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PANDEMICS DON'T COME WITH BLUEPRINTS by Donny Levit
Village President Sheena Collum and Mayor Frank McGehee forge a powerful leadership bond When President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave his...
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Aug 14, 20206 min read
MARK MURPHY'S MUSIC SCHOOL! LIVE! FROM THE BASEMENT! by Sara Courtney
The shutdown made them bored. The music kept them connected. Just a few months ago, before masks and hand sanitizer and the words “remote...
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Aug 14, 20202 min read
LOCAL AUTHOR HONORED IN 2020 INDIE BOOK AWARDS
The Journey of an Acorn by Maplewood resident Corey Wolff has been named by the Independent Book Publishing Professionals Group as one of...
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Jun 19, 20204 min read
PUBLISHING IN A PANDEMIC by Ellen Donker
Two local authors announce their newest works Eager to share the news of their just-published books with public launches, two Maplewood...
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Jun 19, 20205 min read
COMMUNITY HUB by Linda Beck
The Post Office is your social headquarters These days, the trek to the post office and the infamously long, slow line at the window are...
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Jun 19, 20206 min read
ZOOM AND THE ART OF ONLINE KARATE by Donny Levit
Shihan Durand Howard earns a new belt for distance learning On a late weekday afternoon in May, 6-year-old Aila Harris grabs onto her...
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Jun 19, 20205 min read
TEN DECADES OF MAPLEWOOD "SCOUTS' HONOR" by Adrianna Donat
Troop 5 celebrates a century of service and leadership For as long as anyone can remember, the mayor of Maplewood has attended the Eagle...
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May 1, 20204 min read
EVER HEARD OF DJANGO? by Donny Levit Photography by Julia Maloof Verderosa
Guitarist Stéphane Wrembel will make you a devotee At first listen, classical piano, Pink Floyd, and gypsy jazz possess vastly different...
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May 1, 20203 min read
REAL MEN SEW MASKS by Gary Jones
Finding a way to be a helper I had never sewn in my life. But five years ago, when I bought a sewing machine for my daughter, it was...
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May 1, 20203 min read
WHAT IF WE ARE THE LAST HUMANS? by Abby Sher
Author Lee Bacon says that’s okay These days, it’s all too easy to get swept up in predictions about the end of the world as we know it....
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Mar 14, 20206 min read
PEACE AND EGGS by Ellen Donker
Our neighbors weigh in on raising hens in the suburbs When Kate Dial moved with her husband Michael Carrico to Maplewood, raising...
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Mar 12, 20203 min read
FINDING THE HOME I ALREADY HAD by Jan Oosting Kaminsky
A Temporary Move Points us Back Home Last year, my family and I were all a little bit down in the dumps – stressed, overworked,...
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Nov 21, 20195 min read
A DRONE'S-EYE VIEW OF MAPLEWOOD AND BEYOND by Donny Levit
Mason Levinson’s photography maps out our dynamic landscape On a bone-chillingly cold day in December 2016, Mason Levinson made his way...
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Nov 21, 20196 min read
THE FULL SCORE ON A BROADWAY COMPOSER by Donny Levit
Maplewood’s Russ Kaplan creates music and musicians He’s a quadruple threat: a Broadway composer with several new projects in the works,...
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Oct 3, 20193 min read
COSTUMES UNDER COVER by Ellen Donker
Maplewood family keeps an annual Halloween secret Halloween is a favorite holiday for Walter Egbert, Brian Crowe and their two children...
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Oct 3, 20192 min read
DEAR DAUGHTER by Ellen Donker
A note to Madeline I have been feeling like a chameleon lately. In this issue we’re featuring 51 women in business. I’ve interviewed each...
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Oct 3, 20193 min read
LUCK AND HARD WORK by Ellen Donker
Ellen Davenport reflects on a life in politics Ellen Davenport makes it seem easy. Lucky for Maplewood, Essex County and the state, she...
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Oct 3, 20194 min read
AN UNEXPECTED CALLING by Abby Sher
How Amie Ruditz found herself curating Tuscan retreats Local entrepreneur Amie Ruditz remembers the precise moment she found her calling....
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Aug 19, 20195 min read
HAVE YOU HEARD THE STORY ABOUT MAPLEWOOD'S BOO TRUNDLE? by Donny Levit
“Ask a storyteller how they got into storytelling and that’s a long story,” says Trundle, who was born in Virginia Beach, VA.
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