SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — To contribute to enhancing, beautifying and protecting the environment, JESPY joined the South Orange Environmental Commission’s Shade Tree Group and the Department of Public Works on Nov. 28 to plant three shade trees in the area of Meadowbrook Place. In attendance were several JESPY clients and staff; Barbara Bour, an active […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — It is difficult to be a street tree in cities and suburbs: They are forced to live in cramped space, competing with underground utilities, and enduring winter road salts, deer damage and air pollution, not to mention the “haircuts” from delivery trucks, bark scrapes from landscaping trailers and even full-on collisions […]
SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The remains of Hurricane Ida slammed Essex County on Wednesday, Sept. 1, with flood water filling the streets of South Orange and Maplewood and the basements of many residents who live there. There was one death in Maplewood; South Orange Village President Sheena Collum wrote in a Facebook post […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — South Orange Village has announced its summer hours, beginning the first week of June and running through Labor Day, including extended evening hours on Mondays. The late hours on Monday evenings are a pilot program being launched in response to resident requests. “We’ve heard our residents ask for late hours to […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — New trees paid for by a grant from New Jersey Urban Community Forestry and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection will begin being planted throughout South Orange in late April, just in time for Arbor Day on Friday, April 30. The South Orange Environmental Commission and Green Team, which won […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The emerald ash borer, a tree-killing beetle, has invaded South Orange, according to the village. Residents may have noticed South Orange Department of Public Works employees taking down trees recently. The reason for this is that the emerald ash borer, a non-native species that specifically infests and kills ash trees, has […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Some regular visitors to the south end of New Waterlands Field in South Orange have been surprised to see many fallen trees removed and invasive knotweed being cleared. But what looks like deforestation now is actually the first step of a much larger project, many years in the making, which will […]
SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — On Feb. 13, it was announced that Essex County will administer a $168,204 grant to Maplewood and a $105,000 grant to South Orange as part of the Community Development Block Grant program. According to the county, approximately $5.5 million will be distributed to 12 county municipalities and 33 nonprofit […]
SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The snowstorm on Thursday, Nov. 15, proved a lot more intense than had been anticipated. As a result, it caused havoc in northern New Jersey, as resources were overtaxed, commuters were trapped inside their cars for hours, and students were stranded at school or inside school buses. Essex County […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — This August, several roads in South Orange are scheduled to be repaved, according to releases from the village. On Aug. 13 and 15, Brentwood Drive, Inwood Lane and Speir Drive are scheduled, weather permitting, to be milled and paved. On Aug. 14 and 16, Cumberland Road and Briar Court are scheduled […]