Posted on: May 25, 2022
Planned Hydrant Flushing
This is an important notification that New Jersey American Water crews will begin routine flushing of the water distribution system in your area starting June 19 at 9:00pm through June 24 from 9pm to 5am. The flushing will start in the northwest ...
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Posted on: May 19, 2022
New affordable rentals will be available at 52 Taylor Place

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Posted on: April 29, 2022
South Jersey Transplant Makes Founders Park Debut on Arbor Day.
South Orange, NJ (April 29, 2022) When you are the scion of a legend the pressure to succeed is on from the start, but in this case, we won’t know if our new resident measures up for about 500 years. That is because the newest tree in South Orange is a sa...
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Posted on: April 19, 2022
(REVISED APRIL 25, 2022)
On Monday April 25, The South Orange Board of Trustees passed an ordinance limiting and regulating the use of leaf blowers.
A summary of the newly passed ordinance appears below. You can view the full ordinance here.
SUMMARY OF PROPOSED ORDINANCE #2022-06A Ordinance of The Township of South Orange Village In Essex County, New Jersey To Create Chapter 187 Of The Code To...
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Posted on: April 5, 2022
The Low Income Home Water Assistance Program (LIHWAP)
The Low Income Home Water Assistance Program (LIHWAP)
LIHWAP is a federally funded program designed to help low-income households reduce the balances they have on their residential water and wastewater bills.
To be eligible for LIHWAP bene...
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Posted on: February 1, 2022
This notice informs South Orange residents, business & visitors that the Indoor Mask Mandate Executive Order dated Dec 21, 2021, has been lifted.
This order was put into effect upon the guidance of local health officials at a time our community was surging as it related to Omicron variant and positive test cases. Compounded with holiday travel and the urgency to return children to in-person learnin...
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Posted on: July 30, 2021
Presentations, reports, video and news coverage related to fire merger.
The South Orange & Maplewood Joint Exploratory Committee on Fire Services hosted a community meeting on July 26, 2021. The community is encouraged to review materials below and provide feedback to the governing bodies.
Presentation: A copy of the prese...
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Posted on: December 2, 2021
Statement from South Orange Village in response to tree clearing at 167 N. Ridgewood Rd (now 201 N. Ridgewood Rd.)
(Updated May 9, 2022) Planning Board Hearing Announced - On Wednesday, June 15, at 7:30pm, the South Orange Planning Board will hear the revised tree removal and replacement plan for the subdivided lot 37/block 1303 (now 201 N. Ridgewood Road) of...
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