MAPLEWOOD / SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — When a group of Columbia High School senior parents signed on to help coordinate Midnight Madness, the annual substance-and-phone-free mystery trip held on the night of graduation, they thought they’d be following in the footsteps of their predecessors. Midnight Madness is a more than 30-year tradition at Columbia, and […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Maplewood’s parks remain open to the public, and the last two weeks have seen nine residents walking around them wearing green shirts and handing out face masks. They’re the social distancing ambassadors, who are part of a program Maplewood is testing out in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. “Not only do […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Students seeking admission to Seton Hall University for the fall 2021 semester will not be required to submit standardized test scores as part of the application process. The university announced that SAT and ACT scores will not be mandatory, and Seton Hall will become a “test-optional” institution for students applying at […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Glen Ridge School District Superintendent Dirk Phillips presented the district’s reopening plan for September at the Board of Education’s July 27 meeting, a month after Gov. Phil Murphy announced that schools would resume in-person learning after being forced to move online because of the COVID-19 pandemic in March. Each school district […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Essex County Education Association President Anthony Rosamilia, in collaboration with local teachers union presidents across the county, penned a letter to interim Executive County Superintendent Joseph Zarra and the county’s legislators expressing ECEA’s opposition to reopening school buildings this fall. “Out of the more than 3,000 counties in the United States, […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Bloomfield School District Superintendent Sal Goncalves and Assistant Superintendent Joe Fleres presented the district’s reopening plan for September at the July 21 Board of Education meeting, a month after Gov. Phil Murphy announced that schools would resume in-person learning after being forced to move online because of the COVID-19 pandemic in March. […]
NEWARK, NJ — The Newark Board of Education operated virtually for more than three months, but the Central Office staff resumed in-person operations July 1. While working remotely, the district used the opportunity to establish and implement safety measures and protocols to prepare for the safe return of all employees. Prior to returning to in-person […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield Public Library is open only for curbside pickup as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, but that’s not stopping the staff from working on new projects. The library, always ready to preserve a story, is creating an archive to document the pandemic and is asking Bloomfield residents to […]
NEWARK, NJ — NJ Transit has resumed the collection of cash fares and front-door boarding on buses that have protective barriers installed around the bus operator, effective Aug. 3. As part of NJ Transit’s “Your Ride to Recovery,” the protective devices are being installed throughout the bus fleet to provide a barrier between the operator […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Board of Education discussed the path back to reopening schools in the fall at its July 20 meeting. The health and safety of students and staff during the COVID-19 pandemic is the top priority, and the school population will not all return to in-person instruction at the same […]