Maplewood News

UPDATE: MAPLEWOOD, NJ The court appearance of officials from the Jersey Animal Coalition has been postponed until Tuesday, April 22. Officials from the JAC were scheduled to appear in South Orange-Maplewood Municipal Court at 3 p.m. today on nearly four-dozen health code violations found during a recent inspection.

The Maplewood Rotary Club presented the 2014 Citizenship Award to Susan and Fred Profeta during their 17th Annual "Affair of the Heart" Gala held at the Maplewood Country Club on April 4. The Club was "proud to honor Susan and Fred, longtime Maplewood residents, who truly embody and live by the Rotary motto of 'Service above Self'.

Walter Fields's 15-year-old daughter is a sophomore at Columbia High School in Maplewood, N.J. She scored advanced proficient on state math tests in middle school and received an A in algebra in eighth grade.

Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel, 432 Scotland Road, South Orange, will host the 37th annual South Orange/Maplewood Interfaith Holocaust Remembrance Service on Sunday, April 27 at 4 PM.

LAST CALL: Deadline for The Theater Project 's first annual Young FilmMakers Competition is April 21! Open to all NJ secondary school students, ages 13 to 18. Having encouraged young writers for a dozen years through its annual contest for high school playwrights, The Theater Project is reaching out to young movie enthusiasts as well in a Young ... (more)

Chakra in Paramus will be offering smoked lamb with slow-cooked peppers and green olive polenta on its Easter menu.

MAPLEWOOD, NJ The South Mountain YMCA was named as 2013 Branch of the Year by the Metropolitan YMCA of the Oranges.

Purchase tickets online at dreamcatcherrep.org or by calling Brown Paper Tickets at 800-838-3006.

MAPLEWOOD, NJ Two local moms, Laura Himmelein and Janine Territo, have formed a new philanthropic venture called "Take the Cake" that will throw parties for children in need who might not otherwise have a party to mark a special occasion.

Rockaway Township Police noticed a vehicle with New Jersey registration parked in the lane of travel near JC Penney.

Harrison Allen, 20, is facing charges of vehicular homicide and aggravated manslaughter for the August 2013 crash that took the lives of a Maplewood teenager and a 21-year-old friend.

Dreamcatcher Repertory Theatre, professional Theatre in Residence at the Oakes Center in Summit, is presenting the New Jersey premiere of Motherhood Out Loud .

SEEN , a photography exhibition featuring the work of five local Essex County mothers will be shown in Maplewood on April 19 at 53 Maplewood Avenue.

On Wednesday, April 3, the West Orange Planning Board added language to their Resolution to approve Case No.

After a two-year hiatus, volunteers are working to bring back "First Night Maplewood South Orange" for New Years Eve, December 31, 2014.

Maplewood Community Music continues its 2013 2014 season with its Annual Children's Concert designed for students of all ages and their families on Saturday, April 12, 2014 from 3 4 p.m. at the Burgdorff Center for the Performing Arts, 10 Durand Road, Maplewood, NJ.

Two New Jersey natives have released Rainraps, a waterproof fashion wrap designed for women's use on the rainiest of days, according to a news release.

Next spring, new computerized test will replace the paper-and-pencil standardized tests that New Jersey students currently take.

SEEN A­a photography exhibition featuring the work of five local Essex County mothers will be shown in Maplewood on April 19. The photographs taken during the winter and early spring months of 2014, show the unique perspectives of each artist as mothers and as photographers.

BASKING RIDGE, N.J. - Hal Maxwell , president of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in New Jersey and Rockland County, N.Y., is pleased to announce that real estate veteran Ann Moore has been appointed branch vice president of the company's office in Basking Ridge .