South Orange’s $15M Baird Center Renovations to Be Bid This Fall
An approximately $15 million project to fully renovate the historic Baird building on Mead Street in South Orange — which houses South Orange Township’s Recreation…
South Orange Trustees Indicate Unanimous Opposition to Turtle Back Zoo Expansion
“When it’s unanimous, it’s always nice,” said South Orange Village President Sheena Collum at the Trustees meeting on July 22. Collum was referring to the…
PHOTO: As Wagner Steps Down, South Orange & Maplewood Honor Rent Party BackPack Pals Program
On June 24, South Orange and Maplewood issued a joint proclamation honoring and extending congratulations to Chris Dickson and David Wagner for their “tireless…
Adams Calls Out Erasure of Black Women From Suffrage Movement at Maplewood Women’s Month Proclamation
A standard proclamation reading at the Maplewood Township Committee meeting took on deeper meaning and a difficult topic on March 5 as TC member…
SOMA Celebrates Women Kicks Off Women’s History Month With Group Photo March 2
From SOMAWomen: Women officials in Maplewood and South Orange in partnership with the area business districts are proud to launch SOMAWomen.org, the official site of…
Paddle Tennis Players Upset About Potential Loss of Courts in South Orange
Paddle tennis players and league members, as well as other members of the community, are expressing concern that a $15 million plan to renovate and…
South Orange: Proposed Baird Renovations Include Removing & Replacing Old Addition, Re-Energizing Facility
The South Orange-Maplewood School District is not the only public entity in the towns with aging buildings and years of neglected repairs to deal with;…
South Orange, Maplewood Get $75K to Continue Age Friendly Initiatives, Receive AARP NJ Designation
Maplewood and South Orange have received yet another grant from the Grotta Fund for Senior Care to continue the towns’ Age Friendly Community Action Plan. The grant…
South Orange to Keep Three Parks Off Limits to Dogs
“Everybody Belongs Here” also includes people who don’t want to share public parks with dogs. South Orange Trustee Deborah Davis Ford invoked the town’s current…
South Orange Selects Hardy H3 Architecture for Library Renovation
On September 24, the South Orange Village Board of Trustees awarded a $150K contract to H3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture LLC for “architectural consulting services associated…