Follow local news and events in Maplewood with The Jersey Bee. Here is The Daily Buzz for Oct. 28, 2025 from The Jersey Bee.
LOCAL NEWS
South Orange-Maplewood school district PTAs seek monetary donations through Nov. 5. The PTAs plan to deliver $100 grocery gift cards to 240 SOMSD families by Thanksgiving. Donations accepted online.
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Columbia High School Home and School Association
Maplewood library seeks book donations Oct. 31, Nov. 1, and Nov. 3. Donations will be sold during the library’s book sale, scheduled for Nov. 14-15 and Nov. 17. Donations accepted between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.
Maplewood Public Library
Reading workshop for parents and caregivers of children in grades K-2 planned at Montclair library’s Main Branch on Oct. 29. It is from 6:30-7:30 p.m. and will be led by the library’s reading specialist. It will discuss the science of reading, process of learning to read, and how to support child literacy. Registration is required.
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Montclair Public Library
“Shop Talk” for small business owners planned on Nov. 3 in Montclair. It is from 6-7:30 p.m. at Lackawanna Station. There will be a panel of business owners discussing holiday sales. Registration is required. Advanced tickets are $20. Tickets at the door are $25.
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Lackawanna Station
Financial literacy webinar planned with Newark library on Oct. 29. It begins at 6 p.m. Attendees will learn how to identify and avoid scams, protect finances, and create an emergency plan. It is presented in English and Spanish. Registration is required. Free admission.
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Newark Public Library
New Jersey Citizen Action is hiring a bilingual intake and outreach coordinator, bilingual community educator, and bilingual screener. Applications are available online.
New Jersey Citizen Action
Volunteering information session for ages 13+ planned with Essex County Environmental Center on Nov. 1 in Roseland. It is from 3-4:30 p.m. Volunteers offer program support, garden, and serve on outdoor stewardship projects. Registration required. Completed volunteer application required.
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Essex County Environmental Center
REGIONAL NEWS
New Jersey residents can provide feedback during the state department of health’s listening session for the 2027 budget on Nov. 5. The session is held virtually from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Registration required by Oct. 31. Add to 📅.
New Jersey Department of Health
More than 163,000 ballots were cast in-person during the first weekend of N.J.’s early voting period, Oct. 25-26, according to the state division of elections. That number represents less than 3% of the state’s 6.6 million registered voters and is a higher turnout than 2021’s early in-person voting period when 207,000 ballots were cast in total. Early voting was signed into state law in 2021. Early in-person voting is available through Nov. 2 at select polling locations. Mail-in ballots are accepted through Nov. 4, Election Day.
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