SOUTH ORANGE, NJ - Welcome to the South Orange Rescue Squad’s “Sound The Siren” 5k Run/Walk and EMS Open House.

We are very excited to be holding this event for the first time! Run or walk the 5k, and then join us at the end where kids and adults alike can tour the ambulances and our headquarters and learn about Emergency Medical Services in South Orange and ...

MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The Woodland hosted the Annual Volunteer Fair, where many organizations were busy speaking with the visitors speaking about their mission, some seeking volunteers to help, others there to inform about the various services they provide to raise awareness in the community.

It was truly an eclectic gathering – Members of the Maplewood Police encouraging folks to ...

SOUTH ORANGE/MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The National Weather Service (NOAA) has issued a Red Flag warning for Northeast New Jersey. The warning becomes effective at 10:00 am, Sunday morning and lasts until 8:00 pm Sunday evening.

In addition to Essex and Union Counties, the alert includes Bergen, Hudson, Passaic Counties. The warning covers the time period from 10:00am until 8:00pm.

NOAA lists ...

SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — During Tuesday’s SOMA Board of Education (BOE) Meeting, School Business Administrator/Board Secretary Eric Burnside presented the school district’s proposed 2025 busing program.

Burnside spoke of the district goal that was due on March 31, 2023. “The superintendent of schools will develop a robust transportation plan which will increase access to ...

Maplewood, NJ - The South Orange/Maplewood School Board (SOMSD) has issued a notice that a public meeting will be held at the South Orange Maplewood Board of Education Administration Building locat at, 525 Academy Street in Maplewood, in the District Meeting Room at 5:00pm on March 28, 2023 where that Board of School Estimate will discuss Transportation and Action may be taken. The ...

MAPLEWOOD, NJ - The South Orange-Maplewood Board of Education voted last night to approve the district’s 2023-2024 Tentative Budget. The motion also contained a proposal seeking approval from the Board of School Estimate and an award contract for renovations and additions to Marshall Elementary School and Montrose Early Childhood Center. 

The winning bid for the renovations went to ...

MAPLEWOOD, NJ __ The owner of Maplewood Bridal has been arrested for allegedly taking money from customers and not providing them with wedding dresses, Maplewood Police said.

Nidelka Mayers, 53, was arrested on five counts of theft by deception, police said in a news release Wednesday. She was processed and transported to Essex County Jail.

Several customers reported to police that they had ...

SOUTH ORANGE/MAPLEWOOD, NJ -- The Columbia baseball team will open its 2023 season on Monday, April 3 at Glen Ridge.

The Cougars graduated 17 seniors from a team that made it to the state sectional semifinal last year, but coach Ryan Muirhead still believes his team has the arms and gloves to compete in the American Division of the Super Essex Conference.

Two Columbia players have made ...

SOUTH ORANGE/MAPLEWOOD, NJ -- The Columbia High School softball team will open its 2023 season on Tuesday, April 4 against Morris Hills in Meadowland Park.

The Cougars finished just under .500 last season, going 11-13 with a very young lineup. Almost everybody returns from that team, and ninth-year head coach Cliff Smith sees this year's team as one that can take some major strides ...

The Great Gatsby

a world-premiere musical

OCTOBER 12–NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Fiddler on the Roof

DECEMBER 6, 2023–JANUARY 7, 2024

After Midnight

JANUARY 31–FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Gun & Powder

a new musical

APRIL 4–MAY 5, 2024

Beautiful: The Carole King Musical

JUNE 5–30, 2024

(March 27, 2023 – Millburn, NJ) – Paper Mill ...

(March 21, 2023 – Millburn, NJ) – Paper Mill Playhouse (Mark S. Hoebee, Producing Artistic Director; Michael Stotts, Executive Director), recipient of the 2016 Regional Theatre Tony Award, has announced the cast and creative team for Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express by Ken Ludwig, directed by Casey Hushion (PMP: Clue, A Jolly Holiday, Ogunquit Playhouse: ...

SOUTH ORANGE, NJ – JESPY HOUSE is celebrating its 45th anniversary help people with intellectual, learning and socialization disabilities.

Friday morning, March 17, at a special event in TOWN HALL Deli, Tara Roberts TOO  of JESPY House and Matt Wonski, owner of Town Hall Deli to celebrate the day.

Wonski had two JESPY clients join him at the wok counter in the Deli and taught ...

SOMERVILLE, NJ - A man who worked as a teacher and coached at an unnamed private educational institution in Franklin Township has been sentenced to four years in New Jersey State Prison for sexually assaulting a student, according to a news release. 

Matthew J. Rennie, 29, of Ringoes, was arrested on October 6, 2021, after a 17-year-old female victim reported to ...

SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Trustee Stephen Schnall updated the South Orange Board of Trustees about the Planning and Economic Development Committee’s activities.

He began, “I really enjoy the Planning and Economic Development Committee because economic development is the heartbeat of our town and much of what we do here, and it really is very much a collaborative process.” He ...

MAPLEWOOD, NJ – Today March 27 is the Last Day to Turn in a Petition to be included on the Primary Ballot for a place on it for either party. The deadline to submit the proper paperwork was 4:00 pm.

Checking with Liz Fritzen, the Township Clerk in Maplewood, as of 4:00 pm today, there were no additional petitions submitted.

Therefore, Mayor Dean Dafis and Committee member (and a ...

SOUTH ORANGE, NJ - Welcome to the South Orange Rescue Squad’s “Sound The Siren” 5k Run/Walk and EMS Open House.

We are very excited to be holding this event for the first time! Run or walk the 5k, and then join us at the end where kids and adults alike can tour the ambulances and our headquarters and learn about Emergency Medical Services in South Orange and ...

March 27, 2023 – The Archdiocese of Newark and Seton Hall University announced that Monsignor Gerard McCarren, S.T.D., has been appointed Rector and Dean of Immaculate Conception Seminary School of Theology following a national search. Monsignor McCarren has served as Interim Rector and Dean since July 1, and prior to that time, he was Associate Professor of Systematic ...

NEW JERSEY - New Jersey was ranked among the worst states for Doctors practicing medicine in 2023, according to a study released by WalletHub. The personal finance website ranked all 50 states and the District of Columbia based on a number of key factors including each states' opportunity, competition, and medical environment.

New Jersey, No. 48 overall, ranked ahead of only Alaska, ...