Maplewood Township Committee Virtual Meeting July 8: 2020 Budget, Columbus Monument

From Maplewood Township: Wednesday’s meeting of the Township Committee will be a remote meeting. The meeting will be broadcast live on the township’s Youtube Channel and via…

Maplewood Student Awarded US State Department Scholarship to Study Mandarin Chinese

From the American Councils for International Education and the U.S. Department of State: Sophia Tierney, a Columbia High School student in Maplewood, New Jersey, was…

Police Arrest Two in July 4 Car Theft on South Orange Avenue

Dear readers, if you are seeing this box, you are reading one of the very few current articles behind our paywall. Village Green has been…

July 7: Essex County Reports 18,945 (-12) Cases of COVID-19; 1,794 (-2) Deaths

From the Essex County Executive’s Office: Below is the July 7, 2020 report from the Essex County Executive’s Office on the total number of diagnosed…

Maplewood & South Orange Youth Held ‘Independence From Independence Day’ March on July 4

[Editor’s note: Laila Gold is a member of the MAPSO Youth Coalition and an organizer of the march.] On Saturday, July 4th, the MASPO Youth…

Instagram Page Provides Space for Black Students to Share Experiences in South Orange-Maplewood

In recent weeks, an anonymous Instagram account — @blackatsomsd — has been created with the goal of giving current students and alumni of the South…

July 5: Essex County Reports 18,957 (+167) Cases of COVID-19, 1,796 (+18) Deaths

From the Essex County Executive’s Office: Below is the July 5, 2020 report from the Essex County Executive’s Office on the total number of diagnosed…

Maplewood Township July 7 Primary Election Information

From Maplewood Township Clerk Elizabeth Fritzen: (CHANGE) Addtion to Polling Site Locations: Town Hall – 574 Valley Street Revised JULY 7, 2020 PRIMARY ELECTION GUIDELINES…

South Orange July 7 Primary Vote-By-Mail Information, Polling Locations

From South Orange Village Clerk Kevin D. Harris: All Vote-By-Mail Election VOTE BY MAIL or VOTE IN PERSON BY PROVISIONAL BALLOT – NO MACHINES –…

The Columbian: Breaking The Barrier

With all schools in New Jersey in distance learning mode, the dedicated staff of Columbia High School’s award-winning student newspaper, The Columbian, proudly present their second on-line edition at thecolumbianchs.com. The following guest…