Collum Invites Residents to ‘Like’ South Orange Master Plan Facebook Page
The South Orange Master Plan process has reached that most critical of junctures: It has a Facebook page. It also has a hashtag: #SOMasterPlan.…
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…
Saturday Night Loud: Accidental Midnight Seton Hall Siren Wakes Residents; University Apologizes
From South Orange Village President Sheena Collum: Message from the Village President regarding SHU Emergency Siren False Alarm and testing clarifications. Neighbors, Earlier today I…
South Orange Nearing Redevelopment Agreement for ‘Blockbuster’ Site
South Orange leaders are hoping to introduce an ordinance to approve redevelopment and financial agreements for the so-called “Blockbuster” site sometime this fall. At the…
PHOTOS: Columbia High SOMA Action Student Leaders Run Voter Registration Drive
From SOMa Action: SOMA Action Student Leadership Committee participated in National Voter Registration Day by hosting onsite Columbia High School voter registration drive for eligible…
OPINION: Compromise — Not Dominance — Builds a Stronger Community
To the editors: South Orange Trustees recently tabled the Puppy Mill ordinance to reconsider language allowing leashed dogs to walk, defecate and urinate in all…
Collum Gives South Orange Trustees 3 Weeks to Suggest Alternatives for Dogs in Parks Ordinance
Despite public indicators showing majority support for an ordinance that would allow dogs — on leash — in public parks, the South Orange Village Board…
South Orange Passes Resolution That Could Allow Medical Marijuana Treatment Center
The South Orange Village Board of Trustees voted at a special meeting on August 20 to approve “Resolution Supporting the Expansion of the New Jersey…
16 More NJ Mayors Join South Orange & Maplewood to ‘Hold NJ Transit Accountable’
From South Orange Village President Sheena Collum: Sixteen Mayors along the Morris & Essex Line join South Orange Village President Sheena Collum and Maplewood Mayor…