From the South Orange Police Department: Police Blotter for September 2026 9/3/2026 Fraud: Patrol responded to a Mountain Drive residence for a fraud report. Victim reported a credit card was …

The 5th annual Thanksgiving Gift Card drive for South Orange-Maplewood School District families is underway! The drive is sponsored together by the SOMSD Presidents’ Council (all the PTAs and HSAs), …

Pickup will begin the week of Oct. 26 and end the week of Dec. 7 for Sections 1, 2 and 3. Pickup will begin the week of Nov. 2 and end the week of Dec. 14 for Sections 4, 5 and 6.

“I want to remind people that this is happening in your community. This is not abstract. We have this lovely, progressive, idyllic town. And I think we can kind of close our eyes, especially if we’re not immigrants. We just wanted something to say, ‘No, this is here. This is happening.'”

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“The average age [of SOMSD schools] is 95 years. We only have three buildings that are under a hundred years, and that’s 75 years, 96 years, and 73 years. The rest of our buildings are well over a hundred years old, with Maplewood Middle School being the oldest at 125 years old.” — Facilities Director Henry Bottiglierie