Follow local news and events in Orange with The Jersey Bee. Here is the The Daily Buzz for Feb. 28, 2024 from The Jersey Bee.
Local news
Orange public schools is accepting gifted and talented program applications for students in grades K-6 through Mar. 1. A cognitive abilities test, CogAT, will be administered to eligible applicants between March and May. Applications are available online. Add to 📅.
Orange Public Schools
STEM Innovation Academy of the Oranges is accepting applications for the 2024-25 school year through Mar. 1. Required documents include a student essay, parent essay, and teacher recommendations. Applications available online. Add to 📅.
Orange Public Library
Newark Museum of Art plans a “Family First Saturday” on Mar. 2. The event, scheduled from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., will feature a one-man show juggling, comedy and a planetarium show. Tickets available online. Add to 📅.
Newark Museum of Art
South Orange seeks musicians to perform for its “Downtown After Sundown: Live Music Series” by Mar. 8. Shows are Saturdays from Jun. 8 to Aug. 31 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at Spiotta Park. Applications are accepted online. Add to 📅.
South Orange Downtown
West Orange library plans “Edison and the Eclipse that Enlightened America” with author David Baron on Mar. 4. Baron will give a presentation discussing his book “American Eclipse” at 6:30 p.m. Add to 📅.
West Orange Public Library
Turtle Back Zoo to host “Sloth Social” for ages 6+ on Mar. 2 in West Orange. The event is from 10-11 a.m. and includes meet-and-greet with a zookeeper, tour of the sloth exhibit, and admission to the zoo for the day. Tickets available online for purchase. Add to 📅.
Turtle Back Zoo
Human Needs Food Pantry in Montclair seeks bilingual volunteers speaking Spanish or Creole to communicate with new clients. Volunteers are needed for Tuesdays and Thursdays afternoons at 9 Label St. in Montclair. Applications are accepted by by phone or email.
Human Needs Food Pantry
Essex County Environmental Center reschedules “Outdoor Skills Family Day” to Mar. 2 in Roseland. Participants will explore animal tracks, practice fire skills, and make campfire-cooked treats from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Registration is $25 and available online. Add to 📅.
Essex County Environmental Center
Out Montclair has community grant money available to disburse to individuals in need of emergency funds to cover one-time costs or an unexpected expense. The grants are within the $50-$1,800 range and will be paid directly to the third-party requiring payment. Applications for grants are accepted by email.
Out Montclair
Regional news
New Jersey state and local agencies spent at least $35 million to purchase banned surveillance cameras, with at least $15 million sourced from federal COVID relief funds. The cameras are made by Dahua Technology, the second largest surveillance company in the world and banned by the U.S. in 2019 for having been implicated in surveilling the Uyghur people in Xinjiang. Tamer Zakhary, CEO of N.J. surveillance company Packetalk, was charged with three counts of wire fraud, and a count of false statements for lying about rebranding the Dahua cameras.
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