Maplewood

Essex County Extends its Code Blue warming centers until 8 a.m. Saturday January 25.

With a ceremony and luminaries lighting up Meadowland Park and walkways throughout SOMA, organizers with the Community Coalition on Race and the Meadowland Park Conservancy hope to see thousands of lights to glow in honor the late Civil Rights leader this year.

Sailume Walo-Roberts persevered through the counselor education doctoral program at Montclair State University after daughter, Dinsio, who died in 2019, urged her to carry on.

A day-long symposium drew 250 local women to the Maplewood Country Club to discuss topics related to sexual health and menopause.

Maplewood Police blotter reports burglary and auto thefts during the holidays that reflect a ‘persistent challenge’ and a continuation of a broader statewide trend; police offer to conduct security surveys of residences.

Crews from Maplewood and South Orange public works departments will be picking up unadorned trees through January.

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Asst. Supt. of Special Services said the department has already fully complied in five of the nine areas that previous audits had revealed as lacking. Most of the changes were to department processes and procedures, and centered on a lack of paperwork. “We are already more than halfway there.”

The Chamber of Commerce has been sponsoring the event for more than 30 years.

Both South Orange and Maplewood encourage mulch-mowing as an environmentally friendly alternative to putting those leaves out for pick up.