After listening to feedback from around 1,000 community members who attended meetings detailing an ambitious $130 million long-range plan to repair, expand and integrate its schools, the South Orange-Maplewood School District Interim Superintendent presented a slightly more expensive alternative option that would keep the current grade configuration largely as is.
Dr. Thomas Ficarra presented the latest round of plans at Monday's
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Bowing to Community Feedback, Ficarra Offers Scaled-Down School Reconfiguration Plan
After listening to feedback from around 1,000 community members who attended meetings detailing an ambitious $130 million long-range plan to repair, expand and integrate its…
Laptop Stolen From Three Teens in Maplewood Memorial Park Friday Night
Maplewood Police report that, shortly after 11 p.m. on Friday night, October 12, three teens reported that a group of young men stole a laptop from…
VIDEO: 2018 Hilton Neighborhood Association BOE Candidates Forum
The third community forum this season for South Orange-Maplewood Board of Education candidates was hosted by the Hilton Neighborhood Association at DeHart Community Center in…
Daugherty: Cuttle is Committed to Ensuring Students Have a Voice
To the Editor: I’m writing in support of Board of Education candidate Shannon Cuttle. Shannon is a nationally sought after expert in school climate, advising…
2018 South Orange-Maplewood BOE Candidates Weigh in on Special Education
From the Special Education Parent Advisory Committee (SEPAC) Executive Board: October 2018 To the South Orange-Maplewood Community, We are pleased to share with you these…
Maplewood Police: Break-in at O’Reilly’s Pub, Liquor Stolen
During the overnight hours of September 28, someone broke into O’Reilly’s Pub on Millburn Avenue and stole liquor, according to the Maplewood Police. Here is…
Letter: A Vote for Maini is a Vote for Every Child in SOMSD
To the Editor: Three years ago I enthusiastically wrote a letter of support for first-time candidate Ms. Annemarie Maini for the South Orange-Maplewood Board of…
SOMA Action Endorses Menendez for U.S. Senate
From SOMA Action: In September, as the tumultuous Kavanaugh hearings got underway, SOMA Action solicited an online survey of its sustaining members about whether to…
South Orange-Maplewood School District: Talk to Your Children About Safety
From the South Orange-Maplewood School District: Dear SOMSD Community, You may have read or heard that the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit and…
Woman Thwarted Push-In Attack in Maplewood on Friday
A Maplewood woman was able to fight off her attacker when he entered her home on Suffolk Avenue on Friday, October 12. Police are still…