By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer

South Orange’s representative to the regional sewerage authority said May 21 he is trying to stop the agency from approving roughly $4 million in legal fees to defend a class-action lawsuit.

Trustee Howard Levison, a voting member of the Joint Meeting of Essex & Union counties, said the proposed contract to the firm Genova, Burns, Giantomasi & Webster is far more than it should be. He said a majority…

The administrative office at the South Orange-Maplewood school district released a statement via email May 18 about teacher evaluations and the tenure process after students, faculty and parents recently protested to save the jobs of South Orange Middle School social studies teachers Kathleen McCort and Steven Cohen, who were denied tenure.

The notice is expected to be released to the middle school communities. Here is what it said:

To…

By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer

The gunman who shot a Seton Hall student last week remained on the loose, even as South Orange police announced they had arrested one of three suspects involved and identified him as a recent student of the university.

Joseph Fowler, 20, was…

Editor’s Note: The U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of New Jersey, submitted the following statement:

Rocco Martino, 43, of South Orange was sentenced May 10 to 84 months in prison for making images and videos of pre-pubescent children being sexually abused available to others through the Internet, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said.

Martino, a doctor who practiced internal and sports medicine in Berkeley Heights,…

By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer

Seton Hall University has offered office space to the village in an off-campus building on Centre Street during the time that Village Hall will be closed for renovations later this year.

This is the second offer the university has made. Officials rejected an earlier proposal because it was only good for a year, far less time than the village needs, given that the Village Hall project is expected to require…

For South Orange residents who think they are able to do a better job of controlling the village’s finances than the current administration, now’s their chance to try it.

Two weeks ago, the village posted an Excel spreadsheet of the municipal budget on its website, southorange.org.

Residents, or anyone else, can go online and play around with the numbers to see what the tax impact would be on the average assessed home if they controlled…

By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer

South Orange municipal government is “providing a high level of service” to the public, village President Alex Torpey said April 30 in his State of the Village Address.

In a nearly 54-minute speech from Village Hall, Torpey…

By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer

Federal student loans have been the talk of Washington of late, with President Obama and Congressional Republicans sparring over the issue. Last week, the House of Representatives passed a bill to prevent interest rates from doubling in July. But with a deadline for final action looming, the News-Record this week caught up with some students from Seton Hall University in South Orange to hear their thoughts on the…