Some might call it ingenious When I was 12 years old, my stepmom entrusted me with the job of watering our Christmas tree. Little did I...

Morrow Church looks to lessen the divides between rich and poor Like many congregations, Morrow United Methodist Church in Maplewood has...

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...

Ken Gagne’s memoir chronicles his youth, home and family Ken Gagne’s father had a lot of pithy sayings. They were nuggets of wisdom –...

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...

New language program teaches more than just English For a parent in the South Orange-Maplewood School District who was born in the U.S....

A CHS student collaboration creates a video-game hit When Wesley Sappington got the idea to create a video game, he did what any budding...

Beloved CHS teacher Jon Campbell retires after 25 years Visitors to Columbia High School, found Jon Campbell’s classroom easy to spot...

They’ll have value past August This summer, my kids gave me a gift: All three of them found employment. I exhaled a big sigh of relief...

How the SOMA Community Helped One Young Man Find His Wings Stanley Finlayson graduated from Columbia High School this past June. But on...

Thank you for these 21 years Dear House, I remember the first time I saw you. To be honest, I didn’t love you then. I thought your rooms...

Maplewood author Tina Kelley’s newest book demystifies an exciting new education model Imagine being able to complete the first two years...

While the pandemic raged, houses of faith reached out to their most vulnerable members In the months before the pandemic, Ben Hack, who...

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...

Positive domestic outcomes of a time of pandemic The Year I Didn’t Go to School by Giselle Potter was once a favorite bedtime picture...

A teacher in search of a book ends up writing her own When the doctor told Danielle Perrotta that her daughter, Bella, would need to have...

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

Down and out with man's best friend So you got a dog. Not just any dog. A quarantine dog. A dog to shelter in place with. A dog to...

Columbia High School’s astronomical observatory is restored Humanity has long been enthralled with observing the cosmos in an effort to...

The CHS boys’ swim team helps to net a strong season For the Columbia High School swim team, time in the water is private, focused and...