MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The 20th annual Memorial Day Duck Race will be held Monday, May 28, from 11:45 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Memorial Park. Join hundreds of locals to cheer your ducks to victory! There are six heats and more than 600 rubber ducks competing for terrific prizes and bragging rights. The first 13 […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Sheriff Armando Fontoura advised motorists in a recent press release that the Essex County Sheriff’s Office will join with municipal police from around New Jersey in cracking down on unbuckled motorists and passengers as part of the national “Click it or Ticket” campaign. Beginning May 21 and running through June 3, […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The Maplewood Community Pool is set to open Saturday, May 26, at noon. Join the Recreation Department as it kicks off summer and enjoy some food from Freeman’s Fish Market. If you have not registered for the pool yet, don’t wait! The pool has DJ nights, live music, story time, movie nights, […]
SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The South Orange-Maplewood School District will hold several community meetings to discuss the long-range facilities and integration plan. Each meeting will include the same presentation. Meetings will be held: Wednesday, May 30, at 7:30 p.m. at Seth Boyden School, 274 Boyden Ave. in Maplewood; Thursday, May 31, at 7:30 […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — When Clinton Elementary School students head back to their classrooms in September, they will be welcomed by a new assistant principal. Sandra Smith, who currently teaches fourth grade at Seth Boyden Elementary School, was appointed to the position by the South Orange-Maplewood Board of Education at its April 23 meeting. A teacher […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The South Orange Performing Arts Center will host American Theater Group’s latest world premiere, “Small Town Story,” a lively musical exploring the theater’s power to open minds, from May 31 through June 10. Featuring a book and lyrics from Sammy Buck and music and lyrics from Brandon James Gwinn, “Small Town […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The South Orange Board of Trustees held a special meeting Mary 4 to discuss two resolutions, ultimately passing both. The first resolution passed was an amendment to the 2018 municipal budget, necessary because of a change at the state level about how budgets are submitted. The second resolution, approved unanimously, authorized […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Aspiring Kindness Foundation, which has raised more than $200,000 for first responders, emergency service providers and fire prevention and education programs, will hold its sixth annual Charity Golf Outing at the Forest Hill Field Club in Bloomfield on Monday, June 18. Reflecting the origins of the charity that was formed in […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Maplewood resident Paul Daugherty is exploring artificial intelligence and how it affects the workforce in his new book, “Human + Machine: Reimagining Work in the Age of AI,” which looks at how computers and machines will affect the workforce as technology advances. Daugherty is the chief technology and innovation officer at Accenture, […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The Maplewood Health Department will hold a stroke risk assessment clinic Thursday, May 24, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Maplewood Fire Department, 105 Dunnell Road. Stroke risk assessment includes: a blood pressure screening, blood glucose, cholesterol screening and brief nursing consultation. The screening should take about 10 to 15 […]