MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Get your space in Maplewood’s greenhouse for the 2019-2020 season. Applications for rental space in the Rahner Greenhouse will be received in the Maplewood Municipal Building, 574 Valley St., on Thursday, Sept. 5, from 6 to 7 p.m. A sign-in sheet will be brought to the meeting room at 4 p.m, at […]
NUTLEY, NJ — The Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine at Seton Hall University celebrated the graduation of 15 outstanding high school students who participated in the Medical Internship Navigating Diversity & Science Program. “Our mission is to create a physician workforce that is capable of delivering excellent clinical care and optimal health to all individuals […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Families with young children seeking a nature-intensive outdoor experience are invited to register for the sixth annual South Mountain Reservation Family Campout scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 5, through Sunday, Oct. 6, with the rain dates for the following weekend. The program will be based out of Summit Field in the reservation. […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Shawna Cooper-Gibson, a national leader in academic, co-curricular and multicultural student development, has been appointed vice president of student services at Seton Hall University. Cooper-Gibson currently serves as the assistant provost for student academic services at Loyola University Chicago and will officially begin her new position Oct. 14. “Dr. Cooper-Gibson’s impressive […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — On Friday, Aug. 30, beginning at 7 p.m., Sloan Street in South Orange will be milled and paved. The work will run through the night and should be completed by 8 a.m. While work is ongoing, Sloan Street from South Orange Avenue to and including the circle will be closed; Sloan […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — More than 23,000 would-be Pirates completed applications for the Class of 2023, making this the fifth year in a row that Seton Hall University has broken its record for student applicants. Over the last three years the number of applicants to Seton Hall has risen approximately 40 percent. Of those 23,000-plus […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — On July 25, the Essex County Board of Chosen Freeholders approved two resolutions to allocate $1,062,266.95 for the completion of the Irvington Avenue Streetscape Improvement Project. The project’s goal is to revitalize the street and commercial districts along Irvington Avenue in South Orange, Maplewood and Newark. Plan specifics include: creating a […]
West Orange Town Council plans to draft resolution against expanding the zoo's footprint
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — County residents continue to voice opposition to the Turtle Back Zoo amphitheater proposed by County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo Jr. earlier this summer, with several towns speaking out against the project. The Maplewood Township Committee passed a resolution at its Aug. 6 meeting asking the county to suspend expansion of the Aug. […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — It’s not a typical Throwback Thursday, but the South Orange Police Department sent out a missive reminding the community of something that happened 30 years ago today. On this date, Aug. 23, 30 years ago, South Orange Police Officer John Monsees was shot in the line of duty. Monsees had responded […]
NEWARK, NJ — The man accused of killing two people in Maplewood on Aug. 3 pleaded not guilty to double homicide charges at a detention hearing on Aug. 14 at the Essex County Courthouse, where Judge Nancy Sivilli chose to hold Joseph D. Porter, of Elizabeth, in jail from now through his trial. On Aug. […]