Follow local news and events in South Orange with The Jersey Bee. Here is The Daily Buzz for Jan. 28, 2025 from The Jersey Bee.
LOCAL NEWS
Free tax preparation services for 2024-25 planned by South Orange library starting on Feb. 4. Appointments are Tuesday and Thursday mornings through Apr. 10 at the Baird Community Center. AARP IRS-certified tax aide volunteers are available to meet at 9:15 a.m., 10 a.m., 10:45 a.m., and 11 a.m. Appointments are made by phone.
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South Orange Public Library
Story time for toddlers planned by South Orange library on Feb. 4. The event is from 11-11:45 a.m. at the Baird Center’s second-floor gymnasium. Registration is required. Adults must accompany children.
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South Orange Public Library
Selected N.J. students in grades 9-12 will recite poetry at SOPAC on Feb. 4. The NJ Poetry Out Loud series is a recitation program for high school students that encourages students to learn about poetry and practice speaking skills. It begins at 10 a.m.
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South Orange Performing Arts Center
Bakes by Izzy plans its ribbon cutting ceremony on Feb. 4 in South Orange. The grand opening begins at 10:30 a.m. at 108 W. South Orange Ave. Bakes by Izzy is open Wednesdays through Fridays from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
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South Orange Downtown
Nubian Heritage Quilters Guild’s exhibit of “30 Years of Quilting Our Legacy” is on display at West Orange library through Feb. 22. NHQG was founded by N.J. artists Glendora Simonson and Carolyn Davis. Their work has been on display at Montclair History Center’s House and Historic YWCA Museum.
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West Orange Public Library
“Artfully Yours Newark” exhibit is on view at the Newark Museum of Art through Feb. 9. It features works by NMOA staff, including Julio Huamantupa, Darryl Dwayne Walker, and Tim Wintenberg.
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Newark Museum of Art
Lower-income, uninsured residents in Essex County can receive a free cancer screening at University Hospital by appointment. There will be pap smears, mammograms, and colorectal and prostate screenings. A Q&A and educational screening will be held. Appointments made by phone.
SAVE Cancer Screening Program
North Jersey Community Research Initiative offers a drop-in facility in Newark for people experiencing homelessness who need food, a shower, or laundry services. It is open weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 393 Central Ave.
North Jersey Community Research Initiative (NJCRI)
Essex County residents can complete an online survey sharing concerns and ideas about natural hazard mitigation plans. There will be a virtual workshop discussing hazard protections in the county on Feb. 4 from 10-11 a.m. Links to the survey available online.
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Essex County
REGIONAL NEWS
Nine men and two women filed lawsuits in the N.J. Superior Court claiming they were sexually assaulted as children while being held in juvenile detention centers in Cumberland, Passaic, Mercer, and Hudson counties between 1984 and 2007. All four detention centers were previously accused of subjecting children and youth to physical, sexual, or psychological abuse, according to the complaints. The lawsuits were filed under the N.J. Child Sexual Abuse Act, a 2019 law that allows child victims to sue within seven years of first realizing the abuse caused them harm, or until they turn 55.
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