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South Orange/Maplewood Coalition on Race Mourns Founding Member Carol...
The South Orange/Maplewood Community Coalition on Race deeply mourns the sudden passing of Carol Barry-Austin, a founding trustee whose unwavering leadership, drive, and commitment over the past 28...
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Columbia High School Scholarship Fund Remembers Carol Barry-Austin
The South Orange-Maplewood community continues to mourn Carol Barry-Austin, who died suddenly on January 26. Barry-Austin, born September 9, 1953, was remembered in January by the South...
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Max Philip Goldstein, 24 — ‘Maximum Max’ Lived Life at Full Volume
Max Philip Goldstein, a prolific artist, master storyteller, and proud student at the University of Texas at Austin, died on February 11, 2025, leaving his adoring family and the legions of friends he...
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Harold Jaffe, 82, Maplewood Native, CHS Grad & Sandwich King
From Flynn & Son Funeral Home in Fords, New Jersey: Harold Stephen Jaffe, 82, of Marlboro Township, passed peacefully on Wednesday, March 5, 2025, at JFK Hospital in Edison, NJ. Born on February...
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Celebration of Life for Max Goldstein March 22 at The Loft at SOPAC
The beautiful, dynamic, imaginative and all-too-brief life of Max Philip Goldstein, CHS Class of 2019, will be celebrated on Saturday, March 22, at The Loft at the South Orange Performing Arts Center...
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CHS 2020 Grad Nathaniel Jolimere, 23, Generous, Kind and Joyful Despite His Pain
From a GoFundMe organized by Rebecca Charles to defray costs of Nathaniel Jolimere’s funeral: With heavy hearts, we announce the passing of our beloved Nathaniel Petion Jolimere, who went home to be...
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Robert Helmacy, 85, ‘Inspirational’ South Orange Symphony Conductor, Devoted...
It is with deep sadness that we announce that Robert John (“Bob”) Helmacy, age 85, died of natural causes while at home in Lathrop Township, PA on Wednesday, April 23, 2025. He was born December 17,...
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Drew Harteveld, 54, Friend, Husband, Father, Student of the World
Drew Joseph Harteveld, 54, of Maplewood, New Jersey, passed away suddenly on May 16, 2025 in a tragic aviation accident. He was born in Ridgewood, New Jersey on April 6, 1971 to parents Joan and Andrew...
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