MAPLEWOOD, NJ — D.D. Jackson had just gotten off a plane from Los Angeles when he headed to Montclair to perform in the Freedom of Sound festival. It was the night after his second Emmy win earlier this year, and he was getting ready to debut some of his new solo jazz piano compositions. Now, […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Maplewood’s Department of Community Services will kick off #Socktober sock drives with a “Rock Your Socks Off” free family dance party this Saturday, Sept. 28, from noon to 3 p.m. at The Woodland, 60 Woodland Road in Maplewood. Admissions is a recommended donation of a pair of new socks. “Rock Your Socks […]
MAPLEWOOD / SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The League of Women Voters of Maplewood-South Orange kicked off its centennial year at Maplewood Memorial Library in a community meeting with Freeholder Tyshammie Cooper. Cooper is the county representative for District 3, which includes part of Newark’s West Ward, East Orange, Orange and South Orange; she was elected […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The South Orange/Maplewood Community Coalition on Race will host “Talking to Children About Race: Language Matters!” on Thursday, Oct. 3, at 7:30 p.m. in the South Orange Middle School Library, second floor, 70 N. Ridgewood Road. Do your children report conversations that trouble you? Have your children experienced ethnic or racial […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Essex County College and the Essex County College Foundation will sponsor its 21st annual Golf & Tennis Scholarship Tournament on Monday, Oct. 7, at the Maplewood Country Club, 28 Baker St. in Maplewood. The tournament, a key source of money for scholarships, features round-robin play in both golf and tennis. “The money […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Community Health Law Project, which is based in South Orange, has named the 32nd annual Ann Klein Advocate Awards and 2019 Michael D. Lione Accessibility Award honorees to be presented Thursday, Oct. 24, at The Wilshire Grand Hotel in West Orange. CJLP is a nonprofit, legal aid society founded in […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Hundreds of True Blue Pirates transformed Seton Hall’s University Green as swashbuckling members of the Student Alumni Association hosted the annual International Talk Like a Pirate Day celebration on Sept. 19. What better way to celebrate this annual tradition than at the home of South Orange’s own Pirates? Fun-filled activities and […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The South Orange Department of Health will offer seasonal influenza vaccinations for adults ages 18 and older on Wednesday, Oct. 2, from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. at the township offices, 76 South Orange Ave., Suite 302, at the health department. Medicare Part B cards will not be accepted. Everyone will be […]
NEWARK, NJ — Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo Jr. dedicated five bronze plaques in honor and memory of Pearl Beatty, Kenneth A. Gibson, Lebby Jones, Trish Morris-Yamba and Ramon Rivera on Sept. 18. Beatty was the first freeholder president under the current form of county government; Gibson was the first black mayor of Newark, serving […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The township of Maplewood will sponsor two interactive events at the 1978 Maplewood Art Center, located at 1978 Springfield Ave. in Maplewood. Beginning in October, Maplewood will give a new twist to Inktober, a worldwide phenomenon which invites anyone anywhere to create a drawing based on a one-word “prompt” issued for each […]