SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — In honor of the Community Coalition on Race’s 20th Anniversary, the CCR is bringing race relations expert Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum back to the community to revisit the topic about which she spoke to the community nearly 20 years ago. Tatum, a clinical psychologist, professor and recently retired president […]
SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — South Orange and Maplewood fire departments took part in ‘Cooked and Uncorked,’ a food and wine festival in Edison on Feb. 29, in support of the New Jersey State Firefighters’ Mutual Benevolent Association and the Burn Center at Saint Barnabas. The evening ‘put fire to good use’ with a […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The South Orange Board of Trustees members will soon take over as the Board of Health. The trustees voted Feb. 22 to pass an ordinance on first reading that would dissolve the current Board of Health and allow the BOT to absorb its responsibilities. The BOT voted 5-0 — Trustee Deborah […]
With lawsuit filed against CHS coaches, many express their support of, anger at baseball teachers
SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — All four of Columbia High School’s baseball coaches were rehired by the South Orange-Maplewood Board of Education for the upcoming 2016 season during the Feb. 22 board meeting, days after a former player filed a lawsuit in Essex County Civil Court alleging that he was repeatedly bullied by the […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Seton Hall University’s School of Diplomacy and International Relations has announced the appointment of Dean Andrea Bartoli to the board of trustees of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Newark. As a member of the board, Bartoli will collaborate on the overall governance of the organization, which plays an important role […]
SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Taxpayers can expect some big cuts to come to the South Orange-Maplewood School District — not that this will reduce taxes. According to the 2016-2017 preliminary budget presentation made at the Feb. 22 Board of Education meeting, the school district is currently looking at a budget shortfall for next […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — WSOU 89.5 FM Seton Hall Pirate Radio is helping Killswitch Engage take New York City by storm with a weeklong series of concerts presented by the legendary heavy metal radio station. As a part of its 30th anniversary concert series, WSOU presents Killswitch Engage for their five-day “take over” in New York from […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — On Feb. 23 Police arrested a suspect in the Feb. 5 shooting of a Maplewood man in the area of Walker and William streets, according to a release from the Union Police Department. Following an investigation, the suspect, Isaiah “Zay” Jackson, who has addresses in both Newark and South Orange, was […]
MAPLEWOOD / SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Yet again, a Superior Court judge has rejected a bid from a former Maplewood teacher to dismiss charges that she sexually assaulted six male students. Superior Court Judge Michael L. Ravin on Feb. 29 denied a motion from Nicole Dufault to reconsider his Dec. 18, 2015, ruling that denied […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Regina Carter grew up in Detroit and now lives in New Jersey but her roots, at least in part, run through the South. The acclaimed violinist’s grandfather was an Alabama coal miner who died before she was born. And while Carter never had the chance to meet him, she did know […]