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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...
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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...
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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...
ellencdonker
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...
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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,...
ellencdonker
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...
ellencdonker
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...
ellencdonker
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...
ellencdonker
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,...
ellencdonker
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...
donny levit
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.
ellencdonker
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...
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