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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...
ellencdonker
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...
ellencdonker
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...
ellencdonker
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...
ellencdonker
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...
ellencdonker
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...
ellencdonker
Aug 14, 20203 min read


PANDEMICS DON'T COME WITH BLUEPRINTS by Donny Levit
Village President Sheena Collum and Mayor Frank McGehee forge a powerful leadership bond When President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave his...
ellencdonker
Aug 14, 20206 min read


MAKING WAVES by Kristen Ryan
The CHS boys’ swim team helps to net a strong season For the Columbia High School swim team, time in the water is private, focused and...
ellencdonker
Aug 14, 20204 min read


MARK MURPHY'S MUSIC SCHOOL! LIVE! FROM THE BASEMENT! by Sara Courtney
The shutdown made them bored. The music kept them connected. Just a few months ago, before masks and hand sanitizer and the words “remote...
ellencdonker
Aug 14, 20206 min read


EXCEPTIONAL LEARNERS by Malia Rulon Herman
How one special-ed teacher is making a difference at CHS When Takia Logan took over teaching a small, multiage special education class at...
ellencdonker
Aug 14, 20205 min read


EDUCATING KIDS ON TRASH by Georgia Madiba
A summer walk turns into a waste audit Playgrounds reopened in July after being closed due to the pandemic and, naturally, my two...
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Aug 14, 20203 min read


THANKING YOUR "GREAT PEOPLE" by Linda Beck
It’s not too late to acknowledge the teachers of your past Last summer, my family endeavored to watch every Avengers movie in order,...
ellencdonker
Aug 14, 20203 min read


LOCAL AUTHOR HONORED IN 2020 INDIE BOOK AWARDS
The Journey of an Acorn by Maplewood resident Corey Wolff has been named by the Independent Book Publishing Professionals Group as one of...
ellencdonker
Aug 14, 20202 min read


CHS Hall of Fame Members Contribute to Congratulatory Video
CHS Hall of Fame Encourages the Class of 2020 Message from the CHS Hall of Fame Committee: In light of extended school closure and...
ellencdonker
Jun 24, 20201 min read


PUBLISHING IN A PANDEMIC by Ellen Donker
Two local authors announce their newest works Eager to share the news of their just-published books with public launches, two Maplewood...
ellencdonker
Jun 19, 20204 min read


COMMUNITY HUB by Linda Beck
The Post Office is your social headquarters These days, the trek to the post office and the infamously long, slow line at the window are...
ellencdonker
Jun 19, 20205 min read
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