NJ Flavor

MAPLEWOOD, NJ — About 65 parents and students gathered outside the South Orange Maplewood School District Administration building today to demand that schools be reopened for in-person learning 5 days a week beginning with elementary and special need students.

The ‘Rally for Safe Return to School!’ was organized by three district mothers, Kelly Piccola, Kate ...

WEST ORANGE, NJ — West Orange High School student Marley Dias has been nominated for an NAACP Image Award for her Netflix show Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices.

Dias is internationally known for her #1000BlackGirlsBooks movement," her own book, Marley Gets it Done, and being named as one of Time Magazine's 25 Most Influential Teens of 2018. 

According ...

BELLEVILLE, NJ — The ride to school will soon be more environmentally friendly for some Belleville students.

The school district will be adding two new electric school buses from Lion Electric valued at $834,604 through a grant contributed by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Production (DEP).

The grant was made through a transportation electrification initiative launched ...

NEW JERSEY — “Good trends,” as Gov. Phil Murphy put it Monday, will allow New Jersey to expand its COVID-19 gathering limits.

The changes go into effect immediately. Religious services at churches, mosques and other houses of worship will be allowed to run at 50% capacity.

Also in effect, two parents/guardians will be allowed to attend indoor and outdoor college ...

NEW JERSEY — Around midday Monday, Gov. Phil Murphy signed three bills to legalize recreational marijuana-use and establish a regulated cannabis market within the next six months.

The legislation will allow for adults to legally possess as much as six ounces of marijuana and mean relief for anyone previously subject to arrest for petty marijuana possession.

“As of this moment, ...

SOMERVILLE, NJ - While there is no evidence of a birthday celebration for George Washington in 1779, the General did attend a few parties in central New Jersey around the time of his 47th birthday on Feb. 22 that year.

Details are provided in a video posted on YouTube, as part of a virtual President's Day celebration hosted by Valley Forge National Historical Park, narrated by ...