Staff members from five South Orange & Maplewood School District schools will devote time this summer to expanding and enriching their knowledge and skills at advanced academic training programs offered by esteemed institutions in locations across the country. Totaling more than $14,000, these professional development experiences will be funded through Achieve’s Riecke Teaching Fellowships. Proposals […]
Woolley Home Solutions began as Woolley Coal and Ice back in 1924. The company has adapted and changed over the years, moving from horse drawn ice and coal wagons to trucks delivering heating oil and now to a home solutions company that has biofuel and is aiming to be carbon neutral by 2050. The company […]
Photos by Carlos Sanchez MAPLEWOOD — The Achieve Foundation held its annual Maker Madness event at Columbia High School on Saturday, April 27. The event featured LEGO master Corey Samuels and 28 stations that included a beekeeper, robots and water powered rockets. More than 1,200 children and family members attended the event. Helping out were […]
Arab Heritage Month was celebrated at HabibiFest on Saturday at The Woodland in Maplewood. About 2,000 people attended the free, family-friendly community celebration that featured live performances, including dancing by Ald-Dal’ouna Dabka, Tanoura dancing, belly dancing by Liubov Bargg and musician Zafer Tawil playing the oud. The event also included local artists and vendors, an […]
South Orange Maplewood Baseball held their annual Opening Day Parade through South Orange on Saturday, April 20. More than 1,000 people participated in the event that included the singing of the national anthem and ended with ceremonial first pitches by Maplewood Mayor Nancy Adams and South Orange Mayor Sheena Collum.
MAPLEWOD — The village has a new look for the summer. The hodge podge collection of outdoor seating protected by Jersey barriers is being replaced with uniform dining platforms protected by planters filled with gravel. “A plan was formulated that would include safety, uniformity and be aesthetically pleasing,” said Ronnella B. Walker, who is the […]
John’s Crazy Socks has announced that Lukeson Ashbourne of Maplewood is the winner of the company’s sixth annual “Autism Can Do Scholarship.” The announcement was made to coincide with World Autism Awareness Day, April 2, which celebrates the uniqueness of every individual on the spectrum and to educate more people about autism, promoting acceptance and […]
Durand-Hedden House and Garden recently hosted Columbia High School’s Accomplishing Artists Exhibit and Reception in their Carriage House. Lisa Marinardi, Durand-Hedden House and Garden event coordinator, said, “Ike was amazing putting it all together, in addition to being an artist.” Ike Hempstead, an 18-year-old senior at Columbia rallied the high school artists to make it […]
Photos by Rocco Ungaro MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The Columbia High School baseball team defeated Millburn High School, 6-5, on Monday, April 15, at Underhill Field. Columbia was leading 5-0 heading into the seventh, but Millburn came back to tie the game in the top of the inning, only to see Columbia score in the […]
The idea for the Chicken Fat Ball was hatched in a Jewish deli on Stuyvesant Avenue in Irvington in 1964. Al Kuehn, Don Greenfield, Ed Stuart and some other Maplewood guys were having lunch, reminiscing when they decided to throw a party. The centerpiece of the party would be a jazz band they had heard […]