS School recognizes 7th-grader for feeding the hungry

SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Our Lady of Sorrows School in South Orange named seventh-grader Parker Hamilton as its Volunteer of the Month for September. Last year Parker collected and donated $550 to the food pantry at Our Lady of Sorrows Church. Kate Cahill from the OLS Food Pantry told him that the pantry would use […]

JESPY opens Och House in SO

New shared living space allows village residents with IDD to age in place

JESPY opens Och House in SO

SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — “Welcome to my house!” enthused Michael Och as he welcomed South Orange community members into the new JESPY shared aging-in-place house named for him. The renovated house on Meadowbrook Place in South Orange that is now home to nine JESPY clients was made possible by Och and his family, who funded […]

Recycle old computers and unwanted electronics equipment

Recycle old computers and unwanted electronics equipment

CEDAR GROVE, NJ — The Essex County Computer and Electronics Recycling Day, sponsored by the county and the Essex County Utilities Authority, will be Saturday, Oct. 19, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Essex County Fleet Maintenance Facility, 99 West Bradford Ave. in Cedar Grove. “Recycling computer hardware and electronic devices helps remove […]