Sheena Collum

“I think we need the [Democratic] party,” said Collum, “but it can’t be the same party that it’s always been, because that party didn’t deliver in the last election and it’s going to continue to lose people unless it reimagines how it brings people into the party.”

Although South Orange Mayor Sheena Collum’s name will not be on the June 10 primary ballot, she will be campaigning alongside Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop in his bid to win the NJ Governor’s race.

Mayor Nancy Adams asked Township Administrator Patrick Wherry to make a recommendation on a budget line for the coordinator position, and raised the possibility that the proposed budget line could be reduced versus eliminated. Wherry will be presenting the 2025 budget to the Township Committee at its April 1 meeting

The South Orange Village Council will introduce a resolution to appoint Schnall at its next meeting on April 14, 2025, which will also be Karen Hilton’s final meeting as a council member.

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Subject to approval from the NJ Board of Public Utilities, NJ American Water anticipates completing the acquisition of South Orange’s water utility in the second half of 2025.

Current and former women elected officials wore white to honor women’s suffrage and posed for the now traditional annual group photo.

Mayor Collum said the Village is also actively working to recruit restaurants for the Fox & Falcon and Osteria Del Corso spaces.

Supporters say actions that were taken in protest of an IDF soldier were justified; local and statewide leaders say protesters crossed a line.

The vandalism and protests were related to programming that featured an elite rescue unit of the Israel Defense Forces. The incident is being investigated as a bias crime.