South Orange Local News

Good News In Essex: Sewer Kitty + Giant Gift + Jazz Fest + Ski Club

The world is filled with humor, inspiration and kindness. Here are seven stories to make you smile from Essex County, New Jersey.

Eric Kiefer, Patch Staff

Please join us 5/19 for a Fantastic Live Music Program & a Delectable Blue Room Brunch on Sunday Afternoon and let's enjoy some great jazz.

Gregory Burrus, Patch Mayor

Allergy medicines can cause side effects. The New Jersey Poison Control Center provides safety tips.

NJ Poison Control Center, Community Contributor

Being a quintuplet is exceptionally rare. Rarer still is all five attending the same college and graduating on the same day.

Eric Kiefer, Patch Staff

Why were those sirens wailing? Patch recaps some of Essex County’s recent public safety, police, fire and EMS stories.

Eric Kiefer, Patch Staff

Get ready to be uplifted by the inspirational messages and powerful jazz music in a live Mt Zion AME Church service every 4th Sunday.

Gregory Burrus, Patch Mayor