Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Former Downtown Millburn Development Alliance Executive Director, Lisa Hackett, will run the South Orange Village Center Alliance.
The South Orange Village Center Alliance has a new director to go with its new look and logo. Lisa Hackett takes the helm as Executive Director on Tuesday. Hackett served until fall as Downtown Millburn Development Alliance Executive Director. The South Orange Village Center Alliance Tuesday released the following: The Board of Directors of the new South Orange Village Center Alliance has announced the results of their comprehensive search for an Executive Director. Lisa Hackett, a long-time local area resident who was most recently the Executive Director of the Downtown Millburn Development Alliance (DMDA), begins in her new role today. “We had some incredibly talented professionals apply for the position,” said Board Chair Matt Glass…
Thursday, November 8, 2012
Help your neighbors find the best routes to work during suspended trains and delayed buses by adding your route in the comments.
For updates on this story, check the Patch's Facebook page and follow us on Twitter. Updated 1:57 p.m. New Jersey Transit has suspended the Morris and Essex train lines until further notice. According to its website, "flooding in Kearny has caused rail washouts making rail traffic impassable." *NJ Transit's twitter account stated on Thurday, "I can assure you it will not be more than a week, possibly sooner." Help your neighbors find the best routes to work with suspended trains lines and delayed buses by adding your route in the comments. Add an estimated time so residents can plan. With the train lines out of service, NJ Transit provided a list of bus lines that parallel train lines to accommodate those who need to travel to New York …
Thursday, August 23, 2012
South Orange landmark will feature live music, food and drink specials at Friday festivities.
It’s been the home of St. Patrick’s Day parties, political gatherings, and funeral repasts. Cryan’s Beef and Ale House – a homey Irish pub on South Orange’s 1st Street – will celebrate its 30th anniversary on Friday. If the walls could talk, they would tell stories of family-friendly dining, gatherings of Seton Hall University students, and some eclectic happenings from over the years. The festivities will kick off at 4 p.m. with a complimentary supper buffet until 6 p.m. and $3 drinks all night. "Amazing Art and Wonderful Willie," the first band to perform at Cryan’s 30 years ago, will play dance music from several decades until 8 p.m. The duo is comprised of longtime Maplewoodians Art and Willie Gartenlaub. (Check out the photo from that…
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Sunday, September 18, 2011
Hundreds of people gather for the second South Orange International Blues Festival — in the South Mountain Reservation for the first time.
The blues vibrated throughout South Mountain Reservation on Sunday, where hundreds of concert-goers enjoyed the scene from the park lawn and dozens of musicians jammed away from afternoon through evening at the second annual South Orange International Blues Festival. Festival creator Michael Griot, a bass player, said he organized the free concert as a way to share the great music he's heard and performed at other music festivals throughout the country and the globe. Last year, the blues festival was held at Floods Hill in South Orange. Griot said the musicians played in the rain for an audience of about 400 people. This year, the festival drew more than 800 people, Griot said. What was the best part of blues festival? "The look of …
Monica Stevenson
9:36 am on Sunday, November 11, 2012
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