“Because the state continues to underfund us, some very difficult choices will be necessary. … I will be sending a detailed email this week that outlines our full budget situation and our next steps.”

Organized by Columbia High School students in the school’s gMAC program, the March 12 ceremony celebrated the beloved SOMS leader whose influence has shaped generations of young learners.

A fire on March 14 at the Chris’s Family Diner building at 51 E. South Orange Avenue has been extinguished and no one was injured, according to South Orange Mayor …

The award will support outdoor performances, a oral history project, a history-inspired theater piece and a permanent audio installation.

“We need our community to do more to stop the rise of the hate movement growing in our midst here in our supposed tolerant community,” said Miles Dybner, co-president of the Jewish Student Union at CHS.

“This is the most Our Town thing,” said Michelle Federer Butz. “It just fills me with so much joy.”