Maplewood DPW is now on social media

MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Maplewood residents can now interact with the Department of Public Works on the social media outlets Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. The Department of Public Works is looking to increase engagement with residents in the interest of better serving the community, and providing an inside peak into how it serves Maplewood. On Facebook, […]

Maplewood police receive ‘Fair and Impartial Policing’ instructor certifications

MAPLEWOOD, NJ — In recent years government officials, community leaders and police executives have engaged in a national discussion involving policing, bias and the critical need to enhance police-community relations by enhancing public trust and legitimacy for law enforcement agencies. Within New Jersey the goal to improve police-community relations has been advanced by the N.J. […]

Add your voice to the Maplewood Library renovation

MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The Maplewood Library foundation, library staff and other supporters have worked several years on ideas for a substantial renovation of the main library branch, 51 Baker St. A community workshop is scheduled for tonight, Monday, April 3, from 7:30 to 9 p.m. to hear ideas from the architectural firm and contribute community […]

Learn about your historic Maplewood home

MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The Maplewood Historic Preservation Commission offers information about your house with tips on its history and care on Saturday, April 8, from 1 to 3 p.m. Members of the HPC will be at the Local History Center located in the Maplewood Hilton Library, 1688 Springfield Ave., to answer your questions. Maplewood residents […]

Debate swirls around shelter

Livingston Animal Shelter denies residents’ allegations of mismanagement

Debate swirls around shelter

SOUTH ORANGE / LIVINGSTON, NJ — The police captain in charge of the Livingston Animal Shelter told the News-Record that the shelter will soon have an isolation room in which sick animals can be kept away from healthy ones, thus bringing it into compliance with state law and satisfying a major grievance South Orange and […]

WSOU to induct 3 new members into its Hall of Fame

SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — WSOU 89.5 FM, Seton Hall University’s student-run radio station, is welcoming three new inductees into the legendary station’s Hall of Fame: sportscaster Matt Loughlin ’79, traffic reporter Pete Tauriello ’76 and engineer Richard Koziol. In addition, George Roskos ’09 will be presented with the station’s Distinguished Young Alumnus Award. The honorees […]

Maplewood introduces $43.6 million 2017 budget

MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Though most of Maplewood’s expenses remained relatively flat for 2017, main drivers such as increased pension and debt payments, will leave the average homeowner paying approximately $75 more in property taxes this year than in 2016. “We’ve worked very hard to get this budget down,” Mayor Vic DeLuca assured residents at the […]