MILLBURN, NJ — The Junior League of the Oranges and Short Hills invites local nonprofit organizations to apply for a Community Grant for 2016-2017. JLOSH offers grants ranging from $1,000 to $5,000. Grant recipients will be announced in spring 2017. The grants will be awarded to qualifying organizations whose programs further JLOSH’s new “Fill the […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The Hilton Neighborhood Association will sponsor a Board of Education candidates forum on Thursday, Oct. 20, at 7:30 p.m. in DeHart Community Center, 120 Burnett Ave. in Maplewood. The five candidates running for the three open seats are Susie Adamson, James Davis III, Anthony Mazzocchi, Stephanie Lawson-Muhammad and Johanna Wright. Lawson-Muhammad and […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The Maplewood Municipal Building has been listed in the National Register of Historic Places and a bronze plaque noting this status will be unveiled at the regularly scheduled Township Committee meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 18. The plaque was funded by a grant from the Open Space Trust Fund. Listing in the National […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Walsh Gallery at Seton Hall University, in collaboration with the Lennie Pierro Memorial Arts Foundation, will host a tribute exhibition featuring South Orange natives Kiki and Seton Smith in “A Sense of Place.” The exhibition, with an accompanying catalog, honors two of the town’s most distinguished artists by considering their […]
Township Committee candidates argue over development, taxes, outsourcing, state funding, more
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The two candidates running for the sole open seat on the Maplewood Township Committee offered differing visions of how development should be handled during the Oct. 6 forum held by the League of Women Voters of South Orange and Maplewood at the Maplewood Memorial Library. Democrat Frank McGehee and Republican Mike Summersgill […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — NCJW/Essex is sponsoring a “lunch and learn” — “#ENOUGH: A Conversation About Gun Violence” — featuring Mark Barden, managing director of Sandy Hook Promise, and Kim Russell, regional organizing manager for the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence. The program will take place on Thursday, Oct. 20, from noon to 2 […]
MONTCLAIR, NJ — Maplewood resident Peter Curley stars as Prince Boris in ‘The Frog Princess,’ a charming and adventurous show for all ages by Catherine L. Howard, at Studio Playhouse in Upper Montclair. Performances are Saturdays and Sundays at 1:30 and 3:30 p.m. from Oct. 22 through Oct. 30. Additionally, a sensory friendly show for […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Schools Committee of the South Orange-Maplewood Community Coalition on Race is presenting its ninth annual candidates forum for the Board of Education on Tuesday, Oct. 25, at 7 p.m. in the South Orange Middle School Library, 70 North Ridgewood Road in South Orange. This candidates forum is an opportunity for […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Find out if you are at risk for diabetes or high blood pressure with a free screening and obtain educational materials and individual counseling. The Overlook Van will be at the Hilton Branch Library, 1688 Springfield Ave. in Maplewood, from 1 to 3 p.m. on Thursdays, Oct. 20, Nov. 17 and Dec. […]
Center celebrates 10 years of bringing varied art to village
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The South Orange Performing Arts Center will celebrate its 10th anniversary with a gala honoring three of its biggest supporters Oct. 29. The event will pay tribute to South Orange Village President Sheena Collum, SOPAC governor Carolyn Minick Mason and founding contributor Peter Shapiro, all of whom have either donated funds, […]