South Orange
WHY LIVE IN SOUTH ORANGE?
If you watch old movies on television on AMC or TCM, movies from the 30’s or 40’s, films starring Mickey Rooney as Andy Hardy or classics like It Happened One Night or The Best Years of Our Lives, there is always a constant feature in the background: the perfect town. It is a clean and sunny village that has a river running through it, a tranquil place that is both prosperous and tidy, with a tree-lined main street filled with friendly merchants, a courthouse square dotted with gaslights, and wooded neighborhoods with fine houses on ample lawns, all within a couple of minutes of the post office, the library, and the stores. You might think that this ideal town is an American fiction, a dream or a memory from days gone by, something that exists only in Leave it to Beaver or Mister Smith goes to Washington, but how surprised you would be if you entered the Township of South Orange.
Okay, maybe Jimmy Stewart isn’t the mayor and you don’t see Mickey Rooney riding his bike, slinging newspapers on to front lawns or delivering groceries, or Fred Mac Murray the high school principal, but it is certainly a village devoted to small-town ideals, without commercial squalor from one end to the other. And yes, South Orange has a river running through it and more operating gaslights than any other community in the United States. It also has a Division 1 university, Seton Hall, sixty-two acres of parkland, five baseball diamonds, 15 lighted tennis courts, a soccer field, duck pond, playgrounds, Baird Community Center and a fine outdoor pool complex and a favorite sledding hill. Plus a local school system that is considered one of the best in the state. Homes currently for sale in South Orange, New Jersey.
Glenwood Section of Short Hills
The name Short Hills often makes people think of multimillion dollar homes, large luxury vehicles and small dogs wearing Hermes sweaters.
The fact is, however, that there are many homes priced under a million dollars, not everyone in town drives a luxury car and not all small dogs in Short Hills wear Hermes. My Bichon Gigi [...]
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I wrote a short blog post a couple of weeks ago regarding the cancellation of fireworks in South Orange. We’re talking short. Maybe two sentences.
Well, today I received a call from a reporter doing some research on fireworks displays that have been canceled. She saw my blog post and had a couple of questions.
I [...]
South Orange Pool Hours.
Stay cool at the South Orange Pool.
The South Orange Pool is located at the Cameron Field complex across from the Baird Community Center.
Have fun.
Pool Hours
Monday-Friday 12-8pm
Weekends 10-8 pm
For more information please call (973) 378-7766
Eden Gourmet in South Orange. Making South Orange and Even More Awesome Place to Live.
Yesterday I forced myself to go into the new Eden Gourmet located on South Orange Avenue in South Orange, New Jersey. I had been wanting to check it out for a while but never got a chance.
Ok. Let me break it down for you very quickly. It’s a cross between Whole Foods, Balducci’s and a [...]
Alcoholics Anonymous In Northern New Jersey.
One might think it’s strange to mention Alcoholics Anonymous in a real estate blog, but I assure you it’s a life or death issue for some buyers and sellers and their families. Many folks would be surprised how many people look for homes based on the availability of an Alcoholics Anonymous meetings. It’s true.
Having [...]
No Fireworks in South Orange. Bummer.
I don’t know what to say. Life goes on.
Here’s all the info.
4th of July Events in South Orange, New Jersey.
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New Construction in New Jersey.
I often get asked about New Construction in Morris, Essex and Union counties. Many times it’s from folks moving here from Atlanta and other areas with large new subdivisions. Lots of huge McMansions at affordable prices.
The housing stock in Morris, Essex and Union counties is much older thus making it harder to find newer [...]
Tree Removal in New Jersey.
I know that a lot of folks have trees that have come down on their property. There are currently trees down in; Maplewood, Millburn, Short Hills, Summit, Chatham, Madison, Livingston, West Orange, New Providence, Berkeley Heights and Florham Park.
Here are the names of some local tree people. Good luck.
The Tree Guy
973-223-3227
Contact : Guy
Springhouse
908-273-6211
Summit, NJ [...]
South Orange Parking Permits.
Come on. Don’t you want to walk to the train every morning? It’s great exercise.
No.
Ok. Well here’s the info on getting a parking permit in South Orange.
South Orange- Parking Permits are available at the Parking Authority Office, Second Floor of Village Hall, (973) 378-7715. Residential commuter permits (6am -10 pm) are available monthly [...]
