Government

South Orange, ChambersDesign Win Award for Sustainability Best Practices & Planning

From South Orange Village Trustee Walter Clarke: The United States Green Building Council of New Jersey has recognized chambersdesign (in partnership with Township of South…

South Orange Wins ‘Roots to Rivers’ Reforestation Grant

From the South Orange Environmental Commission and Trustee Walter Clarke: The South Orange Environmental Commission has won a grant for $6,516 to plant native species in…

BUDGET PDF: Maplewood to Hold Hearing on Budget with 1.92% Tax Increase April 17

The Maplewood Township Committee will hold a hearing with plans to vote on a 2018 budget of $45,006,883 at its April 17 meeting. If passed, the budget…

2018-19 Tax Increase Roundup: SOMSD 2.34%, South Orange 1.9%, Maplewood 1.92%, County 0.75%

Local budgets for 2018 (and 2018-19 in the case of the school district) have now all been unveiled, giving South Orange and Maplewood residents a…

New South Orange Parking Authority Guest Pass Allows Free Overnight Parking

From the South Orange Parking Authority: Your exhausted overnight guest has just arrived and needs a place to park their car before they hit the…

Wyndham, Marriott & Hilton Have Expressed Interest in South Orange Hotel Location

The Township of South Orange Village is “actively working with a developer” with the expectation of transforming the gravel lot at the corner of South…

South Orange in Process to Rename Baird Tennis Courts for Kenneth Graham — ‘Mr. South Orange’

Kenneth Allen Graham, a life-long South Orange resident who taught and championed tennis and always had kind words of advice for all, passed away…

Mayor Wants to Know ‘What’s Bugging You’ About Maplewood at Hilton Neighborhood Mtg April 19

Mayor De Luca will speak at the Hilton Neighborhood Association Thursday, April 19th at DeHart Center, 120 Burnett Avenue, Maplewood. His topic: “Let’s Talk About Maplewood:…

New Ownership Seeks to Preserve Historic Orange Lawn Tennis Club

The entire 16 acres of the Orange Lawn Tennis Club will remain a tennis club — at least for the next three years. An agreement…

Maplewood Gets a New Police Chief: James DeVaul

The Maplewood Township Committee voted 4-1 Tuesday evening to appoint Acting Chief James (Jimmy) DeVaul to lead the Maplewood Police Department. DeVaul was chosen over…