Village Administrator Julie Doran

While Village leaders recruit restaurants for the big spaces left empty by The Fox & Falcon and Osteria Del Corso, downtown South Orange has seen a steady stream of new small businesses opening in the last year.

Meanwhile, Irvington Avenue and several nearby streets will soon see some traffic calming measures like blinking pedestrian crossing signs and solar-powered speed displays.

PSE&G crews are repairing a damaged gas lamp that has long created a dark stretch of sidewalk between Harmon Road and Village Green Court. An 87-year-old woman was injured when she fell in the dark on the sidewalk there on Thanksgiving.

At a Halloween event the center’s doors were locked so no one could use restroom facilities. “It was a little embarrassing to have to explain that to people,” said the Founders Park Conservancy president. The Village said an agreement with the developers should come as soon as this week.

The new lease is an expansion, not a relocation. “We’re not leaving Maplewood!” says Julie Pauly of The Able Baker.

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South Orange is preparing to rebid Phase 2 of its portion of the Greenway; meanwhile, Maplewood Deputy Mayor Deb Engel is meeting with the school district, which owns a portion of the Greenway area.

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