Maplewood Seeks Proposals For Residential Energy Efficiency Outreach and Screening Administrator

MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The Maplewood Police Department has a new captain among its ranks: Captain Peter Kuenzel. He was sworn in effective Feb. 4 at a private ceremony at the Maplewood Municipal building, and during last night's Township Committee meeting, it was made official as part of the consent agenda.

“I want to congratulate Capt. Peter Kuenzel on his promotion to the rank of Captain,” said ...

BLOOMFIELD, NJ - The undefeated Columbia girls basketball team won for the 12th game in a row with a 58-33 victory over Bloomfield on Tuesday.

Zahra Alexander and Corteney Provilon-Louis each scored 11 points for the Cougars, who took a 16-5 lead after one quarter and led, 29-10, at halftime.

Bella Galatt finished with nine points, Kaijhe Hall had eight points and Talia Baptiste connected ...

KINGSTON, RI — The University of Rhode Island is pleased to announce the Fall 2020 Dean's List. The students represent nearly all of Rhode Island's cities and towns, all six New England states, New York and New Jersey, and many other states and countries. The following students were named to Dean's List:

Ciara French of Maplewood 

Frederik Hoffmann of Maplewood 

Justin Konicov of South ...

In interview, Health Commissioner Judy Persichilli talks long-term care issues, vaccination program and what lies ahead.

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A failure of imagination.

That was one of the factors that ...

Patchwork registration and sign-up systems, already inadequate, must deal with tens of thousands of newly eligible residents.

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When New Jersey officials began planning the state’s COVID-19 ...

CAMDEN, NJ — Hospitals in New Jersey will be able to keep their non-profit status as long as they make a yearly contribution to their municipalities, under a new law signed by Gov. Phil Murphy recently.

It comes after a Tax Court of New Jersey ruling in 2015 subjected Morristown Medical Center to pay property taxes, operating as a for-profit hospital. The ruling ended with both sides settling ...

NEW JERSEY — Since the beginning of the pandemic, more than two million people have filed for unemployment. While filing, people across the state experienced many delays due to the system being overwhelmed by the volume. The Department of Labor cites claimant errors for many of the delays; residents in New Jersey say that the antiquated system has been an issue in addition to errors. During last ...

NEW JERSEY — Delivery has become our new best friend over the past year. With the pandemic almost a year old and numerous delivery services at our fingertips, the idea of having food come to you (instead of the other way around) has become commonplace.

After the initial shock and shut downs of the pandemic, New Jersey restaurants were put through the wringer with government-mandated indoor ...

MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The Columbia boys basketball team put up 32 points in the opening quarter on its way to an 83-59 victory over Piscataway on Monday.

Sophomore point guard Jalen Robinson went for 22 points, 10 assists and three steals for Columbia (10-4), which opened a 19-point lead by the end of one quarter.

Senior guard Nigel Garcia finished with 14 points and nine assists, Chris Darcelin ...

MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The Governor’s announcement today that teachers are now eligible for COVID-19 vaccination is being applauded by SOMA community members on all sides of the school reopening debate. When teachers first protested school reopening in mid-January one of the South Orange Maplewood Education Association’s central desires was to pause reopening until teachers got vaccinated.

The South ...