Maplewood Week in Review 8/26

(CHS) is the 47th best public high school in the state, according to the recently-released ranking of 328 public high schools by New Jersey Monthly Magazine. 

Michael Bollinger is leaving his position as executive director of South Orange Performing Arts Center (SOPAC), effective immediately.

His sudden departure, a decision he said was mutual, comes two years after Bollinger . Bollinger’s interim replacement is SOPAC director of development Linda Onorevole.

Maplewood residents donate 4.2% of their annual income to charity and South Orange residents donate 4.5%.

If you have noticed more mosquitoes than usual this summer, you are not imagining it. This has been a particularly prolific season for the annoying -- and occasionally disease-carrying -- insects.

Maplewood will begin collaborating with an urban design and planning firm in the fall to help the township decide how to develop its crown jewel property, the Post Office site.