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STILL CONNECTING AFTER ALL THESE YEARS by Rose Bennett Gilbert
The South Orange-Maplewood Adult School holds the community together Almost since its founding some 88 years ago, “Lifelong Learning” has...
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Jan 28, 20215 min read


THE ANSWER FOR COLD OUTDOOR GET-TOGETHERS by Barlingual Chicks Chrissy McIntyre & Katy Chapman
German Glühwein If you’ve been fortunate enough to have been at a Christmas market in Germany (or various German-speaking countries) then...
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Jan 28, 20212 min read


WARM UP WITH MUSHROOM AND TEMPEH WHITE CHILI by Ilene Moreno
An easy way to explore plant-based cooking By this time of the year, my family and I have usually eaten our combined weight in chili. I...
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Jan 28, 20213 min read


A PIED PIPER FOR OUR TIMES by Sara Courtney
Everyone can sing. (Yes, even you.) Just ask Tim Welch. Though it might strike the average person as wishful thinking, or perhaps just...
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Jan 28, 20215 min read


CHANNELING A LOVE FOR COOKING by Ellen Donker
Seth Boyden fourth grader hosts his own cooking show Jacob Case never expected to be sharing cooking videos on Facebook. After all, he’s...
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Nov 27, 20206 min read


MAKING HOLIDAY TRADITIONS SUSTAINABLE by Georgia Madiba
How to map the road to eco gift-wrap and more When you’re a child, you aren’t able to understand and appreciate each layer of your...
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Nov 27, 20206 min read


APPRECIATING MY OUTDOOR SPACE by Ellen Donker
But mostly my family This past May our family was supposed to go on a trip to Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons. My daughter, Madeline,...
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Nov 27, 20203 min read


WHAT REALLY MATTERS by Elaine Durbach
Reflecting on a storied 30 years We could have been very confused. For my husband and me, coming from Park Slope and knowing only one...
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Nov 27, 20206 min read


NEED A LITTLE EXTRA HELP FINDING JOY THIS SEASON? by Adrianna Donat
SOMA’s own Angeli Elliott brings you a festival of elves Angeli Elliott has a special connection with the holiday season. In love with...
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Nov 27, 20204 min read


QUARATINE DOG by Sara Courtney
Down and out with man's best friend So you got a dog. Not just any dog. A quarantine dog. A dog to shelter in place with. A dog to...
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Nov 27, 20203 min read


A GAMER'S PARADISE IN SOUTH ORANGE by Donny Levit
Chris Donnell’s basement “museum” chronicles decades of electronic gaming South Orange resident Chris Donnell is comfortably seated on...
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Nov 27, 20207 min read


EXERCISING OUR RIGHT by Michelle Bobrow
It’s time to vote The Virginia Slims slogan of the 1960s and ’70s was “You’ve come a long way, baby” and we women certainly have. From...
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Oct 2, 20203 min read


KITTY NGUYEN AND THE ART OF FOREVER FAVORITES by Sara Courtney
Twenty years from now, the Semifinalist designer will still be wearing the same shirt When Kitty Nguyen launched Semifinalist from the...
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Oct 2, 20205 min read


BUILDING IT BECAUSE THEY'VE COME by Tia Swanson
Sarah Lester guides the Maplewood Library into a new age To get a sense of the energy of the Maplewood Public Library, look no further...
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Oct 2, 20205 min read


CHILDHOOD FRIENDSHIP GROWS INTO A BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP by Ellen Donker
deVINE Plantery opens to share the love of plants photography by Julia Maloof Verderosa Kelly Brown and Maya Haynie remember exactly when...
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Oct 2, 20204 min read


AIR-PUNCHING AND EXONERATION by Malia Rulon Herman
Maplewood’s Ibi Zoboi teams up with Yusef Salaam to write a must-read verse novel Maplewood author Ibi Zoboi’s beautiful yet...
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Oct 2, 20205 min read


A WNYC RADIO VET CALLS MAPLEWOOD HOME by Donny Levit
Award-winning radio journalist Nancy Solomon has the Garden State covered Ask a local resident to name their go-to radio news source and...
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Oct 2, 20207 min read


BEING RESILIENT & BRILLIANT IN A PANDEMIC by Ellen Donker
Our business women give us insight About two years ago, my mother learned to text. She was 86 years old and living alone and my sister...
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Oct 2, 20203 min read


A PLACE FOR SPACING OUT by Ellen Donker
Columbia High School’s astronomical observatory is restored Humanity has long been enthralled with observing the cosmos in an effort to...
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Aug 14, 20204 min read


MY DAILY ESCAPE by Ellen Donker
Enjoying the scenery from my bike During these last handful of months many of us have taken up new hobbies or revived old interests to...
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Aug 14, 20203 min read
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