By FRED SMITH
January 18, 2023SOUTH ORANGE, NJ – Monday evening, a small, but caring group of people gathered at the Skate House in Meadowland Park to see the lighting of the Luminaries around the duck pond and throughout the park.
A very energized group of volunteers had been busy most of the afternoon, along with some South Orange youngsters organizing the Luminaries around the duck pond and through the ...
By ELISE MARGULIS
January 30, 2023MAPLEWOOD, NJ — During Thursday’s Board of Education (BOE) meeting, Charlene Peterson from the NJ School Boards Association presented the annual BOE ethics training.
She explained, “The state has put a body together that has oversight, so they are the enforcing body, but we are really a training and advocacy group.” She suggested that if a BOE member thinks something ...
MAPLEWOOD NJ — The Board of Education (BOE), which had eliminated many liaison appointments because members were “stretching themselves to thin” by spending in many meetings, discussed appointing a liaison to the Achieve Foundation.
The conversation began during Public Speaks when Christine Houseworth, Board President of the Achieve Foundation https://achievefoundation.org/, ...
By JOHN LEE
January 30, 2023NEWARK, NJ – Essex County Sheriff Armando B. Fontoura announced that the Essex County Sheriff’s Crime Stoppers Program is offering a reward of up to $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the individual responsible for vandalizing Temple Ner Tamid.
On Sunday, January 29, 2023, at approximately 9:30 am, Bloomfield Police Officers responded to a report ...
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — During Thursday’s Board of Education (BOE) meeting, Charlene Peterson from the NJ School Boards Association presented the annual BOE ethics training.
She explained, “The state has put a body together that has oversight, so they are the enforcing body, but we are really a training and advocacy group.” She suggested that if a BOE member thinks something ...
By FRED SMITH
January 29, 2023SOUTH ORANGE, NJ – Saturday morning and early afternoon, the “shop” was open at the Gazebo on Sloan Street in downtown South Orange.
The ## of Police officers who staffed the outlet, set up a table with assorted coats and other clothing items, and a hanging rack of items donated by a dry cleaner because the clothing had not been claimed or paid for in over 12 ...
SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ – As many are aware, about 3am this morning, there was an act of Antisemitism in Bloomfield. An unknown male, wearing a facemask went up to the front door of Temple Ner Tamid and lit a glass bottle that was filled with a flammable liquid and something coming out of the top. The person lit the wick and threw the bottle at the front door. Fortunately, no damage ...
By LOUIE PASCULLI
January 29, 2023MAPLEWOOD/ SOUTH ORANGE, NJ - Columbia Boys’ Basketball took on Newark Tech at home on Saturday. Coming into the game as the favorite did not affect the team’s gameplay as the Cougars handled the Terriers quite easily. Columbia improves to 14-3 on the year with this 64-53 Essex County Tournament win.
Columbia was led by Justin Myers who netted 19 points in the game. After being ...
MAPLEWOOD/ SOUTH ORANGE, NJ – Columbia’s girls basketball team faced Verona in the first round of the Essex County Tournament at home Saturday morning.
Columbia was forecasted to be the underdog, but surely didn’t play like that was the case. A 24-point third quarter boosted the Cougars past the Hillbillies and the final score was 58-41.
The game began with a very even ...
By ELISE PHILLIPS MARGULIS
January 25, 2023MILLBURN, NJ — On January 24, six Home Instead Senior Care home health aides became Certified Dementia Practitioners, after completing a course by the National Council of Certified Dementia Practitioners. Rob Asaro-Angelo, Commissioner of the NJ Department of Labor and Workforce Development, and Nicole Field of the United States Labor Office of Apprenticeship attended and spoke at the ...
NEW JERSEY – Over the past few weeks, the news has been flooded with details and updates about Damar Hamlin, a 24-year-old Buffalo Bills safety who, during a Jan. 2 game, collapsed on the field and went into sudden cardiac arrest.
Cardiac arrest is the sudden, unexpected loss of heart function, breathing, and consciousness; it can be caused by a heart attack but ...
By ELISE MARGULIS
January 24, 2023SOUTH ORANGE, NJ – During South Orange’s Board of Trustee meeting, Stephen Beaudoin, Executive Director of South Orange Performing Art Center (SOPAC), provided an update to the South Orange Board of Trustees.
He began, “This report serves to demonstrate some of the impact of the village's investments in SOPAC. When a municipality or business or an individual makes an ...
NEWARK, NJ — The Prudential Center is now ranked among the world’s Top 10 highest-grossing entertainment venues, named on 2022 year-end lists by industry standard-setters, Billboard and Pollstar magazines.
Those independent rankings are Prudential Center’s highest since it opened in October 2007, made more significant after it fiercely rebounded from a lengthy Covid-19 ...
By TAPINTO SOMA STAFF
January 26, 2023SOUTH ORANGE, NJ - Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney General of New Jersey issued the following statement regarding the fatal Newark Police involved shooting and death of a South Orange Man, Carl Dorsey III, on January 1, 2021. According to the information derived from their investigation and presentation to the Grand Jury comprised of other New Jersey Citizens, the gunshot that led to Dorsey's ...
By ELISE MARGULIS
January 25, 2023SOUTH ORANGE, NJ – Rich Buscemi, Project Manager with Professional Property Appraisers, reported to the South Orange Board of Trustees that he will be the manager of the South Orange and Maplewood tax reevaluation process.
He stated, “A revaluation is a program undertaken by a municipality to appraise all real property at its fair market [sale] value.” The goal of a ...
By FRED SMITH
January 29, 2023SOUTH ORANGE, NJ – Saturday morning and early afternoon, the “shop” was open at the Gazebo on Sloan Street in downtown South Orange.
The ## of Police officers who staffed the outlet, set up a table with assorted coats and other clothing items, and a hanging rack of items donated by a dry cleaner because the clothing had not been claimed or paid for in over 12 ...
Bill That Would Force Telemarketers to Explain Why They're Calling in 30 Seconds Advances in Trenton
By TAPINTO STAFF
January 27, 2023TRENTON, NJ — A bill that would require telemarketers to identify themselves and what they're trying to sell in the first 30 seconds of the call has advanced in Trenton.
“New Jerseyans should know who they’re talking to on the phone and what’s being sold to them by telemarketers,” Sen. Jon Bramnick (R - District 21), one of the primary sponsors of the ...
TRENTON, NJ — New Jersey's Hospital-Based Violence Intervention Programs (NJHVIPs) received a big boost on Friday, in the form of $10 million in federal American Rescue Plan funds.
The programs launched three years ago using federal money with the mission of ending cycles of violence across the state by helping victims and their families.
“These innovative violence ...
TRENTON, NJ — During Tuesday's State of the State Address at the Assembly Chambers in Trenton, Gov. Phil Murphy said he's confident with the direction in which the state is going.
"We are stronger and we are fairer," Murphy said. "We are moving confidently in the right direction — forward."
Republicans aren't so sure.
"Despite the ...
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