DICKENS VILLAGE OPENS - TREE LIGHTING A SUCCESS

We stopped by the launch of Dickens Village on Saturday in Maplewood Village.

The traditional old tyme village was kicked off with a visit from Santa and the lighting of the official holiday tree. Schedule of events HERE.

See the clip and more images below:

WINTER WONDERLAND STORIES AND SONG AT LIBRARY TODAY

13 OPEN HOUSES TODAY

The Giants don't play until 4:25 p.m. so you have plenty of time to check out your next home or just see what the market is offering.

Full list HERE.

 

MAPLEWOOD MAN ARRESTED IN ORANGE DOUBLE MURDER AND SHOOTING

Stevenson Valentin

From Essex County Prosecutor's Office today:

Newark – Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray and Orange Police Director Todd Warren announced today that Stevenson Valentin, age 28, of Maplewood has been charged and arrested in connection with the murders of Marcus Milien, age 1 and Morlens Milice, age 21; and the shooting of two others which occurred on November 3, 2016 on Cleveland Avenue in the City of Orange, New Jersey. 

Stevenson was charged with two counts of Murder, Possession of a Weapon, Possession Unlawful Purpose and two counts of aggravated assault on the two other shooting victims on the same day. 

Stevenson was arrested in the City of Newark during a traffic stop by Newark Police Officers. During this stop, the officers determined he was wanted for the Orange murders.

Stevenson’s bail has been set at $1,000,000 with no 10 percent by Essex County Superior Court Judge Richard T. Sules. His is currently being held at the Essex County Correctional Facility in Newark.

EDUCATION SUMMIT SIGN-UP TIME

  From the school district:

Join us for Education Summit 2 on

Tuesday, December 6th, from 7pm-9:30pm

at Columbia High School!

Dear South Orange Maplewood Community,
We hope you will join us at Education Summit 2 to continue the conversation we began a year ago at our first Education Summit, where more than 1,500 community members joined together to share ideas, concerns and hopes for the future of our schools.
Now, a year later, so much work has been done to take the vision and priorities set by our community and develop a new Strategic Plan to guide our District going forward.  Action Planning Teams of volunteers from across the community have spent hundreds of hours developing initiatives to help SOMSD achieve the 9 strategies set by our Strategic Direction Committee.  All of these ideas have grown organically out of the themes we heard from the community at last year's Summit.  We want to share their plans with you!

The evening will begin in the auditorium with a brief orientation with Superintendent Dr. John J. Ramos, Sr.
Participants will then choose to attend up to three break-out sessions and hear directly from members of the Action Planning Teams about the initiatives they are proposing as the first steps in bringing SOMSD closer to our mission.

Please complete this very brief survey to let us know now which topic(s) you plan to participate in at the Summit so that we can identify which topics may need larger or multiple rooms . Note: You do not have to reserve a spot!  This is just for our planning purposes.  You can also reserve a childcare spot either on the survey or by emailing communications@somsd.k12.nj.us.
We hope to see you on December 6th!

DICKENS VILLAGE EVENTS BEGIN TODAY: TREE LIGHTING AT 4:30 P.M.

See the schedule below:

MAKERSPACE AT LIBRARY TODAY

Create Space

10:00 am – 1:00 pm

Hilton Branch – Every Tuesday 5:00-8:00 pm, Thursday 5:00-8:00 pm, and Saturday 10-1 pm. Patrons can use Rhino 3D software to build a model, print an object on our 3D printer or use our new color printer or laminator.  There are also Snap Circuits, Squishy Circuits, littleBits and SparkFun kits for the kids. Raspberry Pi single board computers are also available to learn more about computer science.  More information about the Create Space…

POLICE MAKE ARREST IN SETH BOYDEN INCIDENT

We reported earlier today that police were investigating an attempted theft of a Seth Boyden student's backpack.

Police issued a release on the incident, which also notes an arrest.

See it below:

Today 12/2/16, at approximately 8:15 AM a student of Seth Boyden School reported that a male had attempted to take his backpack while he was walking to school on Jacoby St.  The police were contacted and responded.  Officers were able to locate the subject, Jordan Jones age 22 of Irvington.   After investigation, the subject, was taken into custody and charged with Endangering the Welfare of a Child.