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Essex County Offers Family Garden Party at Presby Memorial Iris Gardens, Saturday
May 17, 2013MONTCLAIR, NJ - All are welcome, Saturday, to attend the Essex County Family Garden Party at the Presby Memorial Iris Gardens where...
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Essex County Sheriff Seeks Assistance Identifying Suspects Wanted for Multiple Armed Robberies; Reward Offered
May 17, 2013ESSEX COUNTY, NJ - Friday, Essex County Sheriff Armando Fontoura released a statement notifying the public that the department...
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Super Bowl Host Committee Plants a Tree with County Exec Joe DiVincenzo
May 17, 2013NEWARK, NJ - Symbolizing their commitment to make next year’s Super Bowl XLVIII environmentally friendly, on Thursday, the Na...
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South Orange Welcomes Back 'Downtown After Sundown' Concerts
May 17, 2013SOUTH ORANGE, NJ- The “Downtown after Sundown” concert series is returning to Village Center for its third year. The...
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SOPAC Rocked with Bari Koral, The Mastersons and Steve Earle
May 17, 2013SOUTH ORANGE, NJ - The South Orange Performing Arts Center (SOPAC) was the place to rock last Saturday. In the afternoon, t...
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Local Performers Impress in Pebble Players' Cabaret
May 16, 2013SUMMIT, NJ - Raising their voices and singing their souls out, the Pebble Players presented their annual Cabaret on Saturday, May 11, ...
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Dapper Dans of Harmony, along with Caldwell’s Gimme Four, to Perform Sunday at the Mount
May 16, 2013CALDWELL, NJ - The Dapper Dans of Harmony, directed by Mark Paul, will be presenting their spring concert “Music is in the Ai...
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Community Coalition on Race Forum Generates Ideas for Expanding Reach
May 16, 2013MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The Community Coalition on Race asked, “How are we doing?” The answer came Wednesday night: You&rsqu...
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DPW Chief: South Orange Breaks Even on Single-Stream Recycling Cost, Revenues
May 15, 2013SOUTH ORANGE, NJ – Being green has not led to an increase in green for South Orange. Since switching to single-stream collec...
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‘En Plein Air’ Artists to be Featured at Art on the Avenue June 1
May 15, 2013CALDWELL, NJ - Saturday, June 1, the Caldwell Merchants' Association will be hosting its fourth annual Art on the Avenue event. Wo...
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County Computer and Electronics Recycling Day in Cedar Grove, Saturday
May 15, 2013CEDAR GROVE, NJ - Saturday, Essex County will be sponsoring a free Computer and Electronics Recycling Day. From 9am to 3pm, residents ...
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Collum, Schnall and Clarke Win South Orange Board of Trustees Race
May 14, 2013SOUTH ORANGE, NJ – The winners of the race for South Range Board of Trustees are the three candidates of Line B, Shee...
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South Orange Hopes to Auction Off Historic 'Old Stone House'
May 14, 2013SOUTH ORANGE, NJ—The Old Stone House, which has been the property of the village for a half a century, is for sale. The Old ...
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South Orange Voters Head to the Polls to Vote for Village Trustees
May 14, 2013SOUTH ORANGE, NJ – The Municipal Election for three Village Trustee positions is Tuesday, May 14. Polls will be open from ...
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Baby Stingrays Born at Turtle Back Zoo; Facebook Fans Invited to Suggest Names
May 13, 2013WEST ORANGE, NJ - Turtle Back Zoo in West Orange has two baby stingrays; the first, Dewey, is now six weeks old and the second was bor...
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South Orange, Maplewood Piloting a Pool Membership Exchange Program This Summer
May 13, 2013SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — A pilot program will allow Maplewood children who attend the South Mountain Elementary School to swim at the ...
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Speakers Address Need for Marriage Equality and Battle Against Homophobia
May 13, 2013MAPLEWOOD, NJ - Hudson Taylor, founder and executive director of the non-profit group Athlete Ally, and Marty Rouse, National Field Di...
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Paper Mill Playhouse Celebrates 75th Anniversary at Gala
May 11, 2013SHORT HILLS, NJ - The Paper Mill Playhouse embarked upon its 75th year in fine fashion, hosting its largest fundraising eve...
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Celebrity Jack Hanna Tours Turtleback Zoo
May 10, 2013WEST ORANGE, NJ - Jack Hanna, Celebrity Animal Expert, Zookkeeper and Director Emeritus of the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, toured ...
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South Orange Average Home Prices Up Dramatically
May 10, 2013*LP=List Price, SP=Sale Price, DOM=Days On Market SOUTH ORANGE, NJ - Why are South Orange homeowners smiling? &nbs...
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South Orange Trustee Candidate Robert Sandow Running as Independent
May 9, 2013SOUTH ORANGE, NJ – While the other candidates in the race for village Trustee have teamed up to run together as compl...
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Hey Mom, Get in the Picture!
May 9, 2013MILLBURN, NJ – With Mother’s Day coming this Sunday, there will be some good opportunities to take family photo...
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Maplewood Mom Sandy Rustin to Perform in Special Mother's Day Show in NYC
May 8, 2013MAPLEWOOD, NJ – Local mom Sandy Rustin is an actress, playwrite, blogger, audiobook narrator, Co-Founder and Co-Artis...
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Latest South Orange Water Samples Tested Do Not Violate NJDEP Standards, But Still Cause Concern
May 8, 2013SOUTH ORANGE, NJ – The Village water samples tested in the month of April have been determined to contain ...
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Maplewood Author Shares Adventures in New Book “Hitchhike the World”
May 8, 2013While some people dream of hitch hiking the world, William A. Stoever actually did. Inspired by his sense of adventure,...