Town Resources

South Orange

• Main website:
  • lists calendar, construction updates, news, & activities
• Blog:
  • place for alerts & notifications
• Online place to lodge concerns:
• Online participation & meetings:
  • they have live broadcasts & archived notes
• Twitter:
• Facebook:

Maplewood

• Main website:
  • Very accessible, UTD, lists calendar, construction updates, news, & activities
• Blog:
  • Place for news
• Online place to lodge concerns:
  • Create an account & report an issue
• Online participation & meetings:
  • No BUT meetings are posted on YouTube to watch
• Twitter:
  • Last post December 1, 2019, not many followers
• Facebook:
  • More active & followers
• YouTube:

East Orange

• Main website: https://www.eastorange-nj.gov/
  • Very accessible, not sure how up to date/ posts are, not as many posts as SO & Maplewood
• Blog:
  • Mostly news & updates
• Online place to lodge concerns:
  • Create an account & report an issue
• Online participation & meetings:
  • https://www.eastorange-nj.gov/CommunityVoice
  • A “community voice” to post ideas, similar to a forum
  • https://www.eastorange-nj.gov/286/Stay-Connected
  • Not much participation in meetings
• Twitter:
  • Last post April, 2019
• Facebook
  • More active & followers

Orange

• Main website: https://www.ci.orange.nj.us/welcome.html
  • Very accessible, up-to-date, lists calendar, construction updates, news, & activities
• Blog:
  • No blog, mostly get info from main website
• Online place to lodge concerns:
  • https://www.ci.orange.nj.us/citizen_service_request.html
• Online participation & meetings:
  • https://www.ci.orange.nj.us/transparency.html
  • Meeting notes, but last post form 2015: http://ci.orange.nj.us/council_meeting_minutes.html
• Twitter:
  • https://twitter.com/CityOfOrangeNJ
  • Last post Mar 2019
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/orange.jersey
  • More active & followers