Maplewood News

MAPLEWOOD, NJ The SOMA School District Board of Education and consulting firm hired to find a new Superintendent will be hosting a focus group session for parents of children with special needs on Thursday, July 10, at 8 p.m. at 525 Academy Street.

SOUTH ORANGE/MAPLEWOOD, NJ - Yoga is about enhancing balance and focus, about moving energy and quieting the monkey mind, says Karen Mandell, a yoga teacher at South Orange-Maplewood Adult School Children's Summer Program.

MILLBURN, NJ Five young performers from SOMA are being featured among the region's most talented young performing artists at Paper Mill Playhouse's Summer Musical Theatre Conservatory.

Girl Scout cookies aren't the only reason to love your area troop. The Girl Scouts Heart of New Jersey is bringing an all-out bash to the community for the summer with its concert tour "Camplified."

SOUTH ORANGE, NJ A Superior Court judge lifted the quarantine against the animal shelter operated by the Jersey Animal Coalition and will allow the shelter to adopt animals out after the JAC filed a lawsuit earlier today.

The Strollers, Community Theater Residence at the Burdorff Center for the Performing Arts, 10 Durand Road, Maplewood, announces their 2014-2015 Season.

MAPLEWOOD - Bicycle racers are shown being steadied at the start of the annual Camptown Race in Maplewood in this rare photo from the late-19th century.

Maplewoodstock Music and Arts Festival will be held Saturday, July 12, and Sunday, July 13, from noon to 9 p.m., each day at Maplewood's Memorial Park, 160 Dunnell Road, directly opposite the Maplewood train station.

Patricia Devine-Harms of Montclair and Sara Thom of Maplewood have been working dilligently with their local Junior Leagues volunteering to help teens in foster care.

The 17-year-old boy is still being treated for multiple gunshot wounds at the hospital, added Chief Robert J. Cimino.

It's been going on in Maplewood for over a hundred years and will go on for another hundred if the SOMA community has anything to say about it.

MAPLEWOOD, NJ Police have reported that an autistic 15-year-old boy fell from his third-floor bedroom window on South 4th Street on Monday, according the boy's father.

MAPLEWOOD - Members of the New Jersey Colonial Militia Ancient Fife and Drum Corps are shown marching in the Bicentennial Loyalty Day Parade, held in Maplewood on May 2, 1976.

As police continue the investigation into the death of Brendan Tevlin, the Livingston, West Orange, and Maplewood communities have rallied in support of his family.

Indoor trampoline parks - an entertainment category enjoying strong growth - are springing up in North Jersey, with potential investors watching to see if this trend will take off or fall flat.

Kings Food Markets Short Hills invites customers to a weekend-long tasting event featuring chef demonstrations, nutritionist consultations and an entertaining photo booth for children of all ages.

Junior League of the Oranges and Short Hills Active of the Year Julie Liepold, second from left, with husband Derek and daughter Allegra; former JLOSH president Sara D'Andrea, third from left; Sustainer of the Year Marianne Connor, second from right, with husband Tim and son Ben, gather at the organization's annual dinner May 21 at Orange Lawn ... (more)

SOMA Parents of Students of African Descent invite the community to celebrate "Juneteenth" or "Emancipation Day" on Saturday, June 28. "Juneteenth", marked worldwide on June 19, is believed to be the oldest celebration commemorating the end of slavery.

The following op-ed is written by Essex County Clerk, Christopher J. Durkin. Should we as a nation mandate voting by our citizens in every election under penalty of law? My election day polling site was approximately 100 steps from the front door of my house.

M ichelle Williams has reunited with her Destiny's Child group mates Beyonc and Kelly Rowland for her new single "Say Yes," the first offering from her third album, Journey to Freedom .