MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Mary Beth Walsh is the mother of Ben Hack, who is 24-years-old and autistic. Walsh was trying to find something in the local area that Ben could enjoy, as he was getting older and aging out of his programs for young adults. Walsh approached Gerry O’Connor, St. Joseph’s Catholic Youth Organization (CYO) […]
MAPLEWOOD, N.J. — The shuttered movie theater on Maplewood Avenue is still waiting for a new occupant. Closed since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the theater never reopened to the public and is available for lease. The building is owned by Vinnie Loffredo, who is also the owner of next-door neighbor pizza restaurant Roman […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Memorial Day Parade and Ceremony were held Monday. The parade route took marchers up Parker Avenue to Maplewood Avenue through the village before turning left onto Baker and then left onto Valley Street before ending at town hall for a short ceremony. Marchers included Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, the Columbia High School […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Columbia High School’s Special Dance Company and a group of art students joined forces to put together a show for the school’s Domarecki Gallery, bringing to life the movement of the dancers while art depicting them hung on the walls. The collaboration was the brainchild of Dance Company artistic director Kandice […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ – Members of the Writers Guild of America have been protesting at Columbia High School, where a production company is filming an FX Network show called “American Horror Story.” “I would like to extend my apologies to anybody at Columbia High School who had their day disrupted,” said Chris Gethard, a writer […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The central idea behind the Maplewood Foundation is that it belongs to all residents of the township. “Maplewood is a place where a lot of people take care of each other,” said Fred Profeta. “We talk to people who come here and ask why they did and it is often because of […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — A Maplewood resident, who is a student at Union College of Union County, has won a national championship playing Mario Kart. Ian Friedman is part of the Union team that won the National Junior Athletic Association Esports Championship for Mario Kart and Overwatch 2, according to a press release from the college, which […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — It’s not unusual to see these Trash Pandas out during the daytime. Unlike the nocturnal raccoons from which they get their name, this group works during the daytime, cleaning up rather than making a mess. They are part of the Maplewood Memorial Park Conservancy and they have begun doing a monthly clean-up […]
Problems at the printing plant where our newspapers are printed have caused a delay in their distribution. Subscribers to the News-Record of Maplewood and South Orange, The Glen Ridge Paper, West Orange Chronicle, Irvington Herald, The Independent Press of Bloomfield, Record-Transcript and Union County LocalSource should receive their newspapers in Friday’s mail. We apologize for […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — A bench near the gazebo on Springfield Avenue was dedicated earlier this month to Carol Ann Farino, a 17-year-old Columbia High School student whose Nov. 3, 1966, murder has never been solved. “We would like to thank the Maplewood Township clerk’s office, the Department of Public Works and Township Committeeperson Jamaine Cripe […]