Essex County Cancels COVID-19 First Dose Vaccination Appointments for Sunday Feb. 21

Emergency food assistance expected to stay at record levels for two years or more.

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Twelve months of surging demand for emergency food assistance from pandemic-hit ...

CALDWELL, NJ — The Columbia girls basketball team closed out its abbreviated schedule with an unbeaten record after knocking off Mount St. Dominic, 51-32, on Thursday.

Bella Galatt and Zahra Alexander each scored 14 points for the Cougars (13-0), who led Mount St. Dominic, 24-19, at the half and outscored their opponents in every quarter.

Shana Desir scored seven points and Kaijhe Hall had ...

Gov. Phil Murphy had less than two weeks to act with more than $700 million in overdue bills pending.

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Gov. Phil Murphy said that a moratorium on shut-offs of gas, ...

MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The Maplewood Community Board on Police confirmed with Deputy Chief Albert Sally that officers have been briefed on the new marijuana laws signed by Governor Murphy at the end of February.

Chair of the Community Board Erin Scherzer began the discussion asking about how they could work with Maplewood PD to ensure that people aren’t being stopped unnecessarily because of the ...

NEWARK, NJ — Three Essex County men admitted conspiring to defraud two banks of $250,000 using stolen credit cards and blank checks, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced today.

Alexander Varice, 22, and Dashawn Duncan, 27, both of South Orange, and Nasheed Jackson, 24, of Newark pleaded guilty this week by video conference before U.S. District Judge Susan D. Wigenton to informations ...

TRENTON, NJ — An investigation of a cluster of Legionnaires’ disease cases in Union County is underway by the New Jersey Department of Health. The NJDOH is aware of 14 confirmed cases, including one death, among individuals who live in or spend time in the county.

The cases were reported to NJDOH between February 3 and February 26. The department is working with local health departments in ...

MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Although the township is averaging almost four new cases of COVID-19 a day currently, health officer Candice Davenport said she is encouraged that it is on a downward trend.

The township saw its first case of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, on March 17, 2020, “similar to when the county and the state marked their dates for when COVID cases started ...

WEST HARTFORD, CT — The University of Hartford is pleased to announce Jacob Tall of South Orange has been named to its President's Honors List for Fall 2020.

The President's Honors List is made up of an extremely select group of students who earned a grade point average of 3.75 or higher in the semester. This is the GPA that must be sustained over a full undergraduate career to qualify for a ...

NEW JERSEY — As the South Orange Maplewood School District and other New Jersey schools move to transition students back into the classrooms next month, a recent poll found that voters in the state are split on a return to in-person learning. 

The survey, conducted by Change Research and commissioned by Newark-based non-profit Project Ready, interviewed 960 voters in the state to assess their ...

TRENTON, NJ -- Anyone planning a wedding can expand the guest list now, following Gov. Phil Murphy's COVID press briefing in Trenton on Wednesday, when he announced that wedding receptions may proceed at 35% of a venue’s indoor capacity (up to 150 persons) and up to 150 people outdoors. Indoor receptions must abide by indoor dining guidelines. Attendees must wear face covers unless seated and ...