SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — A free South Orange Security Seminar, hosted by Andre Preoteasa, will be held Thursday, July 28, at 8 p.m. at the Baird, 5 Mead St. in South Orange. The seminar will focus on home video security systems featuring a panel of experts, including representatives from the South Orange Police Department, a […]
MILLBURN, NJ — Eight of the most talented young performers in South Orange and Maplewood will soon put their singing, acting and dancing abilities on display as part of the Paper Mill Playhouse’s “New Voices of 2016: Everything Old is New Again!” concert on July 29 and 30. South Orange’s Olivia Pryor and Naomi Fisch, […]
Board of Trustees votes in favor of redevelopment plan, designates Villas at Orange Lawn for work
Orange Lawn Tennis Club in South Orange can now move ahead with developer Villas at Orange Lawn LLC to turn an empty 5 acres of its property into townhouses, following approval by the South Orange Board of Trustee at their June 27 meeting. The board voted 5-0 to approve Ordinance No. 2016-08 on final reading, […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Seton Hall University and Hackensack Meridian Health announced July 14 that the two organizations have signed an agreement for a long-term lease with real estate development firm Prism Capital Partners to lease 16 acres, including two state-of-the-art buildings, on the former Hoffmann-La Roche biomedical campus located in Nutley and Clifton to […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — William Matthew Reilly Morrow of South Orange, a member of Boy Scout Troop 10 and a graduate of Columbia High School, has been named an Eagle Scout, the most distinguished rank in scouting. To earn his Eagle ranking, Morrow restored and repainted 12 double fire doors at the Our Lady of […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The South Orange Board of Trustees introduced the preliminary 2016 budget at its June 27 meeting. This budget will raise property taxes for the municipality by 1.9 percent. Municipal taxes are only part of South Orange’s property taxes, with Essex County and the South Orange-Maplewood School District taking the lion’s share. […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The South Orange-Maplewood Community Coalition on Race will celebrate its 20th anniversary at its annual dinner on Saturday, Oct. 22, at 7 p.m. at The Woodland in Maplewood. Great food, live music, a fun auction and more will make this evening — “Celebrating Integration: Many Voices-One Community” — special. More details will […]
CRANFORD, NJ — The Mayors Council Rahway River Watershed Flood Control voted at its recent meeting to endorse the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ strategy for initial flood mitigation in the upper Rahway River Basin, according to a recent release from the Mayors Council. Known as Alternative 4a, the plan is a revision of one […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — On Thursday, July 21, at 7:30 p.m., in DeHart Community Center, 120 Burnett Ave. in Maplewood, Assemblywoman Mila Jasey’s legislative director, Lindy Wilson, will present different funding proposals and discuss how they impact the South Orange-Maplewood School District. The school district gets only about half of the state aid it should get, […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The NotInOurTwoTowns movement will hold a meeting at South Orange Middle School this Tuesday, July 12, to mourn the loss of the black lives taken through the past decades. Come enjoy a night filled with open discussion, youth empowerment and community strategizing. Doors open at 6 p.m. and the event begins promptly […]