JESPY partners with Shade Tree Group to plant trees in South Orange

JESPY partners with Shade Tree Group to plant trees in South Orange

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 to add 175 new street trees this spring

South Orange to add 175 new street trees this spring

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 announces summer hours

South Orange announces summer hours

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 […]

Celebrate Arbor Day as grant brings 64 new trees to South Orange

Celebrate Arbor Day as grant brings 64 new trees to South Orange

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 […]

Tree-killing emerald ash borer beetle seen in South Orange

Tree-killing emerald ash borer beetle seen in South Orange

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 […]

Cleanup begins to make way for the greenway

Cleanup begins to make way for the greenway

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 […]

Snowstorm wallops SO and Maplewood

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 […]

Construction work continues in South Orange

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 […]