July 2012 Highlights (16)

    On Thursday, July 26, 2012  Samuel J. Giuliano of South Orange entered into eternal life surrounded by loving family, friends and clergy. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the Funeral Mass at Our Lady Of Sorrows Church, 217 Prospect St, South Orange on Tuesday, July 31, 2012 at 10:30 AM. Interment Gate Of Heaven Cemetery, E. Hanover.  Visitation will be held on Sunday, 5-8PM and Monday, 2-4 & 7-9 PM. For more information  or to send condolences please visit…

By Maya Chung, Corespondent

On the night of July 14 the crew gathered in the common room at the Maplewood First Aid Squad — cracking jokes, surfing the Internet and playing dominoes — waiting for the first call. Most of the crew members have already put in a long day at work or…

   On Tuesday, July 24, 2012, surrounded by his loving family, Kohl Angelo, 12, of Maplewood, N.J., was granted his angel wings after fighting a valiant battle with cancer. 

    A funeral service will be held on Saturday, August 4, 2012 at 11 a.m. at Christ Church, 561 Springfield Avenue, Summit, NJ.…

By Zoe King, Correspondent

"People are really proud of being able to say that they live in Maplewood," said Maplewood resident and photographer Micha Hamilton. "I've seen that people really love living here."

According to Hamilton, this sense of pride was…

By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer

Restaurants and all other businesses that process food in Maplewood Village must have their trash collected at least four times a week if they are not already doing so, as the town creates the mandate for public-health reasons.…

By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer

In a move to deter the pawning of stolen goods, South Orange police Chief James M. Chelel is in favor of a municipal ordinance that would require local merchants who buy gold and jewelry to keep detailed records so police can track…

By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer

South Orange trustees have agreed to form a historic preservation commission with power to block the demolition of designated historic sites and homes in town.

South Orange Trustee Mark Rosner said July 12 that he anticipates the commission will be up and running this…

Longtime South Orange Parking Authority Commissioner Jeff DuBowy announced July 13 he will leave the board.

DuBowy, a commissioner for the past 13 years, turned in his letter of resignation last week.

In a phone interview last week, he said he made the decision because it is “time to move on.” He said his resignation is effective July 31.

The parking authority is a five-member board whose members are appointed by South Orange…

   Sylvia Edelman (nee: Sine), 88,of South Orange, formerly of West Orange, died Monday, July 16, 2012 at St. Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston.

    Funeral services will be held 11:00am, today, Tuesday, July 17, 2012 at Temple B'nai Shalom, 300 Pleasant Valley Way in West Orange. Burial will follow at Beth David Cemetery in Kenilworth.

    Born in Newark, Mrs. Edelman lived most of her life in West Orange before moving to South Orange, where she lived for the past 15 years.…

By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer

A public school in South Orange will be renovated starting later this year with an eye toward potentially turning it into a dedicated school for special-education students, including those from outside South…

By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer

Cars lined the streets around Morrow Memorial United Methodist Church in Maplewood on July 7, a scene normally reserved for Christmas services or special occasions.

The crowds did not come for a worship service but…

By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer

The name of a Marine from Maplewood should be added to a township memorial honoring local servicemen killed in the Vietnam War, say a group of veterans, including the man’s brother.

Township officials are expected to make a…

By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer

After 22 years, Michael Morrison stopped being a Maplewood police officer last week.

“It’s time,” he said when his friends and fellow officers gave him a send off at a retirement party June 29 at a Union catering…

Quinton McCleese-Stokes of Newark, Jassiem Harper of Irvington, and two juveniles from Irvington were recently arrested for allegedly stealing cell phones from multiple victims last week. According to police, a witness provided police with a description of a suspect and vehicle involved in one of the thefts.

A sanitation worker reported to police that on June 26 on Indiana Street, he was approached by a young black male who asked to use his cell phone. When the sanitation…

    Nancy Bowman Williams Dukek, 96, died June 13 at Winchester Gardens, Maplewood, NJ. She was the widow of William G. Dukek, Jr., who pre-deceased her in 2002, and also of Roger Withrow Williams, her first husband.  Mr. Williams died of acute myelitis in 1954, only weeks after moving the family…

    Jacqueline Caroline Faupel, 86, of Sea Girt, NJ passed away on June 5, 2012. 

    Jacqueline was born on August 3, 1925 in Union City,  NJ.  A depression-era child, she lived, worked, and roller-skated about the neighborhoods of Carlstadt, Kearny, East Rutherford, and surrounds. Jackie was an A student, graduating from North Arlington High School in 1943. After employment at Tire Trading Company, Jackie took a job at P. Ballantine & Sons of Newark, NJ. While at work one…