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CELEBRATING THE NOTABLE PEOPLE OF MAPLEWOOD by Ellen Donker
Dan Kaslow writes a compendium. Dan Kaslow loves research. Perhaps it comes from his many years as a consultant to midsize companies and...
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Jan 26, 20233 min read


HELPING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS PREPARE FOR THE FUTURE by Ellen Donker
YouthNet provides local internships to explore career options. It’s a big world out there and when you’re a high school student, figuring...
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Jan 26, 20234 min read


YOUR GUIDE TO THE INDOMITABLE JAY COOPER by Sara Courtney
Pen and paper in hand, this local author-illustrator brings joie de vivre to your elementary school or bookstore. Jay Cooper is at it...
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Jan 26, 20236 min read


SAY HELLO TO YOUR NEW FAVORITE SUPERFOOD by Olivia Mack McCool
Three ways to eat beets. An effective way to get more vegetables in your diet is to make them the center of whatever you’re cooking....
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Jan 26, 20234 min read


KICKING HER WAY INTO THE NEW YEAR By Sara Courtney
Tara Connell, owner of CKO Kickboxing, celebrates a milestone. It’s been ten years since Tara Connell moved to Maplewood and opened CKO...
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Jan 26, 20234 min read


AN ALUM OF MANY TALENTS VISITS COLUMBIA HIGH SCHOOL by Ellen Donker
Students meet Ahmed Best, class of 1991. Columbia High School recently welcomed Ahmed Best, CHS class of 1991, to speak to the students...
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Jan 26, 20232 min read


PRESERVING THE RESERVE by Tia Swanson
Overseers and protectors of the gift of our forebears. It was before 8 on a Saturday morning in December when Sharon Salmon emerged from...
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Jan 26, 20237 min read


PARTICIPATING IN THE NJ JUSTICE SYSTEM by Ellen Donker
My first time serving in virtual court. Back in December, I received a green postcard in the mail. It was the kind with the black bar...
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Jan 26, 20233 min read


MOTHERS MAKE THE HOLIDAYS by Beau Fighera
Remembering my own Mom Thoughts of the holidays present a variety of sensations to our imaginations. Whether it’s the beautiful Christmas...
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Nov 24, 20223 min read


TALES OF VIBRANT GAY LIFE, NO LONGER LOST IN TRANSLATION by Donny Levit
Michael Gillespie celebrates a literary and personal triumph In October 1650, a pamphlet written by Massachusetts Bay Colonist William...
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Nov 24, 20225 min read


THE NEIGHBORHOOD SOUND by Sue Kaplan
Two decades of Maplewood Community Music Have you ever wondered what became of the band nerds you went to high school with? Where are all...
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Nov 24, 20226 min read


BRINGING BACK A TRADITION TO THE HOLIDAY TABLE by Olivia Mack McCool
Homemade dinner rolls: They’re easier to make than you think. Something I love about holiday cooking and baking is the recipe that you’re...
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Nov 24, 20225 min read


FROM SNL'S "WEEKEND UPDATE"...WITH A LITTLE HOLIDAY CHEER by Sara Courtney
Its producer, Scott Weinstein, reflects on how much has changed, and what’s stayed the same If the holidays in New York possess a certain...
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Nov 24, 20227 min read


TURNING A LIFE OF MUSIC INTO A STORYBOOK by Donny Levit
Scott Anthony and Rebecca Turner’s Maplewood home is audio magic Musician. Recording artist. Songwriter. Audio engineer. Yoga instructor....
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Nov 24, 20226 min read


A CELEBRATION TRANSITION by Ellen Donker
I’m looking to the young adults this year When we moved into our house more than 20 years ago, the former owner told us it was a great...
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Nov 24, 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, 20223 min read


A HOMETOWN GIRL REVOLUTIONIZES WHAT'S IN VOGUE by Adrianna Donat
You can take the editor out of Maplewood.... This story spotlights Grace Mirabella, a woman who graduated from Columbia High School and...
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Oct 6, 20225 min read


EMMA LAPERREQUE'S FLOURLESS WALNUT BROWNIES by Olivia Mack McCool
A delicious treat – with just six ingredients! If you don’t work in the food space, you may not be aware that our community is chock full...
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Oct 6, 20222 min read


HERE, THERE AND BACK AGAIN by Tia Swanson
A life in the business at the Garubo Salon In mid-August a new awning went up outside the Anthony Garubo Salon in Maplewood Village....
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Oct 6, 20227 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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Oct 6, 20226 min read
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