Main Street, West Montrose, Mockingbird and Here Comes Shrek

South Orange baseball players saw the thrill of victory for the U10 and U11 teams and the agony of defeat, as the Junior American League played in Denville.

Around town, we checked out The Beaded Path, and checked in with Main Street South Orange, who earned national praise this week. The village considers making changes to gas lights, hoping to save money and gas. 

We drove a Chevy to the West Montrose levee, and found preparations for the Rahway Greenway ribbon cutting in process. Meanwhile, Katie Payne took us gardening by moonlight.

Christie's budget cap will impact all of us; the limit on superintendent pay will hit Osborne.

Austin Bommer took us behind the scenes at Paper Mill Conservatory, while, closer to home, we previewed Hippopotamus Sandwich at the Baird.

David Baker demonstrated spiritual exercises, while, elsewhere on Floods Hill, we saw a gigantic rat and made ready for South Orange's first National Night Out on Tuesday.

Finally, lunch is on me, by way of Harper Lee and To Kill a Mockingbird, for the first reader who finds the passage or identifies the character named – like our own Stony – for a Confederate general.

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Have a great South Orange week!