Follow local news and events in Maplewood with The Jersey Bee. Here is the The Daily Buzz for Nov. 27, 2023 from The Jersey Bee.
Local news
Maplewood health is hiring a full-time registered environmental health specialist. Resumes and cover letters accepted by email.
Maplewood Township
Maplewood library’s “Imagining Tomorrow” teen book club plans a meet and greet with teen services librarian Ayoola White on Nov. 29. The event will include a discussion about science fiction, snacks, crafts, and other activities at 3:30 p.m. at Maplewood Middle School cafeteria. Teens can attend in-person or through Zoom. Register online. Add to 📅.
Maplewood Public Library
Maplewood library to host virtual November “Read Around the World: Cambodia” event Nov. 29. The adult book club will discuss “In the Shadow of the Banyan” by Vaddey Ratner at 7 p.m. Register online. Add to 📅.
Maplewood Public Library
South Orange-Maplewood schools district’s Parenting Center to partner with Rent Party to host 2023 toy drive from Nov. 20 to Dec. 15. Toy collection bins will be placed in each elementary school and tax-deductible gifts can be made to purchase gifts for families. 400 SOMA children received gifts through the program in 2022, according to the drive’s GoFundMe.
South Orange-Maplewood Public Schools
South Orange library to host event celebrating launch of its partnership with BCCLS on Nov. 29. The event, scheduled from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m., will feature light refreshments and commemorate the library’s new partnership with the Bergen County Cooperative Library System, or BCCLS. Preregistration is required and can be completed by Nov. 29. Add to 📅.
South Orange Public Library
Newark’s AHS animal shelter plans 2024 animal calendar fundraiser. Calendars can be purchased online or at the shelter. Additional donations can be made online.
Associated Humane Societies
MESH opens overnight winter shelter service for 2023 season. The service is available from Nov. 24 to Apr. 1 at St. Mark’s United Methodist Church at 51 Elm St. in Montclair when temperatures reach freezing or below.
Montclair Emergency Services for Hope
League of Women Voters Montclair chapter to host “Understanding Free Speech in the United States” on Nov. 29 at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Montclair. The event, scheduled from 7-8:00 p.m., will feature Hunter College professor John Wallach discussing the history of free speech and its implications for misinformation and hate speech. Add to 📅.
League of Women Voters of the Montclair Area
Regional news
Almost one-third of New Jersey households are eligible for the “Affordable Connectivity Program,” which offers a $30 monthly discount on internet service to qualifying households. Households that may qualify include those with incomes below 200% of the federal poverty level or receiving other federal benefits like SNAP, WIC, Medicaid, Lifeline, social security, or free or reduced-price school meals. Check eligibility and register online.
The White House
New Jersey approved a new rule banning the sale of new gasoline-powered cars in the state starting in 2035. It sets increasing sales targets for automakers so that every new light-duty vehicle sold in New Jersey by 2035 will be a zero-emission vehicle or a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle. This rule change does not require people to buy electric vehicles or ban existing gas-powered vehicles. N.J. is one of 11 states adopting this rule to reduce carbon emissions and improve air quality.
NJ Spotlight News
