“Let’s not be torn by our creed, color, race, whatever it may be. We are human. We’re people. And that’s what we’re losing.”
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How do South Orange residents feel about retail pot businesses and giving out more local liquor licenses? An unscientific survey says…
When's the first day of school in South Orange? Plus, other must-know dates for students, parents and teachers.
Sometimes a thoughtful complaint can make a positive difference in the world. Officials in South Orange-Maplewood want to hear yours.
The Essex County community will honor the memory of Kofi Owens, a married father of 2, with two rallies this week.
Attention Jazz and Organ Mavens!!! Tonight 7 PM 8/4 Prolific Organist Radam Schwartz presents Schwartz Sanity -in Downtown After Sundown
Patch reviews this week’s top stories in South Orange and Essex County.
The East Orange Department of Public Safety and city officials will host a 2018 National Night Out event on Aug. 7.
This weekend we smoke it up with some more truly great live bands in Downtown After Sundown - come join us
The South Orange native is a second year pitcher with the Aberdeen IronBirds after being drafted in the 8th round by the Baltimore Orioles.
A nonprofit in the Oranges will help 30 senior citizens in Newark to share their personal histories with the Essex County community.
ACLU: Every child is guaranteed a free, public education in the NJ Constitution, even those with undocumented immigrant parents.
Smoking Hot Live Music This Weekend Downtown After Sundown Live Music Concerts by Andy Lackow Bindi Liebowitw Dominic Palombi Richard Reiter
The South Orange Village Center Alliance has a new board chair who will take over for Matt Glass.
Downtown After Sundown live music events happening in the heart of South Orange Village at Jazz On Sloan and the Sounds in Spiotta Park
There will be an organizational meeting for prospective members
Why were those sirens wailing? Patch recaps some of Essex County’s recent top police, fire and EMS stories.
The man reached over the counter of a South Orange post office and took 93 blank money orders, police said.
This weeked 6/29-30 Downtown After Sundown Special Performers in Jazz and Bles are ready to rock Spiotta Park and the South Orange Gazebo.
The Seton Hall University student nurses spent the morning doing physical assessments, including checking vital signs and weight.
Come on out and enjoy live music across 2 stages all day at the Maplewood 4th of July Celebration
Find out where to see some nearby fireworks for Independence Day 2018 if you live in South Orange.
Learn how to help Merlo Weiss of South Orange find a lifesaving stem cell/bone marrow donor.
Seton Hall Professor: The technology may help to provide an environmentally safe way to control invasive species such as the sea lamprey.
A person in a BMW chucked a large rock through the windshield of a car stopped for a red light in South Orange, authorities said.
A trio of men allegedly assaulted and robbed a pedestrian in South Orange, punching the victim and knocking him to the ground, police said.
The Church of Pentecost has purchased a former church in Essex County with plans to keep using the facility for “worship purposes."
The volunteers served 275 in-need clients, who received nearly 6,000 pounds of fresh produce.
June 23 and 24, 2018
The South Orange club will see improvements to the pool area and the children's playground by Memorial Day weekend.