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STUDENTS MIX MUSIC AND FUN by Reba Auslander-Stevens and Ellen Dreyer
Columbia High School’s tech lab gets an upgrade Step inside the music technology lab at Columbia High and you will be greeted not by the...
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Nov 21, 20193 min
PARTY ON! by Ellen Donker
Rent Party closes in on a decade fighting hunger If you’re Chris Dickson, there are two kinds of people in Maplewood and South Orange:...
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Nov 21, 20195 min
A DRONE'S-EYE VIEW OF MAPLEWOOD AND BEYOND by Donny Levit
Mason Levinson’s photography maps out our dynamic landscape On a bone-chillingly cold day in December 2016, Mason Levinson made his way...
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Nov 21, 20193 min
CHOCOLATE BISCOTTI STORY by Karen Tedesco
Let the crumbs fall where they may Biscotti are one of my favorite cookies to make, not least because they’re a satisfyingly crunchy,...
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Nov 21, 20194 min
GREEN THUMBS UP FOR THE MAPLEWOOD GARDEN CLUB by Rose Bennett Gilbert
Hometown-grown magic raises holiday spirits To the casual observer, it seems to happen overnight every December: the magical...
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Nov 21, 20196 min
THE FULL SCORE ON A BROADWAY COMPOSER by Donny Levit
Maplewood’s Russ Kaplan creates music and musicians He’s a quadruple threat: a Broadway composer with several new projects in the works,...
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Nov 21, 20193 min
WHAT'S IN A TRADITION? by Ellen Donker
Life. Every family has its own way of celebrating holidays. In our home, the most eagerly anticipated gathering is our Christmas Eve...
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Nov 21, 20195 min
HOLDING UP A MIRROR by Elaine Durbach
Community TV channel celebrates the South Orange and Maplewood communities In a community as close-knit as South Orange and Maplewood,...
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Oct 3, 20194 min
FILLING THE HUNGRY WITH GOOD THINGS by Adrianna Donat
A local charity reaches out to those in need on two continents One day about 10 years ago, Jane Collins-Colding was on her way to do...
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Oct 3, 20193 min
ENERGY TO SERVE by Ellen Donker
A CHS grad drives environmental change Matters Magazine asked Carol Petrallia of the Columbia High School archives group to help us...
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Oct 3, 20193 min
SLOW AND TASTY FOR THE WIN By Karen Tedesco
Welcome to the ultimate one-pot meal My grandmother was a true believer in the Crock-Pot. She was a working woman in a time and place...
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Oct 3, 20193 min
COSTUMES UNDER COVER by Ellen Donker
Maplewood family keeps an annual Halloween secret Halloween is a favorite holiday for Walter Egbert, Brian Crowe and their two children...
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Oct 3, 20192 min
DEAR DAUGHTER by Ellen Donker
A note to Madeline I have been feeling like a chameleon lately. In this issue we’re featuring 51 women in business. I’ve interviewed each...
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Oct 3, 20193 min
LUCK AND HARD WORK by Ellen Donker
Ellen Davenport reflects on a life in politics Ellen Davenport makes it seem easy. Lucky for Maplewood, Essex County and the state, she...
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Oct 3, 20195 min
A GLORIOUS COLLISION OF IDEAS by Elaine Durbach
The SouthNEXT Festival celebrates different views. Right up there in Angela Kariotis’s website title you can see her aim:...
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Oct 3, 20195 min
ART NO MATTER WHAT by Ellen Kahaner
The inner and outer lives of the artist Sybil Archibald Sybil Archibald is sitting on her bed at St. Barnabas Hospital wearing a standard...
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Oct 3, 20194 min
AN UNEXPECTED CALLING by Abby Sher
How Amie Ruditz found herself curating Tuscan retreats Local entrepreneur Amie Ruditz remembers the precise moment she found her calling....
donny levit
Aug 19, 20192 min
MAKING THE MOST OF SCHOOL by Seth Peiris
A note from a rising sophomore If we’re being honest, sophomore year doesn’t really sound that special. I mean, it’s not like freshman...
donny levit
Aug 19, 20193 min
BOXING AGAINST CANCER by Adrianna Donat
From the time he was in grade school Garrett Diegnan knew he had an enemy: cancer.
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Aug 19, 20193 min
WEEKNIGHT WONDER by Karen Tedesco
A classic Italian comfort-food recipe, updated for the modern family.
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