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No one should ever have taken this story seriously in the first place. But it fit the Left’s picture of reality so well, it couldn’t be resisted. The idea that there would be a second-grade teacher in any school in the country in 2022 who would feel free to rip off a Muslim student’s hijab simply doesn’t accord with the real world. But in the Left’s world, we’re not living in 2022 at all, or if we are, it is a nightmare version of 1955, with “white supremacists” running rampant, terrorizing defenseless People of Color whose just grievances are laughed...

SOUTH ORANGE — A group of black parent activists are calling on a black school board member to step down after she was caught on video calling a white police officer's chief a “skinhead cop” during a traffic stop. Stephanie Lawson-Muhammad was pulled over April 27 after an officer found her driving 37 mph in a 25 mph zone. When the officer approached her driver-side window, Lawson-Muhammad begins by pointing out that she is on the Board of Education. She then quickly breaks down into tears, saying that her daughter is going to be late for school “and I’m scared...

A New Jersey board of education member is facing a call to resign Wednesday after video surfaced purportedly showing her trying to “manipulate” a police officer by exercising “civic privilege” after she was pulled over for speeding. The woman in the April 27 dash-cam video, who identifies herself as Stephanie Lawson-Muhammad, a South Orange and Maplewood Board of Education member, also is heard telling one of the town’s officers that she is “scared of cops because you guys hurt black people,” before calling the cop's boss a “skinhead.”... “Ma’am, do you want me to call an ambulance?” Horst asks her....

SOUTH ORANGE, NJ - On Monday, May 1, the South Orange Police Department released a statement about "Incidents in the Downtown on April 29." The statement from South Orange police is as follows: On April 29, 2017, between the hours of 8 p.m. and midnight, the South Orange Police Department became aware of an unusually large crowd of youths and young adults that began to gather and descend upon the downtown area. All officers available for duty were quickly dispatched to the affected area in an effort to maintain public safety and monitor the unusual occurrence. As this situation evolved,...

WHEN asked what they like best about living in South Orange, residents almost invariably cite three attributes: the rich and varied architecture, the demographic diversity, and the easy commute into Manhattan. The latter two have a lot to do with the fact that New York City is the point of origin for a high percentage of South Orange’s residents. “It’s like getting a city, with a backyard,” said Cherre Schwartz of Weichert Realtors in Maplewood, noting that most of her clients come from New York or the more urban parts of North Jersey, and that many work in the

SOUTH ORANGE -- Police plan to boost patrols after officers from several departments were needed to disperse at least 300 young people who gathered in downtown South Orange late Saturday, sparking fights and blocking traffic. South Orange Police Chief Kyle Kroll said Tuesday the crowd contained a mix of village teens and others from nearby communities, including Newark, East Orange and Irvington residents, who apparently arrived by public transportation. The unruly crowd formed around 8 p.m. and kept officers busy until around midnight, according to police. Kroll said he requested assistance from the Essex County Sheriff's Office, Maplewood and Orange...

Seton Hall regrets conferring award to judge Myers says university honors to abortion-rights backers won't happen again Wednesday, April 21, 2004 By JEFF DIAMANT Star-Ledger Staff [South Orange] -- Under heavy criticism from anti-abortion advocates, Seton Hall University acknowledged yesterday that as a Catholic institution it should not have conducted an awards ceremony last week involving two judges whose decisions have supported abortion rights. On Friday, U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Maryanne Trump Barry received the Sandra Day O'Connor Medal of Honor, an award sponsored by three student groups at Seton Hall University School of Law. O'Connor, the...

Bike For Life, Co-Sponsored by the Knights of Columbus, Catholic Seton Hall University was ashamed of these orgainzations Dear Pro-Life Friends in New Jersey, Below is an account of an encounter G. Miguel Perez-Santalla had with WSOU radio station of Seton Hall University when he tried to advertise the "BIKE FOR LIFE" which took place on June 9, 2002. I spoke to Mike Collazo - the faculty advisor to WSOU. He denied thisaccount and claimed that Miguel was seeking an endorsement of the event by the radio station. Mike Collazo says that because of the Fairness Doctrine that if Seton...

<p>SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. (AP) -- Seton Hall University has ordered it campus radio station to change its format of heavy metal and hard rock, saying the music is "inconsistent" with the mission of a faith-based institution.</p> <p>Khaled Elsebai, a senior who serves as the station's music director, said it already bans bands and songs whose lyrics might be considered obscene or anti-religious. He said university officials do not understand the music they play and tend to stereotype its fans.</p>

<p>More than three years after a fire ripped through a Seton Hall University dormitory, two students were arrested yesterday for allegedly setting the blaze that killed three freshmen and injured dozens of other students.</p> <p>Joseph LePore and Sean Ryan, both 22, were charged with arson, reckless manslaughter and felony murder in connection with the fire on the South Orange campus, their attorneys said.</p>