Maplewood resident Garnet Hall was sworn into office on January 9, 2024 in Trenton to serve as one of two Assembly members representing New Jersey’s 28th legislative district. Assembly terms …
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MaplewoodSchools / KidsSouth OrangeSportsTowns
After CHS Athlete is Benched for Hairstyle, NJ Civil Rights Div. to Investigate Bias Complaint
“We appreciate the NJSIAA’s responsiveness…and we are prepared to cooperate fully with the N.J. Division of Civil Rights. We look forward to the outcome of this investigation and hope this moves everyone toward valuing the intent and purpose of the rule changes governing high school sports competition and New Jersey’s CROWN Act,” said Acting Supt. Gilbert.
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Heavy rainfall and high winds are expected. SOMSD afterschool activities canceled for Tuesday; 2-hour delayed opening for all schools Wednesday
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Schools / KidsSouth OrangeSports
South Orange’s Dagny Slomack Hits 1,000 Career Points at Newark Academy
The following press release is from Newark Academy Minutemen Athletics in Livingston, NJ: South Orange resident Dagny Slomack netted her 1,000th career point with the Newark Academy (NA) girls’ varsity …
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Maplewood Proclaims 2024 ‘Year of the Memorial Park Conservancy’
“We are so fortunate that 100 years ago, this small new municipality had the civic pride and ambition to hire some of the best landscape architects of their day to create a great public space. A place that as Percival Gallagher of the Olmsted firm noted, must reflect the ideals of the town. … Just such a place guides our efforts today.”
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MaplewoodSchools / KidsSouth OrangeSports
SOMSD Files Bias Complaint with NJSIAA After Referee Benches CHS Student-Athlete Based on Her Hair
During the first quarter of the game, a referee disqualified the player because of beads she was wearing in her hair.

