MAPLEWOOD, NJ — More than 800 Maplewood Middle School students and staff held the school’s 20th annual MLK Silent Peace March in remembrance of the work of Martin Luther King Jr. Students walked in silence through Maplewood Village and ended the walk with a rendition of “We Shall Overcome,” led by the MMS concert choir, […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Residents of Maplewood and South Orange packed the auditorium of Columbia High School on Jan. 20 to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day, an annual event hosted by the Community Coalition on Race. In a break from the usual tradition, area students were the centerpiece of the ceremony, with CHS students reading […]
Reorganization meeting dedicated to youth activists, specifically at CHS
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — In a meeting that highlighted the arts and amazing strides of the township’s youth, Frank McGehee was sworn in as the next mayor of Maplewood. At the Jan. 1 Township Committee reorganization meeting, McGehee, who is now entering his second term on the committee, thanked the many people who supported him throughout […]
DeLuca to hang up mayoral hat after 14 terms; Dafis to be deputy mayor
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Following the Maplewood Township Committee meeting on Nov. 18, the committee members, who are all Democrats, held a party caucus to select the mayor and deputy mayor for 2020. After all was said and done, the committee selected Deputy Mayor Frank McGehee to be mayor and Committeeman Dean Dafis to be deputy […]