SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — South Orange created its own Coachella on June 1, bringing residents to the village center to hear six cover bands at the Under Cover Music Festival. Sponsored by the South Orange Village Center Alliance, the six-hour concert held on Sloan Street hosted artists singing the music of Prince, Aretha Franklin, the […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — South Orange Village Center Alliance plans to draw massive crowds downtown for its groovy summer kickoff event, Under Cover Music Fest, which features six cover bands and a bustling beer garden — plus, no cover charge. On Saturday, June 1, from 4 to 10 p.m. — with a rain date of […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Hosted by the South Orange Village Center Alliance, the “Taste of South Orange Food Stroll & Pub Crawl” is back with more than one dozen participating eateries and taverns. On Sunday, April 28, from 4 to 7 p.m., the annual family-friendly event, now in its fourth year, will showcase the diverse […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The South Orange Board of Trustees unanimously passed an ordinance on first reading at its March 25 meeting that will ban plastic bags in the village’s local businesses and charge customers 5 cents for each paper bag they carry out of a business. The decision comes as Maplewood is also discussing […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The South Orange Village Center Alliance, the village of South Orange and the South Orange Arts Advisory Council are announcing “The Music Walk Mural Project,” and a call for proposals for the new artwork that will be located along a pedestrian corridor between South Orange Avenue and Sloan Street Parking Lot. […]
Room packed at Master Plan session as residents give feedback, ideas
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Master Plan Management Committee held a townwide listening session at the Loft in the South Orange Performing Arts Center on Feb. 27, as it continues to solicit feedback from the community during the visioning phase of creating the Master Plan. An initial townwide listening session was scheduled for Feb. 12, […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The South Orange Village Center Alliance has announced that Executive Director Bob Zuckerman will step down as of March 15 to pursue other professional opportunities. Zuckerman joined the South Orange Village Center Alliance in November 2013, while the organization was in its infancy. During his tenure, he was an advocate for […]
SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Women officials in Maplewood and South Orange in partnership with the area business districts are proud to launch SOMAWomen.org, the official site of SOMA Celebrates Women’s History Month where the two towns can learn about upcoming events and businesses can participate in submitting promotions and offerings for the month […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — On Feb. 11, the South Orange Board of Trustees tabled a discussion and vote on second reading of an ordinance that would prohibit the use of plastic carry-out bags by retail establishments in the village and would charge a small fee to customers who use one. The ordinance aims to encourage […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The South Orange Village Center Alliance has announced the scheduling and dates for engaging with downtown businesses in the South Orange Master Plan visioning process. “The Master Plan process is an extremely important tool for our various stakeholders to imagine what kind of downtown they would like to see in the […]