SOUTH ORANGE, NJ - Most of us living on South Orange are not aware of the fact that 30 years ago today, August 23, 1989, South Orange Police Officer John Monsees was shot in the line of duty. Thanks to a note from Sgt. Adrian Acevedo or the Community Relations Bureau of the South Orange Police Department we were reminded of this heroic and almost tragic event.

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We have received information from Lieutenant Black advising that the Maplewood Police Department is currently experiencing issues with it's non emergency lines. Until the issue is repaired, the police desk can be reached at 973-762-1234. Emergency 911 lines are still operational. 

The Maplewood Police Department Desk can also be reached by  ...

NUTLEY, NJ - Maplewood's Mikayla Montano is one of the 14 New Jersey high school students aho, graduated from the Medical Internship Navigating Diversity & Science (MINDS) Program at Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine at Seton Hall University on Thursday Aug. 22. The 14 students were chosen from a pool of almost 300 applicants to the internship program, now in its ...

Livingston, NJ – The first milk bank in New Jersey has officially opened at Saint Barnabas Medical Center (SBMC) in Livingston, which held a grand opening ceremony for the new Human Milk Depot and Well Baby Donor Milk Program last week. 

The project was completed in partnership with Mothers’ Milk Bank Northeast, which has 27 bank members and distributed almost 6.5 million ...

MONTCLAIR, NJ - Montclair parents are raising concerns after an anti-gun-violence mural painted by Montclair High School students is appropriate for children to see.

The new mural entitled, "Never Again," located under the train trestle on Chestnut Street, has sparked debate among neighbors, who think the images may be too graphic for students to see.

The images painted ...

SUMMIT, NJ - Elizabeth Meola Aaron, who taught for seven years at Summit High School and for four years at Asbury Park High School, has been selected as Assistant Principal of Summit High School. Aaron, who is anticipated to be approved by the Summit Board of Education at its September 10 meeting, succeeds Lorena Dolan who left the Hilltop City District July 16 to become the principal ...

ASBURY PARK, NJ -- This week, HomeGrown: Asbury Park visits Watermark, the go-to gathering spot located on the Asbury Park boardwalk. Host Stephanie Willoughby sat down with Watermark’s Owner & Creator, Russell Lewis, to discuss both the history and vibe of Watermark and the larger community of Asbury Park. 

Watermark is located on Ocean Avenue, steps away from local landmarks ...

NEW JERSEY -- Bob Ley, former host of “Outside the Lines,” on ESPN, appeared on One-on-One with Steve Adubato recently and came out in support of student athletes receiving pay for their participation on college teams. 

Ley, a multiple Emmy Award-winner, had been the longest tenured on-air employee of the sports network. He joined ESPN just three days after their launch in ...

ASBURY PARK, NJ – In our newest episode, HomeGrown visits Purple Glaze Donuts, an award-winning bakery on Summerfield Avenue. Open for four years in Asbury Park, the donuts are made by a mother and son team, and have already become a celebrated part of the community.

The shop opened in 2015 and began having success shortly thereafter. “We’ve slowly gotten the word out,” ...

MONTCLAIR, NJ - Montclair parents are raising concerns after an anti-gun-violence mural painted by Montclair High School students is appropriate for children to see.

The new mural entitled, "Never Again," located under the train trestle on Chestnut Street, has sparked debate among neighbors, who think the images may be too graphic for students to see.

The images painted ...

SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. – Seton Hall University senior and WSOU 89.5 FM news director Robert Towey will co-lead a hands-on workshop at the Alternatives 2019 International Student Radio Conference, hosted at the University of Cambridge in England.

Towey, who was personally invited by the conference to participate as an instructor, is the only college student to teach a workshop at ...

SOUTH ORANGE, NJ – Kitchen a la Mode (19 South Orange Avenue) is one stop to make as you prepare your daughter or son for the coming year away from home at school. Cat Fisher and her staff have a varied selection of everyday essentials for use in the kitchen as well as during the day away from their abode and are ready to assist in selecting the appropriate items.

Here’s ...

Just five weeks after a fire ripped through Hobby's Deli in Newark, the landmark downtown eatery fully reopened for business, proving that if you rebuild it, they will come. 

"It's not a celebration - it's a relief," said Marc Brummer, co-owner of Hobby's, as he walked around attending to customers on Tuesday when the dining room reopened after a blaze burned the ...

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. - A Middlesex County Superior Court judge has apologized for his conduct during a family court hearing in January in which he told a woman, who was seeking to have suggestive photos of herself returned, that she should sell photos of herself to Hugh Hefner.

Judge Alberto Rivas is facing charges of violating the judicial code by making the comments during a hearing on Jan.

MONTCLAIR, NJ - Governor Murphy was at the Bay Street Station in Montclair on Monday to sign an executive order improving transparency at NJ Transit by requiring NJ Transit rail performance metrics to be shared with the public on a monthly basis.  

"In just a few minutes, I will sign an executive order requiring greater public transparency into the actual number of ...

SOUTH ORANGE, NJ – Lead levels that tested high in a water fountain at South Mountain Elementary School are now “back to normal,” according to South Orange Maplewood School District Business Administrator Paul Roth.

The water fountain near Room 102 was taken offline last month because it tested above normal lead levels, “registering at 15.7 ppb which is above the ...

BLOOMFIELD, NJ – Amid controversy among several parents, educators, and some board members, the Bloomfield Board of Education voted 4-1 to pass a resolution to move the school board election from November to April.

The vote was held during a special, last-minute, public meeting held Friday evening, Aug. 9 at the School Administration Building. The change is effective for the current ...

SUMMIT, NJ - He hasn't slept in his own bed for 14 months and, in his own words, "his body is shot", but Brent Bundy is set to complete the sixth edition of something most folks couldn't even contemplate doing -- riding across the United States on a bicycle.

Bundy doesn't do it for fun or fitness, rather the 'Tour de America' treks are labors ...

SOUTH ORANGE, NJ – Lead levels that tested high in a water fountain at South Mountain Elementary School are now “back to normal,” according to South Orange Maplewood School District Business Administrator Paul Roth.

The water fountain near Room 102 was taken offline last month because it tested above normal lead levels, “registering at 15.7 ppb which is above the ...

WESTFIELD, NJ — It was quite the price cut for the “Westfield Watcher House.”

The former owners of the Dutch Colonial home at 657 Boulevard have sold their home for $959,000, the deed filed with the Union County Clerk’s Office shows. The Broadduses had purchased the home for $1.35 million in 2014, records show. In 2017, the couple listed the home for $1.125 ...