Everything at the SOMA Affordable Art Sale is under $200 By Cindy Perman The SOMA Affordable Art Sale organizers: Natalie Crandall, Magie Serpica, Sumana Ghosh-Witherspoon and Ken Stanek. Photo by Megan Fulop. SOMA Affordable Art Sale is the brainchild of three local artists who met while selling their art at events. They got to know each other by comparing notes on the good and bad of each event. After one whose sales were particularly disappointing, they had an idea: Why no

Getting to know our local crossing guards By Danielle Alfonzo Walsman Maplewood and South Orange have nearly 60 crossing guards to help ensure the safety of our children as they walk to and from school. The guards are also responsible for monitoring traffic patterns, reporting hazardous conditions and are often the friendly greeting and smiling face that our children rely on each day, no matter the weather conditions. In the first of a continuing series, Matters Magazine intr