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STORIES

Our stories are all about the interesting people, places and things in Maplewood.

Read some here or page through our online issues.

MOM COMPARISON: THE NEXT GENERATION by Olivia Mack McCool

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Oct 6, 20223 min read

MOM COMPARISON: THE NEXT GENERATION by Olivia Mack McCool

Peeking behind the Instagram curtain If you type my name into Instagram, what you’ll be presented with are many little colorful squares...

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Oct 6, 20226 min read

CIRCLES OF SISTERHOOD by Tami Steckler

A duo helps women glow, grow and build community Women like to gather. Not in the traditional hunter-gatherer paradigm, but gather...

WHAT MATTERS THIS SEASON by Ellen Donker

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Nov 26, 20213 min read

WHAT MATTERS THIS SEASON by Ellen Donker

Honoring our traditions even as they shift As the holidays are upon us, I’m looking forward to any excuse to be with family and friends...

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Oct 1, 20216 min read

THE SNOWBALL EFFECT by Tia Swanson

Changing the world, one child at a time Lorraine Kerry Barnett grew up poor in the Central Ward of Newark during the dark period that...

OHEB SHALOM WELCOMES NEW CLERGY TEAM by Malia Rulon Herman

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Oct 1, 20214 min read

OHEB SHALOM WELCOMES NEW CLERGY TEAM by Malia Rulon Herman

It’s all-female, but that’s beside the point Congregants of Oheb Shalom, a Conservative Jewish temple in South Orange, gathered this...

IS BASEBALL CALLING MY NAME By Ellen Donker

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Jun 11, 20213 min read

IS BASEBALL CALLING MY NAME By Ellen Donker

I’m learning to read the signals It’s baseball season and I think this may be the year to throw myself into the sport. That’s what...

ACCIDENTAL BOOK MEETS ACCIDENTAL PUBLISHER By Tia Swanson

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Jun 11, 20216 min read

ACCIDENTAL BOOK MEETS ACCIDENTAL PUBLISHER By Tia Swanson

A serendipitous SOMA pairing of a writer, a month, and a press About 10 years ago, Pamela Erens was a bit stuck. Her first novel,...

BOTH SIDES NOW By Tia Swanson Photography by Julia Maloof Verderosa

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Mar 12, 20215 min read

BOTH SIDES NOW By Tia Swanson Photography by Julia Maloof Verderosa

A restoration lends a carriage house purpose 125 years later When New York native Christine Llewellyn Ohemeng and her husband, Kwame...

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Nov 27, 20206 min read

WHAT REALLY MATTERS by Elaine Durbach

Reflecting on a storied 30 years We could have been very confused. For my husband and me, coming from Park Slope and knowing only one...

PUBLISHING IN A PANDEMIC by Ellen Donker

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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...

FINDING THE HOME I ALREADY HAD by Jan Oosting Kaminsky

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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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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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Jun 11, 20195 min read

LISTEN UP! MAPLEWOOD IS RADIO-SILENT NO LONGER by Donny Levit

It all started out with a radio boom box and a Barbie disco record player.

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Oct 9, 20183 min read

A Proven Partnership

The women at Studio 509 – Guada Bas, Holly Benge and Bethany Pettigrew – have good instincts for opportunity. As owners of a successful...