“I am pleased BOSE agrees to review this project again with a different scope from 2024. New plans and budgets for Ritzer Field upgrades, that will maintain Project Adventure, will be discussed in the June BOSE meeting to get their feedback and support, and then the Board will vote on the plan at a future BOE meeting, so that we can officially make the BOSE ask in 2025.” — BOE President Nubia DuVall Wilson
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From the Office of the Essex County, NJ Executive: Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. (right) congratulates Gideon Gray (center) from South Orange for catching the most fish in …
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CommunityMaplewoodPoliticsSouth Orange
More Than 1400 Turn Out in Rain for Peaceful ‘No Kings’ Protest in South Orange
“We are reclaiming the flag on behalf of all that it represents to our diverse nation in celebration of Immigrants’ rights, Juneteenth, Pride, civil liberties and the rule of law.” — SOMA Action
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Parks & RecreationSchools / KidsSouth Orange
South Orange Receives Sustainability Grant for a Rain Garden
Rain garden near South Orange Middle School will serve as an outdoor classroom and while providing stormwater, ecosystem and aesthetic benefits for South Orange Village.
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ElectionMaplewoodSouth Orange
Following Primary Win, SOMA Action Endorses Mikie Sherrill for NJ Governor
“The results of this election will resonate nationally. New Jerseyans need to show the country that we unequivocally reject the agenda of the Trump Republican Party, and there is no better way of doing so than by electing Mikie Sherrill as our next governor/” — Erika Malinoski, co-president of SOMA Action
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CommunityMaplewoodSouth Orange
South Orange & Maplewood Residents to Join Nationwide Protest to Reject Authoritarianism
The family-friendly gathering and march hosted by SOMA Action will begin at noon at Flood’s Hill and Meadowland Park in South Orange and will proceed to Spiotta Park downtown.

