From The South Orange Department of Recreation and Cultural Affairs: South Orange Community Day is set to take place on Sunday, September 14 from 1–3 PM, offering neighbors, families, and …

“This is not who we are,” said Maplewood Mayor Nancy Adams. “Our town stands for dignity, safety, and belonging—not intimidation.”

The wife of one of the detained men said that she was able to speak to an ICE officer on her husband’s phone and asked him to wait for her so that she could bring paperwork showing her husband’s immigration status. “I’m like, but can you wait for me until I get to the scene? He’s like, ‘Unfortunately I can’t because we might cause traffic.'”

The Board President said the policy would create transparency and accountability without eroding the District’s Intentional Integration Initiative. The one dissenting Board member said she was “not convinced that we took the most comprehensive or thoughtful approach in designing the policy.”

The nearly $4-million project, funded in part by a $2.7-million Essex County Recreation and Open Space Trust Fund grant, will help the protect the lemurs through the Association of Zoos and Aquariums’ Species Survival Program.

Due to a crossing guard absence, police coverage at the intersection ended 15 minutes earlier than mandated, said Township Administrator Patrick Wherry. “We have taken immediate steps to ensure that when Crossing Guard coverage is required due to an absence, covering staff will be present at the times we have made public.”