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SONIC Drive-In thanks local teachers with donations to aid distance learning

By Editor on July 17, 2020 EAST ORANGE, MAPLEWOOD, NEWARK, ORANGE, SOUTH ORANGE, WEST ORANGE

ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — To recognize the entrepreneurial spirit driving teachers to meet their students’ distance learning needs during this difficult time, SONIC Drive-In matched all donations to DonorsChoose on Teacher Appreciation Day. Through Limeades for Learning, SONIC donated $1 million to public school teacher requests across the country on May 5, supporting their endeavors […]

Volunteers needed for citizen science project to help newly discovered frog species

By Editor on January 13, 2020 NEWARK

NEWARK, NJ — Conserve Wildlife Foundation has extended an invitation to the Greater Newark community to train as citizen scientists and help a newly discovered frog species. The Atlantic Coast leopard frog was discovered in 2012 in Staten Island. This species has since been located in a number of urban and other areas in New […]