SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — South Orange will hold its annual Halloween festival on Tuesday, Oct. 31, from 4 to 6 p.m. in Spooky Spiotta Park. The costume contest will commence at 5 p.m. The free event will feature Wanda the Giant Witch, music, games, prizes for the costume contest winners, and trick or treating with […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Vanguard Theater Company recently announced that Kate Dawson and Juan Drigo Ricafort will join Vanguard’s upcoming production of “The Music Man in Concert” as Marian Paroo and Harold Hill. The show performs Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 16 and 17, at the theater at South Orange Middle School, 70 N. Ridgewood Road. […]
By Jim Van Orden Correspondent “That’s as grand a bunch of kids as anybody could ever have to coach ” – Frank Hoffman It was such a big game…you might call it New Jersey’s first high school “Super Bowl.” Perhaps the largest crowd to ever pack Maplewood’s Underhill Field assembled to watch two unbeaten […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Have you ever wondered how Durand-Hedden House became Maplewood’s historic house museum? When it was built? Who lived there? On Sunday, Oct. 29, from 1 to 4 p.m., attend an informal afternoon of exploring Durand-Hedden’s nooks, crannies and collections. Find answers to these questions and others such as: Did famous artist Asher […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Maplewood Township will be holding a Safe Medication Disposal/ Prescription Medication Drop Off Day on Saturday, Oct. 28, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Maplewood Police Department, 1618 Springfield Ave. For more information on safe medication disposal, including how to safely dispose of used medical needles/syringes, visit the Health Department […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Mykee Fowlin, who has a Ph.D. in clinical psychology, brought his colorful cast of characters to Columbia High School on Tuesday, Oct. 10, to perform his one-man show, “You Don’t Know Me Until You Know Me,” for the Class of 2021. Fowlin, who is a psychologist, actor, poet and motivational speaker, introduced […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The Maplewood Department of Public Works is currently collecting leaf piles on township streets. Weather and equipment failures may cause a delay in the collection schedule. Delays should not be more than one or two days. If the township gets ahead of schedule, they may come through your section early, but will […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Pierro Gallery, 5 Mead St. in South Orange, presents “Color Theory,” an exhibition of paintings, prints, sculpture and collages that examine different ways of making and using color, from Nov. 2 through Dec. 7, with an opening reception on Thursday, Nov. 2, from 7 to 9 p.m. On Saturday, Dec. […]
SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Issues regarding cultural insensitivity, taxes and overcrowding were just some of the hot-button topics of the Oct. 10 South Orange-Maplewood Board of Education candidates debate held by the League of Women Voters and the SOMSD Presidents Council. There are currently eight candidates running for three open seats on the […]
MAPLEWOOD / SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Manitou Incorporated, the firm jointly hired by South Orange and Maplewood to analyze the two towns’ fire departments and determine whether their consolidation would be beneficial, released its report earlier this month, which concludes that a joint fire department would not only save the towns money, but would likely […]