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๐—•๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฆ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐——๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฝ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น ๐—•๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐——๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€. South Orange and Maplewood police remind drivers to slow down...
08/30/2026

๐—•๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฆ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐——๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฝ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น ๐—•๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐——๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€.

South Orange and Maplewood police remind drivers to slow down, stop for school buses, and follow school-zone laws as classes resume.
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๐—ฆ๐—ข๐— ๐—ฆ๐—— ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น ๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€, ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—œ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜SOMSD familie...
08/29/2026

๐—ฆ๐—ข๐— ๐—ฆ๐—— ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น ๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€, ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—œ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜

SOMSD families largely say their children adjusted well to school placements, but a district survey highlights concerns about communication, transfers and transportation
Read https://www.tapinto.net/towns/soma/sections/education/articles/somsd-survey-finds-families-generally-positive-about-school-placements-but-communication-needs-improvement or visit TAPinto SOMA to read more https://www.tapinto.net/towns/soma

๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต ๐—˜๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜… ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—”๐—ป๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ณ ๐—๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ต ๐—”๐—น๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜‡ ๐—”๐—ณ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฌ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒSouth Essex f...
08/28/2026

๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต ๐—˜๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜… ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—”๐—ป๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ณ ๐—๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ต ๐—”๐—น๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜‡ ๐—”๐—ณ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฌ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ

South Essex fire Chief Joseph Alvarez will retire Dec. 1 after 40 years, leaving behind a merged Maplewood-South Orange department.
Read https://www.tapinto.net/towns/soma/sections/police-and-fire/articles/south-essex-regional-fire-department-announces-retirement-of-chief-joseph-alvarez-after-40-years-of-service or visit TAPinto SOMA to read more https://www.tapinto.net/towns/soma

๐—ฆ๐—ข๐— ๐—ฆ๐—— ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—™๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜„ ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—•๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€As the school year approaches, the SOMSD Board got a crash course in...
08/28/2026

๐—ฆ๐—ข๐— ๐—ฆ๐—— ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—™๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜„ ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—•๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€

As the school year approaches, the SOMSD Board got a crash course in the budget pressures ahead. Essex County official John Ferraro described school funding as a "seesaw" between state aid and local taxes, while warning about rising benefits costs and especially steep special education expenses.
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๐—”๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€, ๐—˜๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ข๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€, ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—š๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—–๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—”๐—ฑ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜€๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป Jer...
08/28/2026

๐—”๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€, ๐—˜๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ข๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€, ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—š๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—–๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—”๐—ฑ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜€๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป

Jersey City leaders push New Jerseyโ€™s Polluters Pay Act, a climate bill aimed at funding flood and heat protections by making fossil fuel companies pay.
Read https://www.tapinto.net/towns/soma/sections/green/articles/activists-elected-officials-community-leaders-gather-in-jersey-city-to-advocate-for-make-polluters-pay-legislation-55 or visit TAPinto SOMA to read more https://www.tapinto.net/towns/soma

๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜† ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—›๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—˜๐—ป๐˜€๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ผ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—›๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ฆ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒNew Liberty Hall marker honors ensla...
08/27/2026

๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜† ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—›๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—˜๐—ป๐˜€๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ผ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—›๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ฆ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ

New Liberty Hall marker honors enslaved African Americans who lived and labored there from 1774 to the 1830s, adding their history to the museum story.
Read https://www.tapinto.net/towns/soma/sections/around-new-jersey/articles/marker-at-liberty-hall-honors-enslaved-people-who-lived-and-labored-at-historic-site-3 or visit TAPinto SOMA to read more https://www.tapinto.net/towns/soma

๐——๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ผ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ž๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿณ-๐—ฌ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ-๐—ข๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐—š๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—น ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—™๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—›๐—ถ๐˜-๐—”๐—ป๐—ฑ-๐—ฅ๐˜‚๐—ป ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑThe driver of the speeding sedan, Erik...
08/27/2026

๐——๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ผ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ž๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿณ-๐—ฌ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ-๐—ข๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐—š๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—น ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—™๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—›๐—ถ๐˜-๐—”๐—ป๐—ฑ-๐—ฅ๐˜‚๐—ป ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ

The driver of the speeding sedan, Erik Montesinos, 26, of Bloomfield, has been arrested and charged in connection with the fatal hit-and-run.
Read https://www.tapinto.net/towns/soma/sections/law-and-justice/articles/driver-who-struck-and-killed-17-year-old-newark-girl-in-fatal-hit-and-run-arrested-3 or visit TAPinto SOMA to read more https://www.tapinto.net/towns/soma

๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต ๐—ข๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜„๐˜€ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—จ๐—ฝ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€South Orange committee rev...
08/26/2026

๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต ๐—ข๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜„๐˜€ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—จ๐—ฝ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€

South Orange committee reviews Seton Hall outreach, voter drives, Community Day plans and fall engagement updates.
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๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต ๐—ข๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—”๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜†๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ท๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜South Orange plans Community Day on Sept. 19 a...
08/25/2026

๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต ๐—ข๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—”๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜†๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ท๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜

South Orange plans Community Day on Sept. 19 and a Storytelling Project to capture memories from longtime residents.
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