The SOMA Interfaith Holocaust Remembrance Committee had its 48th annual “Remember and Tell” on Sunday, March 23, with a march from the village to a temple and a talk by an award winning historian. The solemn occasion started out at Spiotta Park in South Orange Village with the March of Remembrance and Hope, honoring the […]
A group of public relations students from Seton Hall University have put together a campaign to stop book bans. The Seton Hall University (SHU) Bateman Team’s campaign is part of the national Bateman Case Study Competition, the country’s premier public relations contest for college students. The SHU team is spearheading a strategic campaign for EveryLibrary and […]
SOUTH ORANGE — Seton Hall University will be hosting a Graduate Open House on Saturday, Feb. 22, at 10 a.m. in Bethany Hall on the South Orange campus at 400 South Orange Ave. Prospective students will have the chance to discover more than 140 graduate degree and certificate programs in the fields of business, communication, applied […]
The SOMA Fox Running Club held a one mile race on Saturday, Feb. 1. The race began and ended near the gazebo on Springfield Avenue on Tuscan Road near Maplecrest Park. More than 100 people participated. The winner was Matthew Lawder, of South Orange, who ran the mile in 5 minutes and 2 seconds. He […]
In partnership with the Community Coalition on Race and South Orange Village, the Meadowland Park Conservancy continued their tradition of filling the 45 acres of the park with light to celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The Jan. 20 event featured the largest display of CCR luminaries in SOMA, with the entire […]
Jessica Lituchy and Stephanie Shiau began the SOMA Fox Running Club (SFRC) in 2021 after another club they belonged to shut down during Covid. “We wanted to create something new,” said Lituchy, who was living in Maplewood at the time and recently moved to East Hanover. The name originated with some fox-themed wallpaper that was […]
WELCOMING THE SNAKE — The Year of the Snake was celebrated at Lunar Fest NJ on Sunday, Jan. 26 at The Woodland in Maplewood. The event featured a Lion Dance, traditional Chinese dancing, a martial arts demonstration, Rutgers University students from Haru Dance doing Kpop dance covers, Chinese acrobats, and a Japanese drumming exhibition. There […]
Justin Grant’s journey to writing his book began more than 20 years ago after a favorite uncle died. “The guy that I looked up to,” said Grant. “My uncle was a senior executive at Johnson & Johnson. He had a heart ailment at 48.” When Grant followed his uncle’s path, he experienced the stress […]
OLD FASHION FUN — Flood’s Hill in Meadowland Park in South Orange is always a popular sledding destination after a snowfall and it was busy on Monday, Jan. 20, with all manner of sledding devices on site.
South Orange Police Chief Ernesto Morillo has been named president of the Essex County Association of Chiefs of Police. Morillo was elected by unanimous vote of the association members and sworn in to the position on Dec. 16. In the role, Morillo will lead and direct the executive team and make high-level decisions that impact […]