Woolley Home Solutions began as Woolley Coal and Ice back in 1924. The company has adapted and changed over the years, moving from horse drawn ice and coal wagons to trucks delivering heating oil and now to a home solutions company that has biofuel and is aiming to be carbon neutral by 2050. The company […]
By Paul Brubaker Special to the News Record MAPLEWOOD — Board of Education members approved a $182 million budget for the 2024-2025 school year that eliminates fewer positions than was initially projected while providing funding for improved technology, security, and access and equity efforts. The revised spending plan, adopted by the Board with a 5-4 […]
Photos by Carlos Sanchez MAPLEWOOD — The Achieve Foundation held its annual Maker Madness event at Columbia High School on Saturday, April 27. The event featured LEGO master Corey Samuels and 28 stations that included a beekeeper, robots and water powered rockets. More than 1,200 children and family members attended the event. Helping out were […]
The final plans for the new South Orange Public Library were unveiled last week at a Town Hall Meeting held at the original library site on Scotland Road. Architect Andrew Berman showed off the plans for the library’s design at the meeting that included representatives of the South Orange Public Library and South Orange Village […]
SOUTH ORANGE — The Baird officially reopened on Saturday, following a multiyear, $15 million renovation. A ribbon cutting was held with Mayor Sheena Collum inviting kids to join her on the steps for the ceremonial event before the doors opened and people flooded inside. The newly refurbished and enlarged building includes a full size basketball […]
The South Orange Symphony will perform a spring concert on Sunday, April 28, at 3 p.m. at the South Orange Middle School auditorium. It is free and open to the public. The concert will feature piano soloist Craig Ketter playing Sergie Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 2. Rachmaninoff was a Russian composer and virtuoso pianist of […]
Arab Heritage Month was celebrated at HabibiFest on Saturday at The Woodland in Maplewood. About 2,000 people attended the free, family-friendly community celebration that featured live performances, including dancing by Ald-Dal’ouna Dabka, Tanoura dancing, belly dancing by Liubov Bargg and musician Zafer Tawil playing the oud. The event also included local artists and vendors, an […]
South Orange Maplewood Baseball held their annual Opening Day Parade through South Orange on Saturday, April 20. More than 1,000 people participated in the event that included the singing of the national anthem and ended with ceremonial first pitches by Maplewood Mayor Nancy Adams and South Orange Mayor Sheena Collum.
MAPLEWOD — The village has a new look for the summer. The hodge podge collection of outdoor seating protected by Jersey barriers is being replaced with uniform dining platforms protected by planters filled with gravel. “A plan was formulated that would include safety, uniformity and be aesthetically pleasing,” said Ronnella B. Walker, who is the […]
Durand-Hedden House and Garden recently hosted Columbia High School’s Accomplishing Artists Exhibit and Reception in their Carriage House. Lisa Marinardi, Durand-Hedden House and Garden event coordinator, said, “Ike was amazing putting it all together, in addition to being an artist.” Ike Hempstead, an 18-year-old senior at Columbia rallied the high school artists to make it […]