SOUTH ORANGE — Acute Inflections performed Saturday evening in Spiotta Park off South Orange Avenue in the village. The duet is made up of musicians, Elasea Douglas, singing, and Sadiki Pierre, playing the bass. Their music is jazz, rhythm and blues. The concert was part of the Downtown After Sundown Live Music Series that brings […]
South Orange filmmaker April Merl recently received $5,000 from the New Jersey Council for the Humanities (NJCH), for a project within its Visualizing Democracy: Contemporary Conversations initiative. The commissions follow a request for proposals for digital projects that will explore, curate, and visualize a recently created conversation archive on the state of democracy within New […]
SOUTH ORANGE — The president of Seton Hall University has announced that he is stepping down from his job. “I believe this is an appropriate time for new leadership to help write the next chapter of Seton Hall’s remarkable story,” said Joseph E. Nyre. “As such, I have informed the Board of Regents that I […]
MAPLEWOOD — An asbestos abatement project that has begun at Columbia High School is part of the first phase of $30 million in facilities improvements that will be completed during the next three years. “These are very exciting renovations that will help us provide Columbia High School students with a 21st-century education while maintaining the […]
A book launch event is planned for a local librarian whose second novel, which has a setting inspired by the South Orange Public Library, has just been published. Local author and librarian Laura Sims’ second novel, “How Can I Help You,” will debut on July 18 and to celebrate the occasion South Orange Public Library […]
South Orange is governed under a special charter dating back to 1869 that requires it to be reviewed every 12 years. The current governing body, the Village Board of Trustees, has taken steps to make several changes to the charter, including the name of the township, the title of its top election position, and paying […]
New logos for the district and its school were unveiled recently at a South Orange & Maplewood School District Board of Education meeting. Introduced as “the new unified graphic identity” the logos could be seen in a video that was shown at the BOE meeting, and also sent to families in the district. The video, […]
Much of the South Mountain Reservation was closed over the weekend and people were warned to keep pets and small children inside after a coyote attacked a girl and a dog on Friday. The coyote bit a 13-year-old girl and a 1-year-old Maltese-Shih Tzu mix near the dog park in the reservation, according to a […]