MAPLEWOOD, NJ — South Orange-Maplewood School District administrators seem to be traveling through a revolving door. The latest SOMSD administrator to announce his resignation is Maplewood Middle School Assistant Principal Marc Gold. In the fall, Gold will be assistant principal at Frelinghuysen Middle School in Morristown, where former South Orange Middle School Principal Joseph Uglialoro […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — The RSVP Center of Essex and Hudson Counties is launching a Reading Buddies program, which will connect volunteers age 55 and older with elementary school students in Essex County. Reading Buddies seeks to introduce the love of books and increase the literacy of young children. Early literacy is linked with academic […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Take advantage of a free opportunity to reduce your risk of health problems. The South Orange Health Department will hold its 10th annual free health fair on Saturday, Sept. 10, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the South Orange Fire House, located at 56 Sloan St. The event’s no-cost health […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — South Orange Public Library, with the support of Global SOMA, hosted its annual summer production by The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey’s Next Stage Ensemble. Pictured, the cast of this year’s touring production of “Twelfth Night” takes a bow to enthusiastic audience applause. Photo Courtesy of Melissa Kopecky
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — South Orange resident Andre Preoteasa held a security seminar at the Baird on July 28, at which attendees had a conversation about how to approach home video security. The conversation was led by a panel, including Sgt. Adrian Acevedo of the South Orange Police Department, Lonnie Scher of Accutronic Systems Inc. […]
Seton Hall alumni host charity walkathon in South Orange to support those who supported them
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Positivity and persistence were the takeaways of the day as the Three Doctors Foundation and Seton Hall University’s Educational Opportunity Fund Program hosted their 10th annual Healthy Mind and Body Charity Walkathon on the campus of Seton Hall University on Saturday, July 23. The purpose of the walkathon was to promote […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — From 1986 to 2001, WSOU 89.5 FM’s Monday Night Mayhem melted the faces of heavy metal listeners in the New York market with what was then some of the hardest, loudest and most aggressive music on the airwaves. In honor of the 30th anniversary of WSOU’s current loud rock format, the […]
SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The Maplewood Memorial Library and the South Orange Public Library each received $2,500 in grants from the New Jersey State Library to expand their adult literacy collections. Both libraries became eligible for the awards last year after sending representatives to the NJSL’s first Literacy Boot Camp, a four-part seminar […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — An experienced, collaborative leader, Garry W. Jenkins will be the next dean of the University of Minnesota Law School, effective July 31. Jenkins grew up in South Orange, matriculating through the South Orange-Maplewood school system through South Orange Middle School, at which point he went to Delbarton School in Morristown, graduating […]
SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — On July 11, the South Orange Board of Trustees unanimously authorized a resolution awarding a contract to Manitou Incorporated to conduct “an analysis of the operational efficiencies of and the feasibility of consolidation, merger or sharing of South Orange and Maplewood’s Municipal Fire Protection Services.” Then, on July 25, […]