- Two 'Meet and Greets' Planned This Summer With New Interim Principal ...
- South Orange Village Center Alliance Elects New Chairman
- Here’s How NJ’s Potential Bag Tax Could Affect South Orange and Maplewood
- Former Columbia H.S. Assistant Principal Discusses New Role as Principal of ...
- South Orange Maplewood School Board Meeting Prompts Protest and Draws Overflow ...
- Free 'Movies in the Park' on July 18 and August 23 in Maplewood
By REBECCA PANICO
July 19, 2018NEWARK, NJ - The city is using the power of eminent domain to reduce the number of condemned homes and vacant lots scattered throughout the West Ward.
The redevelopment plan for the West Ward was introduced in 2016 and encompasses properties from the border of Irvington to South 13th Street between South Orange Avenue and 16th Avenue. One of the main goals of the plan is to support new ...
SOUTH ORANGE AND MAPLEWOOD, NJ - The new interim principal of Columbia High School (CHS), Kalisha Morgan, sent an email to families on Wednesday stating that she is excited about the new position and that her "main priority is to ensure that all children are healthy, happy, and safe as well as challenged and stimulated intellectually, so that they may develop to their full ...
By TAPINTO SOMA STAFF
July 16, 2018MAPLEWOOD, NJ - Free "Movies in the Park" are planned for Wednesday, July 18, and Thursday, August 23, a program hosted by the Maplewood Police Department in conjunction with the Maplewood Recreation Department, the Maplewood Office of Cultural Affairs, SOMA Film Festival and SOMA Municipal Alliance.
The movie on July 18 will be The Incredibles, shown in Dehart Park, ...
PATERSON, NJ – A law requiring the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to create a national cancer registry for firefighters to monitor and study the relationship between career-long exposure to dangerous fumes and toxins and the incidence of cancer in firefighters so to develop better protective gear and prevention techniques has been signed into law by President Donald ...
Health & Wellness
By MOLLY GLICK
July 9, 2018SOUTH ORANGE, NJ - In a recently-launched national campaign, South Orange resident Merlo Weiss seeks a stem cell or bone marrow donor. Doctors recently diagnosed the 45-year-old with an aggressive form of bone marrow cancer called acute myeloid leukemia (AML), according to updates on the Gift of Life website.
Chilean, Latino or Hispanic donors are encouraged, because a shared ancestry can ...
Update: The 7-Eleven re-opened on Tuesday, July 10. Read more here.
MAPLEWOOD, NJ - The Maplewood Health Department shut down the 7-Eleven at 1712 Springfield Ave. near Tuscan Road on Friday for an undisclosed violation of the Township Health Code.
The red “unsatisfactory” notice was placed at the entrance on July 6, stating only that the store received an ...
More Local News Around Maplewood / South Orange
By TAPINTO SOMA STAFF
July 19, 2018SOUTH ORANGE AND MAPLEWOOD, NJ - The new interim principal of Columbia High School (CHS), Kalisha Morgan, sent an email to families on Wednesday stating that she is excited about the new position and that her "main priority is to ensure that all children are healthy, happy, and safe as well as challenged and stimulated intellectually, so that they may develop to their full ...
Former Columbia H.S. Assistant Principal Discusses New Role as Principal of Bridgewater-Raritan H.S.
BRIDGEWATER, NJ - He went a circuitous route to education, including stops in the National Guard and a sales career, but for newly hired Bridgewater-Raritan High School principal Charles Ezell, working in a school is where he belongs.
Ezell joined the district as of July 1, following the retirement of current principal Mark Morrell.
A graduate of Watchung Hills Regional High ...
By TAPINTO SOMA STAFF
July 16, 2018MAPLEWOOD, NJ - Free "Movies in the Park" are planned for Wednesday, July 18, and Thursday, August 23, a program hosted by the Maplewood Police Department in conjunction with the Maplewood Recreation Department, the Maplewood Office of Cultural Affairs, SOMA Film Festival and SOMA Municipal Alliance.
The movie on July 18 will be The Incredibles, shown in Dehart Park, ...
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Maplewoodstock was back July 14 and July 15 for its 15th weekend of live music, food, kids activities and more in Maplewood's Memorial Park.
Maplewoodstock opened at noon on Saturday with local SOMA band Amish Internet, and ended the day with the Reggae band Third World.
On Sunday, the first performance of the day was from Maplewood native Autumn ...
By FRED SMITH
July 12, 2018SOUTH ORANGE, NJ - 1 South - the new restaurant located (not surprisingly, given its name) at 1 South Orange Avenue - held their grand opening and ribbon cutting on Saturday, June 23.
1 South has a restaurant and bar, as well as private event spaces. According to their website, which explains the range of 1 South's spaces: "be it an intimate dinner for 2, a private corporate ...
MAPLEWOOD, NJ - The 7-Eleven at 1712 Springfield Ave., near Tuscan Road, which had been closed for an undisclosed violation of the Township Health Code since July 6, re-opened on Tuesday with a "conditionally satisfactory" certificate displayed in the window.
The re-opening was just in time for Free Slurpee Day on Wednesday, July 11 (i.e., 7-Eleven), at participating ...
By TAPINTO SOMA STAFF
July 18, 2018SOUTH ORANGE, NJ - Steven Pedigo has been elected the new chairman of the South Orange Village Center Alliance (SOVCA), following a unanimous vote by the board of directors on Wednesday morning, according to a press release from SOVCA.
SOVCA, founded in 2012, is the nonprofit organization that manages South Orange’s downtown special improvement district. Matt Glass, who is ...
By MOLLY GLICK
July 17, 2018SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Just as stricter recycling rules hit Maplewood and South Orange, the entire state could face a new tax on paper and plastic bags. A new bill passed in New Jersey Senate this June may have you opting for reusable bags at the supermarket and drug store.
Bill A3267 would impose a 5-cent fee on single-use bags in chains or any store with retail space exceeding 2,000 square ...
By TAPINTO WEST ORANGE STAFF
July 11, 2018LIVINGSTON, NJ – The Jewish Community Housing Corporation of Metropolitan New Jersey (JCHC) recently held its board of trustees annual dinner at Crystal Plaza in Livingston, where Sheila Oliver, lieutenant governor of New Jersey, spoke to about 130 guests, including staff, board members, sponsors and residents about how the West Orange-based nonprofit is “Building Bridges to a ...
By MOLLY GLICK
July 17, 2018SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Just as stricter recycling rules hit Maplewood and South Orange, the entire state could face a new tax on paper and plastic bags. A new bill passed in New Jersey Senate this June may have you opting for reusable bags at the supermarket and drug store.
Bill A3267 would impose a 5-cent fee on single-use bags in chains or any store with retail space exceeding 2,000 square ...
By TAPINTO WEST ORANGE STAFF
July 11, 2018LIVINGSTON, NJ – The Jewish Community Housing Corporation of Metropolitan New Jersey (JCHC) recently held its board of trustees annual dinner at Crystal Plaza in Livingston, where Sheila Oliver, lieutenant governor of New Jersey, spoke to about 130 guests, including staff, board members, sponsors and residents about how the West Orange-based nonprofit is “Building Bridges to a ...
By TAPINTO WEST ORANGE STAFF
July 11, 2018LIVINGSTON, NJ – The Jewish Community Housing Corporation of Metropolitan New Jersey (JCHC) recently held its board of trustees annual dinner at Crystal Plaza in Livingston, where Sheila Oliver, lieutenant governor of New Jersey, spoke to about 130 guests, including staff, board members, sponsors and residents about how the West Orange-based nonprofit is “Building Bridges to a ...
