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 […]
By Joe Ungaro and Javon Ross MAPLEWOOD, NJ — It has been one year since recreational marijuana became legally available in Maplewood and the tax revenues are much higher than expected, police report no significant problems and three more dispensaries are poised to open. “It’s been going well, even better than we thought,” Mayor Dean […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The moon was full, pink and in Libra; the perfect time to look inward and reflect. That’s what Jill Cohen, owner of Elevated by the Cannaboss Lady dispensary, told the dozen women who gathered for a full moon ritual on Thursday, April 6. “It is the first full moon of Spring, just […]
SOUTH ORANGE/MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The 46th annual South Orange/Maplewood Interfaith Holocaust Remembrance Service will take place on Sunday, April 23, at 4 p.m. Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel at 432 Scotland Road in South Orange will be hosting the event, according to a press release from organizers, which said a Rally for Remembrance will precede the service […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – A “Painted Stone Path Art Circle” now graces the Gazebo at DeHart Park. Roberta Melzl, the head artist of this project, working with the Maplewood Community Coalition On Race, led the project which completed its work on Sunday, March 26. “I applied to do one of the art circles and was accepted […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The night was about bowling but it was more than that for members of the autistic community who got a chance to meet one another, share stories and possibly make friends. The event at Hanover Lanes in East Hanover on March 13 was hosted by Pat Miller and Pam Foley, who […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Oh the stories it could tell. The Ethical Culture Society building on Prospect Street in Maplewood has lived through 128 years of history, having been built as a hospital in 1895. It served for a time as a sanitorium for tuberculosis patients and it has served as a base for a prison […]