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Plans are being firmed up for the 2013 Maplewood Memorial Day Parade, one of the most important annual events in town.

The Church of Our Lady of Sorrows is currently celebrating its 125th Anniversary year, which will culminate on Saturday, June 1 with a closing mass followed by a gala celebration at Mayfair Farms in West Orange, according to marketing chair Chuck Chambers.

Started in 2009, South Orange's GFest is an all-day celebration devoted to classic 1980s German cars - and to the "friendly shops, restaurants, and services" that make up the South Orange community.

A traditional Passover Seder plate. Inspired by the Passover service, a Holocaust Seder in Whippany today will honor survivors and victims of genocides.

This article originally ran on May 16. It promises to be an action-packed May weekend in South Orange, with three big events coming to the Village.

After more than a decade of controversy and false starts that left a gaping hole in the center of South Orange Village , officials will finally break ground on the site of the former Beifus car dealership next to the South Orange New Jersey Transit train station.

South Orange - Maplewood School District Superintendent Brian Osborne sent the following email Thurday morning: SOMSD Community, As you know, the safety of our students and staff is always our top priority.

The South Orange Performing Arts Center was the place to rock last Saturday. In the afternoon, the Bari Koral Family Rock Band played to a family crowd, proving you are never too young to rock.

The number of voters who turned out for Tuesday's Verona and Cedar Grove 2013 municipal elections held steady from previous year's numbers, with less than 30 percent of registered voters heading to the polls, according to figures released from the Essex County clerk's office.

Two Parsippany fitness athletes are among the competitors who last Saturday won the right to compete in the finals at the SuperFit Championships on the Jersey Shore.

The 3rd Annual Downtown After Sundown Concert Series will kick off Friday, according to the South Orange Village Center Alliance .

The extremely popular biennial "Gems of South Orange" House Tour, presented by the South Orange Historical and Preservation Society , returns Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Six beautiful and distinctive homes representing a range of styles will be on view.

On Sunday June 16th, Nancy And David Fine Jewels in downtown Millburn will present a benefit concert event with Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inductee Richie Furay reunited with prior band mate Paul Cotton in an exclusive appearance together at the South Orange Performing Arts Center .

Since switching to single-stream collection in July 2012, the village is breaking even financially based on what it pays its collector and how much it gets paid for the recyclables, according to Department of Public Works Director Tom Michetti.

ESSEX COUNTY - Voters in South Orange elected three new village trustees in today's non-partisan municipal elections while voters in Cedar Grove and Verona largely supported their incumbent council members.

Playing against Torah Academy of Bergen County, the Rae Kushner Yeshiva High School Cobras baseball team dressed for awareness at their special Mother's Day game on May 12.

Even when their attention is on a singer or speaker, or they are simply absorbed in conversation with those who share their traumatic history, the Holocaust survivors who attend Cafe Europa gatherings in Elizabeth or South Orange are also the focus of attention themselves.

The Old Stone House, which has been the property of the village for a half a century, is for sale.

As they neared the finish line of their documentary on the iconic Rabbi Joachim Prinz, filmmakers Rachel Pasternak and Rachel Fisher had one big editorial gap to fill.